Marie Wegener Explained

Marie Wegener
Birth Date:2001 7, df=y
Birth Place:Duisburg, Germany
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:–present
Genre:Pop

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" 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" 24.27% (first)[3]
Second live show (Top 8)"My Heart Will Go On" 39.34% (first)
Third live show (Top 6) "Naked" 48.44% (first)
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston
Fourth live show (Top 4) "Break Free" 64.62% (first)
"Königlich" Marie Wegener

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DSDS-Talent Marie Wegener ist in Südafrika dabei (English: DSDS talent Marie Wegener participates [to the recall] in South Africa)]. lokalkompass.de. 6 May 2018. March 2018.
  2. Web site: Stephenson. James. San Marino: Four AI Written Songs to Compete to Reach UVPSM Final. Eurovoix. 2024-02-12. 2024-02-12.
  3. Web site: 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. 6 May 2018.