Marie Wegener
Wegener in 2018
Wegener in 2018
Background information
Born (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 22)
Duisburg, Germany
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2013 (2013)–present

Marie Wegener (born 6 July 2001) is a German singer who won the 15th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (the German version of Pop Idol and American Idol). She is the youngest winner of the show, the second minor to win, and its fourth female winner. Her winning song "Königlich" was produced by Dieter Bohlen.

Wegener is a former student of the Steinbart-Gymnasium in Duisburg.[1]

In 2013, she took part in the first season of the German version of The Voice Kids, but lost during the Battle Round to Michèle Birner, who went on to win the show.

In 2024, Wegener was one of four artists competing in a special selection for the final of Una voce per San Marino 2024, the Sammarinese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Dare to Dream".[2]

Songs performed on Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Level Song Original performer Percentage of calls
Audition "I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston No televoting
Germany recall (Top 120) "Liebe ist alles"
with Janina El Arguioui, Anna-Katharina Stemler, and Anastasiia Udod		 Rosenstolz
South Africa recall (Top 24) "Leiser"
with Janina El Arguioui and Mia Gucek		 LEA
South Africa recall (Top 18) "Against All Odds"
with Giulio Arancio		 Mariah Carey featuring Westlife
South Africa recall (Top 16) "Für dich"
with Ella Sailer		 Yvonne Catterfeld
First live show (Top 10) "Er gehört zu mir" Marianne Rosenberg 24.27% (first)[3]
Second live show (Top 8) "My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion 39.34% (first)[3]
Third live show (Top 6) "Naked" James Arthur 48.44% (first)[3]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston
Fourth live show (Top 4) "Break Free" Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 64.62% (first)[3]
"Königlich" Marie Wegener

Discography

Albums


Singles

References

  1. ^ "DSDS-Talent Marie Wegener ist in Südafrika dabei (English: DSDS talent Marie Wegener participates [to the recall] in South Africa)". lokalkompass.de. March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. (in German)
  2. ^ Stephenson, James (12 February 2024). "San Marino: Four AI Written Songs to Compete to Reach UVPSM Final". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "DSDS 2018: Das sind ALLE Votingergebnisse der 15. Staffel (English: DSDS 2018: these are ALL the voting results of the fifteenth season)". rtl.de. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. (in German)
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