Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 8)
Contestants Song ( Artist ) Percentage of calls
Zazou Mall One Love ( Estelle & David Guetta ) 6,1% ( 8/15 )
Sebastian Wurth Home ( Michael Bublé ) 12,3% ( 3/15 )
Nina Richel There You 'll Be ( Faith Hill ) 3,2 ( 10/15 )
Norman Langen Ich Bau Dir Ein Schloss ( Jürgen Drews ) 8,5% ( 5/15 ) )
Awa Corrah Only Girl ( In The World ) ( Rihanna ) 1,8% ( 15/15 )
Ardian Bujupi Sway ( Michael Bublé ) 9,7% ( 4/15 )
Nicole Kandziora Firework ( Katy Perry ) 2,1% ( 14/15 )
Mike Müller Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely ( Backstreet Boys ) 2,8% ( 11/15 )
Anna-Carina Woitschack If I Ai n't Got You ( Alicia Keys ) 8,4% ( 6/15 )
Christopher Schwab Hey There Delilah ( The Plain White T 's ) 2,6% ( 12/15 )
Marco Angelini Stark ( Ich + Ich ) 7,1% ( 7/15 )
Felix Hahnsch The Man Who Ca n't Be Moved ( The Script ) 2,6% ( 13/15 )
Pietro Lombardi Billionaire ( Bruno Mars & Travie McCoy ) 12,7% ( 2/15 )
Marvin Cybulski Midnight Lady ( Chris Norman ) 14,0% ( 1/15 )
Sarah Engels One Moment in Time ( Whitney Houston ) 6,1% ( 9/15 )
`` Die Top 15 – Jetzt oder nie '' ( The Top 15 – Now or Never )
Original Airdate : February 19 , 2011
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series in Germany which is airing on RTL and started on January 8, 2011. The winner got a recording contract with Universal Music Group . Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel and were replaced by Fernanda Brandao and Patrick Nuo. Marco Schreyl returned as the host. DSDS has extended participation privileges to Austria and Switzerland. Pietro Lombardi won the competition. Sixty people were injured on March 27 in a stampede when a large crowd showed up for an autograph session with this season's participants at CentrO in Oberhausen. More than two dozen people were hospitalized. The victims of the injuries were between 12 and 17 years old and injuries include broken bones, shock, and loss of consciousness. Emergency treatment tents to handle the crowd. The organizers were only expecting 5,000 fans to show up, but an estimated 19,000 people attended. There were no charges laid after the investigation was completed in July.