The sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was aired on German channel RTL from January to May 2009.
(Ages stated at time of contest) Annemarie Eilfeld demanded a redo after she was eliminated in the Top 3 show.
[1] RTL admitted that a speaker in the "reminder" trailers following the show had told viewers to vote 03 for Eilfeld and 02 for Daniel Schuhmacher.
[1] Angry DSDS fans complained and demanded either a repeat of the Top 3 show or a three-way final between Eilfeld, Schuhmacher and Sarah Kreuz.
[1] Eilfeld's father was outraged over the error and reportedly considering taking legal action against RTL.
However one day before the first theme show, contestant Vanessa Civiello quit the competition bringing Bowers back into the Top 10.
Dominik Büchele (born 23 February 1991 in Herbolzheim) has been voted off the competition after theme show 7, finishing in the Top 4.
Since, he has become somewhat of a favorite in the competition, although has been in the bottom every week, due to his good-sounding voice and his use of props (such as a cage in his performance of "Don't Cha").