Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Season 5
Hosted byMarco Schreyl
JudgesDieter Bohlen
Andreas "Bär" Läsker
Anja Lukaseder
WinnerThomas Godoj
Runner-upFady Maalouf
Release
Original networkRTL
Original release8 March (2008-03-08) 
17 May 2008 (2008-05-17)
Season chronology

The fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar live shows began 8 March 2008. It is currently hosted by Marco Schreyl and jury panel, Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder, and Andreas "Bär" Läsker also star. This season, instead of making top 20 shows (where the boys and girls are split up in two groups of 10 and the viewing public voting for their favorite), the producers decided to make the top 15 live show "Now or Never" and chose the top 10 live to premier in the "Mottoshows" (theme shows) for the upcoming season.

Finalists

(Ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted off Liveshow theme
Thomas Godoj 29 Recklinghausen Winner Grand Finale
Fady Maalouf 28 Hamburg 17 May 2008
Linda Teodosiu 16 Cologne 10 May 2008 Number 1 Hits/The Beatles/Dedicated to...
Monika Ivkic 18 Stuttgart 3 May 2008 Hits in Germany and England
Rania Zeriri 22 Gronau-Epe 26 April 2008 Party Music & Ballads
Benjamin Herd 16 Worms 19 April 2008 Judge's Choice
Collins Owusu 25 Düsseldorf 12 April 2008 Greatest Hits
Stella Salato 22 Bad Homburg 5 April 2008 Mariah Carey & Take That
Sahra Drone 18 Werl 22 March 2008 Film Hits
Jermaine Alford 20 Langenselbold 15 March 2008 Greatest Current Hits

Episode summaries

Top 15 – "Jetzt oder nie" (Now or Never) (contestants not in order)

Original airdate: 8 March 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Audience Vote/
Jury Vote
Benjamin Herd Let Me Love You (Mario) 4,65% (7/15)
Collins Owusu Amazing (Seal) 2,5% (9/15)
Felix Gaisberger Hero (Enrique Iglesias) 1,1% (13/15) (elim)
Simon Gincberg Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx) 0,96% (15/15) (elim)
Christopher Schnell Mandy (Westlife) 3,73% (8/15) (elim)
Fady Maalouf Home (Michael Bublé) 8,55% (2/15)
Jermaine Alford I Swear (All-4-One) 2,06% (12/15)
Thomas Godoj Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) 47,5% (1/15)
Juna Manaj Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) (Christina Aguilera) 2,08% (11/15) (elim)
Monika Ivkic Hurt (Christina Aguilera) 7,25% (3/15)
Sahra Drone Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis) 5,54% (5/15)
Viviana Stengel Bubbly (Colbie Caillat) 1,06% (14/15) (elim)
Linda Teodosiu Soulmate (Natasha Bedingfield) 6,03% (4/15)
Rania Zeriri Get Here (Oleta Adams) 4,82% (6/15)
Stella Salato Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton) 2,17% (10/15)

Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Monika, Linda, Fady, Sahra, Thomas

Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Jermaine, Rania, Stella, Collins, Benjamin

Finals

Contestants

Rania Zeriri, born on 6 January 1986, in Enschede, is of Algerian-Dutch ethnicity. Zeriri was born with holes in her vocal cords. In spite of this vocal handicap, she reached a high position.

Benjamin Herd was born in Worms and is the youngest male contestant of this season. He was early disputed, due to both his extravagant behavior and his enduring back-talking disrespect especially to the jury, which eventually led to his voluntary leaving. Jury member Dieter Bohlen then talked Herd back into the competition, where he was finally voted off by the audience on 19 April 2008, just reaching the 6th show.

Thomas Godoj was the winner of the fifth season. He was born in southern Poland, but raised in Recklinghausen.

Fady Maalouf was runner-up of the season. He was born in Zahlé, Lebanon. His song in the finals entitled "Blessed" went straight to number 2 in the German charts upon release, followed by Blessed that also charted at number 2 in the German albums chart.

Top 10 – "Aktuelle Hits" (Greatest Current Hits)

Original airdate: 15 March, 2008ds
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Fady Maalouf Helpless When She Smiles (Backstreet Boys) 7,08% (4/10)
Benjamin Herd LoveStoned (Justin Timberlake) 5,88% (5/10)
Jermaine Alford Apologize (OneRepublic) 2,37% (10/10)
Rania Zeriri Rehab (Amy Winehouse) 4,67% (6/10)
Linda Teodosiu Oh Mother (Christina Aguilera) 8,9% (3/10)
Stella Salato Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie) 2,78% (9/10)
Collins Owusu I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz) 3,7% (7/10)
Sahra Drone Listen (Beyoncé Knowles) 2,85% (8/10)
Thomas Godoj Stark (Ich & Ich) 52,75% (1/10)
Monika Ivkic Nobody Knows (Pink) 9,02% (2/10)

Bottom 5: Linda, Fady, Jermaine, Collins, Benjamin

Jury Elimination Forecast: Jermaine, Collins

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Monika or Sahra or Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Jermaine

Top 9 – "Die grössten Filmhits" (Greatest Film Hits)

Original airdate: 22 March 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Collins Owusu Everybody Needs Somebody (Blues Brothers) 3,15% (7/9)
Sahra Drone Too Lost In You (Sugababes) 1,24% (9/9)
Benjamin Herd Stand By Me (Ben E. King) 7,08% (6/9)
Stella Salato Run to You (Whitney Houston) 3,01% (8/9)
Monika Ivkic I'm Every Woman (Whitney Houston) 7,28% (5/9)
Rania Zeriri Colors of the Wind (Vanessa L. Williams) 7,69% (4/9)
Thomas Godoj Same Mistake (James Blunt) 39,88% (1/9)
Linda Teodosiu GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 9,58% (3/9)
Fady Maalouf She's Like The Wind (Patrick Swayze) 21,09% (2/9)

Bottom 5: Linda, Collins, Benjamin, Rania, Sahra

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin, Collins (Dieter), Collins, Rania (Anja), Benjamin (Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Fady (Dieter, Anja), Monika, Fady (Bär)

Eliminated: Sahra

Top 8 – "Mariah Carey / Take That"

Original airdate: 5 April 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Linda Teodosiu Hero (Mariah Carey) 9,21% (2/8)
Benjamin Herd Relight My Fire (Take That) 5,82% (7/8)
Rania Zeriri Against All Odds (Mariah Carey) 7,27% (4/8)
Collins Owusu Love Ain't Here Anymore (Take That) 5,91% (6/8)
Monika Ivkic Without You (Mariah Carey) 6,12% (5/8)
Stella Salato Dreamlover (Mariah Carey) 5,03% (8/8)
Fady Maalouf Back for Good (Take That) 8,54% (3/8)
Thomas Godoj Rule the World (Take That) 52,1% (1/8)

Bottom 4: Monika, Benjamin, Rania, Stella

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Stella

Guest star Mariah Carey performed her new hit single "Touch My Body" and worked with the contestants backstage. This is the first time that the host spoke English and had an English interview live on the show. As well, casting contestant Mario Teusch sang "Supermario", a techno song of his experience at his audition with the jury.

Top 7 – "Greatest Hits"

Original airdate: 12 April 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Monika Ivkic What a Feeling (Irene Cara) 5,94% (6/7)
Collins Owusu End of the Road (Boyz II Men) 4,45% (7/7)
Rania Zeriri Smooth Operator (Sade) 10,4% (4/7)
Thomas Godoj I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) 40,81% (1/7)
Benjamin Herd Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!) 6,54% (5/7)
Fady Maalouf Your Song (Elton John) 13,91% (3/7)
Linda Teodosiu One Day in Your Life (Anastacia) 17,95% (2/7)

Bottom 4: Collins, Rania, Benjamin, Thomas

Jury Elimination Forecast: Rania (Dieter), Benjamin or Rania (Anja and Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Fady or Linda

Eliminated: Collins

Top 6 – "Judges' Choice"

Original airdate: 19 April 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Fady Maalouf We Have a Dream (Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1)) (chosen by Dieter Bohlen) 12,98% (3/6)
Rania Zeriri Valerie (Amy Winehouse) (chosen by "Bär" Läsker) 6,63% (5/6)
Benjamin Herd Señorita (Justin Timberlake) (chosen by Anja Lukaseder) 5,91% (6/6)
Linda Teodosiu Because of You (Kelly Clarkson) (chosen by Anja Lukaseder) 15,15% (2/6)
Monika Ivkic Für dich (Yvonne Catterfeld) (chosen by Dieter Bohlen) 8,95% (4/6)
Thomas Godoj Shadow of the Day (Linkin Park) (chosen by "Bär" Läsker) 50,38% (1/6)

Bottom 3: Rania, Benjamin, Monika

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin or Rania (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Linda or Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Benjamin

Top 5: "Party Music and Ballads"

Original airdate: 26 April 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Linda Teodosiu I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) 15,37% (3/5)
The Voice Within (Christina Aguilera)
Rania Zeriri I'm So Excited (Pointer Sisters) 8,12% (5/5)
Save the Best For Last (Vanessa L. Williams)
Monika Ivkic Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez) 9,78% (4/5)
Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
Thomas Godoj You Get What You Give (New Radicals) 50,04% (1/5)
Behind Blue Eyes (The Who/ Limp Bizkit)
Fady Maalouf Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley) 16,69% (2/5)
All By Myself (Eric Carmen)

Bottom 3: Rania, Thomas, Monika

Jury Elimination Forecast: Rania or Monika (Dieter), Rania (Anja and Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Didn't say (All)

Eliminated: Rania

Top 4: "Germany vs. England"

Original airdate: 3 May 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Monika Ivkic You Might Need Somebody (Shola Ama) 9,05% (4/4)
Liebe ist alles (Rosenstolz)
Fady Maalouf Und wenn ein Lied (Söhne Mannheims) 19,22% (3/4)
Breathe Easy (Blue)
Thomas Godoj Wonderwall (Oasis) 46,83% (1/4)
Mensch (Herbert Grönemeyer)
Linda Teodosiu Durch die Nacht (Silbermond) 24,9% (2/4)
Mercy (Duffy)

Bottom: all candidates were in the Bottom Group

Jury Elimination Forecast: Monika (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Didn't say (All)

Eliminated: Monika

Top 3: "Number 1 Hits" / "The Beatles"/ "Dedicated to..."

Original airdate: 10 May 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Thomas Godoj In the Shadows (The Rasmus) 46,34% (1/3)
Let it Be (The Beatles)
Easy (Faith No More)
Linda Teodosiu Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna) 23,34% (3/3)
With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
My All (Mariah Carey)
Fady Maalouf You Raise Me Up (Westlife) 30,32% (2/3)
Yesterday (The Beatles)
Feeling Good (Michael Bublé)

Jury Elimination Forecast: Linda (Anja, Dieter), Fady (Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Thomas or Fady (Anja, Dieter), Thomas or Linda (Bär)

Eliminated: Linda

Top 2: Finale (Singer's choice, Highlight song & Winner's Single)

Original airdate: 17 May 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Fady Maalouf Careless Whisper (Wham!) 37,8% (2/2)
She's Like The Wind (Patrick Swayze)
Blessed (Fady Maalouf)
Thomas Godoj Fairytale Gone Bad (Sunrise Avenue) 62,2% (1/2)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Love Is You (Thomas Godoj)

Elimination chart

Legend
Female Male Top 15 Top 10 Winner
Safe Most votes Safe First Safe Last Eliminated
Stage: Top 15 Finals
Week: 3/1 3/8 3/15 3/22 4/5 4/12 4/26 5/3 5/10 5/17
Place Contestant Result
1 Thomas Godoj Viewers 1st
52,75%
1st
39,88%
1st
52,01%
1st
40,81%
1st
50,38%
1st
50,04%
1st
46,83%
1st
46,34%
Winner
62,2%
2 Fady Maalouf Viewers 4th
7,08%
2nd
21,09%
3rd
8,54%
3rd
13,91%
3rd
12,98%
2nd
16,69%
3rd
19,22%
2nd
30,32%
Runner-Up
37,8%
3 Linda Teodosiu Viewers 3rd
8,09%
3rd
9,58%
2nd
9,21%
2nd
17,95%
2nd
15,15%
3rd
15,37%
2nd
24,09%
3rd
23,34%
4 Monika Ivkic Viewers 2nd
9,02%
5th
7,28%
5th
6,12%
6th
5,94%
4th
8,95%
4th
9,78%
4th
9,05%
5 Rania Zeriri Judges 6th
4,67%
4th
7,69%
4th
7,27%
4th
10,04%
5th
6,63%
5th
8,12%
6 Benjamin Herd Judges 5th
5,88%
6th
7,08%
7th
5,82%
5th
6,54%
6th
5,91%
7 Collins Owusu Judges 7th
3,07%
7th
3,15%
6th
5,91%
7th
4,45%
8 Stella Salato Judges 9th
2,78%
8th
3,01%
8th
5,03%
9 Sahra Drone Viewers 8th
2,85%
9th
1,24%
10 Jermaine Alford Judges 10th
2,37%
11–15 Christopher Schnell Elim
Felix Gaisberger
Juna Manaj
Simon Gincberg
Viviana Stengel
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