DSDS 2024: New season starts today

In addition, the age limit has been dropped: everyone over the age of 16 can take part. The oldest candidate in the casting is 92 years old. According to RTL, there were more than 10,000 applicants for the season – and almost half were over 30 years old.

This “DSDS” season has 15 episodes, including a big live finale in Cologne. The jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, Pietro Lombardi, Beatrice Egli and Loredana. For the first time, an amusement park serves as the backdrop for the casting – the Europa-Park in Rust near Freiburg. This time, the overseas recall will take place on the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete.

Who is in episode 1? For example, there is bar owner Nissim Mizrahi (61) from Hamburg, a single father with three children. In the jury casting, he sings “Walking By Myself” by Gary Moore and “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You” by Michael Bolton. “I didn't come here with the attitude that I wanted to lose,” is his motto.

Lisa Klimm (32) from Bischofsheim dances as a cheerleader in Frankfurt in her free time and works as a primary school secretary. She sings “Turn My Swag On” by Soulja Boy to the jury. Her perception: “I can give many people goosebumps with my voice.” She has been passionate about making music for 20 years and loves the spotlight.

Florian Rateuke (26) from Berlin performs “Icecream” by twenty4tim. He is on DSDS because he is sure that he will win – after all, he is supposedly a clairvoyant and received his DSDS assignment “from above”. He has “contact with angels” and constantly receives information from the spiritual world. He discovered his gift when he predicted his grandmother’s death as a child.