Marie Wegener

German singer

Marie Wegener
Wegener in 2018
Background information
Born	(2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 22) Duisburg, Germany
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2013 (2013)–present

Website	mariewegener.de

Musical artist

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"	Whitney Houston	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"	Marianne Rosenberg	24.27% (first)^[3]
Second live show (Top 8)	"My Heart Will Go On"	Céline Dion	39.34% (first)^[3]
Third live show (Top 6)	"Naked"	James Arthur	48.44% (first)^[3]
Third live show (Top 6)	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Whitney Houston	48.44% (first)^[3]
Fourth live show (Top 4)	"Break Free"	Ariana Grande featuring Zedd	64.62% (first)^[3]
Fourth live show (Top 4)	"Königlich"	Marie Wegener	64.62% (first)^[3]

Discography

Albums

2018 – Königlich
2019 – Countdown

Singles

2013 – "Christmas Morning"
2017 – "Ich wohne in deinem Herzen"
2018 – "Königlich"

References

^ "DSDS-Talent Marie Wegener ist in Südafrika dabei (English: DSDS talent Marie Wegener participates [to the recall] in South Africa)". lokalkompass.de. March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. (in German)
^ Stephenson, James (12 February 2024). "San Marino: Four AI Written Songs to Compete to Reach UVPSM Final". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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. Retrieved 6 May 2018. (in German)