Would you have known that? Here are 7 facts about the casting show as a instantaneous water heater.
With the documentary three-part “The Küblböck-Story-Your Lana Kaiser“In autumn, the ARD is devoting itself to the fate of“ DSDS ”candidate Daniel Küblböck. A postmodern pop phenomenon between tragedy and triumph, tears and dreams-here 7 facts are about the casting show as a instantaneous water heater.
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1. Hey Hey, it’s the …
Monkees! Not quite the pure teaching of today’s casting show, but definitely a blueprint of subsequent generations, faults and scandals. In 1965, the promoters Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider searched for “Four Crazy Boys between 17 and 21” via annonce in the US glamor post “Variety”. As an up-and-coming beat band, you should be stars of a TV series. “The Monkees” started the following year, hits like “I’m a Believer” followed, after 58 episodes – there was $ 450 per episode per capita at the beginning. The musicians felt discriminated against by their representation. Singer Michael Nesmith later became the intellectual father of MTV with the TV format “Pop Clips”. Today your star is emblazoned on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2. Place premiere
Does anyone remember Simone Angel, Rainer Moslener and Mario M. Mendryzcki? As a jury of the RTL II show “Popstars”, the three decided on the good and woe of the first generation of Germany from November 2000. The names of the winners have buried them deeper. Nadja, Lucy, Sandy, Vanessa and Jessica were famous as No Angels. The model for the show came from New Zealand, the idea came from Jonathan Dowling, the winners of the original edition with two seasons: Truebliss.
3. King Casting
Hardly any candidate has shaped the history of the German casting shows as Menderes Bağcı, who tried his luck and write a whopping 15 times at “Germany sucht the Superstar”, and also appeared twice at “pop stars”. Laughed, mocked and in the end: Menderes was raised to the reality big name with indestructible spirit, published a dozen singles, including Gassenhauer such as “Yummy Yummy” and “Schakalaka Eyo”. Menderes has been wearing the crown of the RTL jungle king since 2016.
4. Simon Said
If Menderes is the king, Simon Cowell is probably the emperor of the casting shows, the imperator, the Messiah, at least. When A&R consultant started at Sony, the native of London developed a variety of successful casting shows with the “Got Talent” franchise, which also revealed a portfolio of at least briefly shining light figures, such as “Britain’s Got Talent” with Susan Boyle, “The X-Factor” with Leona Lewis and One Direction. The “DSDS” original “American Idol” with Kelly Clarkson, which in turn emerged from the British “Pop Idol”, among others with Will Young, comes from the first name Fuller.
5. Unpacked
In 2009, Markus Grimm, with Nupagadi “Popstars” winner 2004, and the “Star Search” winner of 2003, Martin Kesici, published a book together, the title: “Sex, Drugs and Casting Shows”, Amazon Bestseller-Rang 406,512 (as of 8/2025).
6. No stars
While “DSDS” and “The Voice of Germany” also make their rounds decades after Stapellauf, it was quickly over with RTL’s cute “Rising Star” in 2014. After only seven episodes, the show series was set prematurely. Oh, oh, oh, the odds. Or as Julian Miller found on quotenmeter.de: “So pompous and yet boring”.
7. Uff, uff, uff!
After her ending at “DSDS” in 2013, participant Sarah Joelle Jahnel commented on the allegedly erotic atmosphere behind the scenes, o-sound: “The biggest puff on German television”.