Popstars: Du & Ich ("Popstars: You & Me") is the eighth season of Popstars, in which young aspiring singers compete in order to claim their spots to become the duo "Some & Any". This is the format for the second season of the Popstars series, focusing mostly on dancers/singers, looking for fame in the music industry. It premiered on 20 August 2009. The final combination which genders the band consisted of was open until the finals. The candidates applied alone or together, but if they applied together it was unsure if both would survive the elimination. The judge panel changed. Michelle Leonard and Alex Christensen, who was already a member of the jury, joined the judge panel. The castings through big cities ran for four episodes. The contestants took a seat in a big hall and had to step forward to the judges in groups of 4 (2+2 if they apply as duos) and sing one song in front of them. They learn from the judges decision directly after their performance. One day later, the winners of the first day prepared two songs and got to the judges alone (or as a duo) and perform both songs without forgetting any lines of the lyrics. The few contestants that got through this round continued their journey at a big decision-show in Stuttgart where they qualified for the workshop. The Workshop-Phase in Las Vegas lasted five weeks. Then the next weeks until the big Live-Finale back in Germany in December 2009, in which they finally announce the new Popstars, the contestants are in the Band-House in New York City. The Final on 10 December was won by 18-year-old Vanessa Meisinger and the Brazilian 20-year-old Leonardo "Leo" Ritzmann. They were the new Popstars duo Some & Any.
Guest performances
In addition, songs are played during the episodes to promote an artist, single, album, or the show itself. Included is a list of those songs with their Media Control Top 100 reactions. Week Performer(s) Title Top 100Reaction Notes Casting I The Baseballs "Umbrella""Hot n Cold" 69 (re-entered)no release performed with contestants Casting II Colbie Caillat "Fallin' for You""Bubbly" 16 (+4-new peak)72 (re-entered) performed with contestants Casting III Queensberry "Too Young""I Can't Stop Feeling" 45 (-4)failed to re-enter performed with contestants Casting IV Cassandra Steen "Stadt""Lass mich nicht hier" 8 (no change)unreleased performed with contestants Workshop IV Ashley Tisdale "Crank It Up" 19 (debut) performance Keri Hilson "Knock You Down" 55 (+12) performance Workshop V Queensberry "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" 4 (debut) performance Workshop VI Taylor Swift "Love Story" 81 (re-entered) Elif & Dagmara performedSwift played guitar Bandphase III Culcha Candela "Monsta" 3 (+11-new peak) performance feat. Leo & Vanessa(re-released digital) The All-American Rejects "The Wind Blows" unreleased performance feat. Nik & Elif Michelle Leonard "Where Did We Go Wrong" failed to chart performance Eighth-Finale Kate Hall "Du gehörst zu mir" 37 (debut) performance Quarter-Finale Alex C. feat. Yass "Dancing Is Like Heaven" 41 (debut) performance Semi-Finale Queensberry "Too Young" / "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" failed to re-enter / 22 (+4) performed live Leona Lewis "Run" 34 (re-entered) performed live with the finalists Stanfour "Wishing You Well" 24 (-1) performed live Cassandra Steen "Never Knew I Needed" 64 (debut) performed live with Nik&Elif Finale Rihanna "Russian Roulette""Umbrella""Don't Stop The Music" 5 (no change)failed to re-enterfailed to re-enter performed livefeat. Leo & Vanessa feat. Nik & Elif Keri Hilson "I Like" 1 (debut) performed live Leona Lewis "Happy" 12 (+4) performed live Mando Diao "Nothing Without You" 76 (debut) performed live Some & Any "Last Man Standing" 16 (debut) performed live
Television ratings
Germany Episodefrom 3 years14-to-49-year-oldViewers(in millions)Share(in %)Viewers(in millions)Share(in %)0. Review1,391,1310,81. Casting I2,081,7516,92. Casting II2,201,8317,43. Casting III2,4116,54. Casting IV2,3417,15. The Show2,291,8815,86. Workshop I1,927,01,5813,87. Workshop II1,658. Workshop III2,141,7614,69. Workshop IV2,121,7414,410. Workshop V2,372,0017,411. Workshop VI2,051,7514,312. Bandphase I2,371,9215,513. Bandphase II2,167,21,7714,014. Bandphase III2,0914,0
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