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Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Season 2
Hosted byMichelle Hunziker & Carsten Spengemann
JudgesDieter Bohlen
Thomas Bug
Shona Fraser
Thomas Stein
WinnerElli Erl
Runner-upDenise Tillmanns
Release
Original networkRTL
Original release3 September 2003 (2003-09-03) –
13 March 2004 (2004-03-13)
Season chronology
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The second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered in September 2003 and continued until 13 March 2004. It was won by Elli Erl. The season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.

Finals

Finalists

(Ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted off Liveshow theme
Elli Erl 24 Straubing Winner Grand Finale
Denise Tillmanns 19 Geilenkirchen 8 March 2004
Philippe Bühler 22 Friedrichshafen 21 February 2004 The 60s
Benjamin Martell 23 Duisburg 14 February 2004 Judges' Choice
Gunther Göbbel 24 Nuremberg 7 February 2004 Movies
Anke Wagner 28 Trier 31 January 2004 The 70s
Aida Ilijasevic 27 Münster 17 January 2004 Big Band
Judith Burmeister 17 Berlin 10 January 2004 Elton John & Madonna
Kemi Awosogba 20 Gronau 20 December 2003 Christmas Songs
Lorenzo Woodard 19 Ravensgiersburg 13 December 2003 My Birth Year
Steffen Frommberger 21 Schonstedt 29 November 2003 Rock and Pop Ballads
Jessica Houston 19 Karlsruhe 22 November 2003 My Superstar
Ricky Ord 24 Detmold

Live show details

Heat 1 (8 October 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 John Patrick "I'll Make Love to You" (Boyz II Men) Eliminated
2 Marc "All or Nothing" (O-Town) Eliminated
3 Sabine "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper) Eliminated
4 Denise Tillmanns "There You'll Be" (Faith Hill) Advanced
5 Mine "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) Eliminated
6 Sascha Schmitz "If I Never Knew You" (Jon Secada & Shanice) Eliminated
7 Michael Löw "Forever Love" (Gary Barlow) Eliminated
8 Kristina Dörfer "Beautiful" (Christina Aguilera) Eliminated
9 Philippe Bühler "I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5) Eliminated
10 Jessica Houston "Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion) Advanced
Notes

Heat 2 (15 October 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Bendix Amonat "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Elton John) Eliminated
2 Veronika S. "My All" (Mariah Carey) Eliminated
3 Dennis W. "All Out of Love" (Air Supply) Eliminated
4 Khanh Nguyen "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) Eliminated
5 Judith Burmeister "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston) Advanced
6 Jenny Gerdts "I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly Furtado) Eliminated
7 Stefan Neubacher "Your Song" (Elton John) Eliminated
8 Ricky Ord "Hello" (Lionel Richie) Advanced
9 Jenny Adler "Rise" (Gabrielle) Eliminated
10 Roger Moore "Heaven" (Bryan Adams) Eliminated
Notes

Heat 3 (22 October 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Meik Schröder "Always" (Bon Jovi) Eliminated
2 Jeanna Marie Lalić "The Greatest Love of All" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
3 Elke Mühlberger "It Must Have Been Love" (Roxette) Eliminated
4 Gunther Göbbel "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley) Eliminated
5 Andreas H. "Eternity" (Robbie Williams) Eliminated
6 Kaya Laß "What's Up" (4 Non Blondes) Eliminated
7 Benjamin Martell "Now and Forever" (Richard Marx) Advanced
8 Kemi Awosogba "You Might Need Somebody" (Shola Ama) Advanced
9 Stefanie N. "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) Eliminated
10 Martin B. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ronan Keating) Eliminated
Notes

Heat 4 (29 October 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Thomas M. "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) Eliminated
2 Desmond P. "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) Eliminated
3 Constanze Beßing "The Power of Love" (Jennifer Rush) Eliminated
4 Sarah C. "Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary) Eliminated
5 Steffen Frommberger "She's Like the Wind" (Patrick Swayze) Advanced
6 Miriam S. "Save the Best for Last" (Vanessa Williams) Eliminated
7 Eni Aksoy "Run to You" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
8 Helmut Orosz "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John) Eliminated
9 Roger Sery "Easy" (Commodores) Eliminated
10 Aida Ilijasevic "Show Me Heaven" (Maria McKee) Advanced
Notes

Heat 5 (5 November 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Christian Petru "Let Me Fall" () Eliminated
2 Djamila D. "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) Eliminated
3 Anke Wagner "How Do I Live" (LeAnn Rimes) Eliminated
4 Marlene B. "I'll Stand By You" (The Pretenders) Eliminated
5 Bernd O. "Words" (Bee Gees) Eliminated
6 Elli Erl "Let It Rain" (Amanda Marshall) Advanced
7 Manuel D. "Without You" (Harry Nilsson) Eliminated
8 Annette H. "Torn" (Natalie Imbruglia) Eliminated
9 Patrick G. "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (Simply Red) Eliminated
10 Lorenzo Woodard "U Got It Bad" (Usher) Advanced
Notes

Wildcard round (12 November 2003)

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Roger Moore "Drowning" (Backstreet Boys) Eliminated
2 Jenny Adler "All Around the World" (Lisa Stansfield) Eliminated
3 Eni Aksoy "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Chicago) Eliminated
4 Gunther Göbbel "End of the Road" (Boyz II Men) Advanced
5 Constanze Beßing "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Britney Spears) Eliminated
6 Bendix Amonat "Freedom! '90" (George Michael) Eliminated
7 Michael Löw "You" (Ten Sharp) Eliminated
8 Anke Wagner "Get Here" (Oleta Adams) Advanced
9 Stefan Neubacher "Rooftop" (Sasha) Eliminated
10 Philippe Bühler "Señorita" (Justin Timberlake) Advanced
Notes

Live Show 1 (22 November 2003)

Theme: My Superstar

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Kemi Awosogba "A Woman's Worth" (Alicia Keys) Safe
2 Gunther Göbbel "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (Backstreet Boys) Safe
3 Elli Erl "Like the Way I Do" (Melissa Etheridge) Safe
4 Denise Tillmanns "Forever and for Always" (Shania Twain) Safe
5 Benjamin Martell "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) Safe
6 Jessica Houston "Together Again" (Janet Jackson) Eliminated
7 Steffen Frommberger "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) Bottom three
8 Anke Wagner "Ironic" (Alanis Morissette) Safe
9 Ricky Ord "Feel" (Robbie Williams) Eliminated
10 Judith Burmeister "Think Twice" (Celine Dion) Bottom four
11 Philippe Bühler "Cosmic Girl" (Jamiroquai) Safe
12 Aida Ilijasevic "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes) Safe
13 Lorenzo Woodard "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones) Safe

Live Show 2 (29 November 2003)

Theme: Rock and Pop Ballads

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Benjamin Martell "Angels" (Robbie Williams) Safe
2 Elli Erl "I'm with You" (Avril Lavigne) Safe
3 Judith Burmeister "Für dich" (Yvonne Catterfeld) Safe
4 Steffen Frommberger "Wherever You Will Go" (The Calling) Eliminated
5 Kemi Awosogba "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor) Bottom two
6 Aida Ilijasevic "Don't Speak" (No Doubt) Safe
7 Lorenzo Woodard "I Belong to You" (Lenny Kravitz) Bottom three
8 Denise Tillmanns "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Tina Turner) Safe
9 Gunther Göbbel "Careless Whisper" (George Michael) Safe
10 Anke Wagner "I Turn to You" (Christina Aguilera) Safe
11 Philippe Bühler "You Are Not Alone" (Michael Jackson) Safe

Live Show 3 (13 December 2003)

Theme: My Birth Year

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Elli Erl "Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer) Safe
2 Lorenzo Woodard "Karma Chameleon" (Culture Club) Eliminated
3 Judith Burmeister "Take My Breath Away" (Berlin) Bottom three
4 Kemi Awosogba "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Joan Jett) Bottom two
5 Benjamin Martell "Sexy Eyes" (Dr. Hook) Safe
6 Aida Ilijasevic "All by Myself" (Celine Dion) Safe
7 Anke Wagner "You Light Up My Life" (Whitney Houston) Safe
8 Philippe Bühler "Tainted Love" (Soft Cell) Safe
9 Denise Tillmanns "Self Control" (Laura Branigan) Safe
10 Gunther Göbbel "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (Michael Jackson) Safe

Live Show 4 (20 December 2003)

Theme: Christmas Songs

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Benjamin Martell "Last Christmas" (Wham!) Bottom two
2 Aida Ilijasevic "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" (Melanie Thornton) Safe
3 Anke Wagner "White Christmas" (Bing Crosby) Safe
4 Gunther Göbbel "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Various artists) Safe
5 Elli Erl "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon) Safe
6 Kemi Awosogba "Silent Night" (Various artists) Eliminated
7 Denise Tillmanns "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee) Safe
8 Judith Burmeister "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Gene Autry) Bottom three
9 Philippe Bühler "Winter Wonderland" (Tony Bennett) Safe

Live Show 5 (10 January 2004)

Theme: Elton John & Madonna

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Elli Erl "American Pie" (Madonna) Bottom three
2 Gunther Göbbel "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John) Bottom two
3 Judith Burmeister "Material Girl" (Madonna) Eliminated
4 Benjamin Martell "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Elton John) Safe
5 Denise Tillmanns "The Power of Goodbye" (Madonna) Safe
6 Aida Ilijasevic "Express Yourself" (Madonna) Safe
7 Philippe Bühler "I'm Still Standing" (Elton John) Safe
8 Anke Wagner "Open Your Heart" (Madonna) Safe

Live Show 6 (17 January 2004)

Theme: Big Band

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Gunther Göbbel "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (Dean Martin) Bottom two
2 Elli Erl "It's Not Unusual" (Tom Jones) Safe
3 Anke Wagner "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) Safe
4 Aida Ilijasevic "Cheek to Cheek" (Fred Astaire) Eliminated
5 Philippe Bühler "For Once in My Life" (Frank Sinatra) Safe
6 Denise Tillmanns "Hit the Road Jack" (Ray Charles) Safe
7 Benjamin Martell "New York, New York" (Frank Sinatra) Bottom three

Live Show 7 (31 January 2004)

Theme: The 70s

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Benjamin Martell "Mandy" (Barry Manilow) Safe
2 Anke Wagner "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Thelma Houston) Eliminated
3 Elli Erl "When I Need You" (Leo Sayer) Bottom three
4 Gunther Göbbel "You to Me Are Everything" (The Real Thing) Bottom two
5 Denise Tillmanns "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) Safe
6 Philippe Bühler "September" (Earth, Wind & Fire) Safe

Live Show 8 (7 February 2004)

Theme: Movies

Order Artist Song (original artists) Result
1 Denise Tillmanns "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Bryan Adams) Safe
2 Gunther Göbbel "When You Say Nothing at All" (Ronan Keating) Eliminated
3 Philippe Bühler "Sie sieht mich nicht" (Xavier Naidoo) Safe
4 Elli Erl "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith) Bottom two
5 Benjamin Martell "You'll Be in My Heart" (Phil Collins) Bottom three

Live Show 9 (14 February 2004)

Theme: Judge's Choice

Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result
1 Benjamin Martell "Relight My Fire" (Dan Hartman) "Love Is All Around" (Wet Wet Wet) Eliminated
2 Elli Erl "Bette Davis Eyes" (Kim Carnes) "Trouble" (Pink) Bottom two
3 Philippe Bühler "Walking Away" (Craig David) "Maria Maria" (Santana) Safe
4 Denise Tillmanns "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (LeAnn Rimes) "The Power of Love" (Jennifer Rush) Safe

Live Show 10: Semi-final (21 February 2004)

Theme: The 60s

Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result
1 Elli Erl "Son of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield) "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Mama Cass) Safe
2 Philippe Bühler "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum) "Respect" (Otis Redding) Eliminated
3 Denise Tillmanns "Downtown" (Petula Clark) "Stop! In the Name of Love" (The Supremes) Safe

Live final (13 March 2004)

Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Third song Result
1 Denise Tillmanns "I Will Survive" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "This Is My Life" Runner-up
2 Elli Erl "Like the Way I Do" "Out of Reach" "This Is My Life" Winner

Releases

DSDS Finalists

Elli Erl

Phillipe Bühler Singles: "Warum", "Ich kann dich lieben"

Benjamin Martell Singles: "1st Fan Edition"

Gunther Göbbel Singles: "Meant 2 Be", "Stand by Me", "Only You", "Girl you know it's true", "Right here waiting for you"

Anke Wagner Albums: Close to Me (2005) Singles: "Cool Days, Cool Nights"

Elimination chart

Legend
Did not perform Female Male Top 50 Top 13 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated Wild Card Did not perform
Stage: Semi Wild
Card 		Finals
Week: 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/22 11/29 12/13 12/20 1/10 1/17 1/31 2/7 2/14 2/21 3/13
Place Contestant Result
1 Elli Erl 1st 4th 6th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 1st Winner
2 Denise Tillmanns 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd Runner-Up
3 Philippe Bühler Elim 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Elim
4 Benjamin Martell 1st 9th 5th 6th 8th 2nd 5th 3rd 3rd Elim
5 Gunther Göbbel Elim JC 6th 4th 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th Elim
6 Anke Wagner Elim JC 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 4th Elim
7 Aida Ilijasevic 1st 8th 7th 7th 5th 4th Elim
8 Judith Burmeister 1st 10th 8th 8th 7th Elim
9 Kemi Awosogba 2nd 7th 10th 9th Elim
10 Lorenzo Woodard 2nd 5th 9th Elim
11 Steffen Frommenberger 2nd 11th Elim
12 Jessica Houston 1st Elim
13 Ricky Ord 2nd
Wild
Card 		Bendix Amonat Elim Elim
Constanze Beßing Elim
Eni Aksoy Elim
Jenny Adler Elim
Michael Löw Elim
Roger Moore Elim
Stefan Neubacher Elim
Semi-
Final 5 		Annette H Elim
Bernd O
Christian Petru
Djamila D
Manuel D
Marlene P
Patrick G
Semi-
Final 4 		Desmond P Elim
Helmut Orosz
Miriam S
Roger Sery
Sarah C
Thomas M
Semi-
Final 3 		Andreas H Elim
Elke Mühlberger
Jeanne-Marie Lalić
Kaya Laß
Martin B
Meik Schröder
Stefanie N
Semi-
Final 2 		Dennis W Elim
Jenny Gerdts
Khanh Nguyen
Veronika S
Semi-
Final 1 		John Patrick Elim
Kristina Dörfer
Marc
Mine
Sabine
Sascha Schmitz

Voting results

Mottoshow 1
Mein Pop-Idol 		Mottoshow 2
Die schönsten Rock- und Popballaden 		Mottoshow 3
Mein Geburtsjahr 		Mottoshow 4
Christmas 		Mottoshow 5
Elton John meets Madonna 		Mottoshow 6
Big Band 		Mottoshow 7
Die 70er 		Mottoshow 8
Filmmusik 		Mottoshow 9
Songs der Jury 		Mottoshow 10
Die 60er Jahre 		Mottoshow 11
Finale: Wahllied; Staffel-Highlight; Siegertitel
1st Philippe
17,60 % 		Philippe
26,53 % 		Denise
26,15 % 		Philippe
25,52 % 		Denise
20,41 % 		Denise
30,28 % 		Philippe
25,09 % 		Philippe
28,28 % 		Denise
34,21 % 		Elli
38,17 % 		Elli
61,00 %
2nd Anke
16,49 % 		Denise
15,34 % 		Philippe
16,27 % 		Denise
19,56 % 		Benjamin
19,89 % 		Philippe
22,32 % 		Denise
21,29 % 		Denise
21,70 % 		Philippe
31,25 % 		Denise
32,71 % 		Denise
39,00 %
3rd Denise
12,82 % 		Anke
13,72 % 		Anke
15,29 % 		Anke
12,67 % 		Philippe
18,83 % 		Elli
10,84 % 		Benjamin
20,57 % 		Benjamin
20,14 % 		Elli
17,63 % 		Philippe
29,12 %
4th Elli
8,96 % 		Gunther
12,38 % 		Elli
8,50 % 		Elli
11,28 % 		Aida
10,43 % 		Anke
10,58 % 		Elli
15,50 % 		Elli
17,30 % 		Benjamin
16,91 %
5th Lorenzo
8,21 % 		Benjamin
8,09 % 		Gunther
8,03 % 		Aida
7,01 % 		Anke
9,60 % 		Benjamin
10,50 % 		Gunther
9,18 % 		Gunther
12,58 %
6th Gunther
7,42 % 		Elli
4,74 % 		Benjamin
6,09 % 		Gunther
7,01 % 		Elli
7,68 % 		Gunther
7,77 % 		Anke
8,37 %
7th Kemi
5,42 % 		Aida
4,53 % 		Aida
5,67 % 		Judith
6,73 % 		Gunther
7,19 % 		Aida
7,71 %
8th Aida
5,35 % 		Judith
4,39 % 		Judith
4,90 % 		Benjamin
6,67 % 		Judith
5,97 %
9th Benjamin
5,10 % 		Lorenzo
4,06 % 		Kemi
4,76 % 		Kemi
3,54 %
10th Judith
4,95 % 		Kemi
3,77 % 		Lorenzo
4,34 %
11th Steffen
2,66 % 		Steffen
2,46 %
12th Jessica
2,50 %
13th Ricky
2,47 %
Preceded bySeason 1 (2002/03) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 2 (2003/04) Succeeded bySeason 3 (2005/06)
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