''Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert'' ( "Sing My Song – The Exchange Concert") is a German reality television series produced by Schwartzkopff TV Productions and broadcast on German television station
VOX. Part of ''
The Best Singers'' series, it is based on the Dutch series ''
De beste zangers van Nederland
''Beste Zangers'', formerly ''De beste zangers van Nederland'' (English: ''The Best Singers (of the Netherlands)''), is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS (a merger of AVRO and TROS, both part of the Netherlands Publi ...
''. The inaugural series launched on 22 April 2014.
Season 1
The first German season of ''Sing meinen Song'' included the following artists:
Sarah Connor,
Andreas Gabalier,
Sandra Nasić
Sandra Nasić (born 25 May 1976) is a German singer best known as the vocalist of the rock band Guano Apes.
Career
Nasić was born in Göttingen, West Germany, where she grew up with her Croatian mother and sister. After she received her hig ...
,
Sasha,
Roger Cicero, Gregor Meyle and
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (; born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naid ...
.
Show 1 – Sasha
Show 2 –
Sandra Nasić
Sandra Nasić (born 25 May 1976) is a German singer best known as the vocalist of the rock band Guano Apes.
Career
Nasić was born in Göttingen, West Germany, where she grew up with her Croatian mother and sister. After she received her hig ...
Show 3 – Andreas Gabalier
Show 4 – Roger Cicero
Show 5 – Sarah Connor
Show 6 –
Gregor Meyle
Gregor Meyle (born 13 October 1978) is a German singer-songwriter. He first rose to prominence when he auditioned for the talent contest ''TV Total'', hosted in Stefan Raab's late-night-show ''TV total'' in late-2007, eventually finishing in se ...
Show 7 –
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (; born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naid ...
Season 2
Show 1 –
Yvonne Catterfeld
Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979) is a German singer, actress and television personality. Born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, she later moved to Leipzig to pursue her career in music. In 2000, she participated in the debut season of the ...
Show 2 –
Andreas Bourani
Andreas Bourani (born Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German pop singer and songwriter.
Career
Bourani was born to Egyptians, Egyptian parents and adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, in the southwest of Bavaria. As a youth, ...
Show 3 –
Die Prinzen
Die Prinzen ("The Princes") is a German pop rock band, consisting of former members of the Thomanerchor, and a former member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.
Overview
Early albums consist of a cappella music. The band's first name was ''Die Herz ...
Show 4 –
Christina Stürmer
Christina Stürmer (born 9 June 1982) is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series ''Starmania (TV series), Starmania''. Follow ...
Show 5 – Hartmut Engler
Show 6 – Daniel Wirtz
Show 7 –
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (; born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naid ...
(
Söhne Mannheims)
Season 3
Show 1 –
Nena
Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena (band), Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". I ...
Show 2 – Seven
Show 3 –
The BossHoss
The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example " Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and " Hey ...
Show 4 –
Samy Deluxe
Samy Sorge (; born 19 December 1977), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, is a German rapper and record producer from Hamburg.
Early life
Samy was two years old when his Sudanese father left Germany. Samy grew up with his mother's family. His ha ...
Show 5 –
Wolfgang Niedecken
Wolfgang Niedecken (, ; born 30 March 1951) is a German singer and musician. He founded the Kölsch-speaking rock group BAP at the end of the 1970s and soon became famous with BAP all over Germany. He is the lead singer and only remaining found ...
Show 6 – Annett Louisan
Show 7 –
Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (; born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records. Naid ...
Accompanying album
The album to accompany the series ("Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 3") comprised 14 tracks (2 by each of the participants). The deluxe version comprised 5 tracks performed in the shows by Xavier Naidoo and 4 by each of the other participants. In May 2016 it entered the German charts at No.2.
Season 4
The fourth season of ''Sing meinen Song'' included the following artists:
The BossHoss
The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example " Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and " Hey ...
,
Stefanie Kloß
Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle.
History
The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in ...
,
Gentleman
''Gentleman'' (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man; abbreviated ''gent.'') is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire ...
,
Mark Forster,
Lena,
Michael Patrick Kelly
Michael Patrick Kelly (born December 5, 1977) is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He was a member of the pop and folk band The Kelly Family, one of the most commercially successful acts in Europe, with ...
, and
Moses Pelham
Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in Frankfurt) is a German rapper, singer and producer.
In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band Glashaus.
Wor ...
.
Show 1 – Mark Forster
Show 2 –
Stefanie Kloß
Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle.
History
The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in ...
Show 3 – Lena
Show 4 –
Moses Pelham
Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in Frankfurt) is a German rapper, singer and producer.
In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band Glashaus.
Wor ...
Show 5 –
Michael Patrick Kelly
Michael Patrick Kelly (born December 5, 1977) is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He was a member of the pop and folk band The Kelly Family, one of the most commercially successful acts in Europe, with ...
Show 6 –
Gentleman
''Gentleman'' (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man; abbreviated ''gent.'') is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire ...
Show 7 –
The BossHoss
The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example " Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and " Hey ...
Season 5
The fifth season of ''Sing meinen Song'' included the following artists:
Mark Forster,
Mary Roos
Mary Roos (born Rosemarie Schwab on 9 January 1949) is a German singer and actress.
Biography 1949–1970
Schwab was born in Bingen am Rhein, Bingen. At the age of nine, she recorded her first song "Ja die Dicken sind ja so gemütlich" as ''Di ...
,
Rea Garvey
Raymond "Rea" Michael Garvey (born 3 May 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist based in Germany. In 1998, he formed the band Reamonn. Over the 11 years that Garvey was their frontman, they saw chart-topping success in Europe, with ...
,
Judith Holofernes
Judith Holfelder-Roy (''née'' Holfelder-von der Tann; born 12 November 1976), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes (), is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.
She was the lead singer of Wir sind Helden, the German pop rock b ...
,
Johannes Strate,
Leslie Clio
Leslie Clio (born 16 August 1986) is a German Singer-songwriter, singer songwriter, music video director, Music Producer, producer and entertainer.
Career
In 2008, Clio moved to Berlin. In 2013, she released her first album ''Gladys'', a retro ...
and
Marian Gold.
Show 1 – Johannes Strate
Show 2 –
Rea Garvey
Raymond "Rea" Michael Garvey (born 3 May 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist based in Germany. In 1998, he formed the band Reamonn. Over the 11 years that Garvey was their frontman, they saw chart-topping success in Europe, with ...
Show 3 –
Judith Holofernes
Judith Holfelder-Roy (''née'' Holfelder-von der Tann; born 12 November 1976), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes (), is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.
She was the lead singer of Wir sind Helden, the German pop rock b ...
Show 4 – Marian Gold
Show 5 –
Mary Roos
Mary Roos (born Rosemarie Schwab on 9 January 1949) is a German singer and actress.
Biography 1949–1970
Schwab was born in Bingen am Rhein, Bingen. At the age of nine, she recorded her first song "Ja die Dicken sind ja so gemütlich" as ''Di ...
Show 6 –
Leslie Clio
Leslie Clio (born 16 August 1986) is a German Singer-songwriter, singer songwriter, music video director, Music Producer, producer and entertainer.
Career
In 2008, Clio moved to Berlin. In 2013, she released her first album ''Gladys'', a retro ...
Show 7 – Mark Forster
Season 6
In October 2018, it was announced that Michael Patrick Kelly will replace Mark Forster as the show's host in season six. Kelly will be joined by Belgian musician
Milow
Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck (; born 14 July 1981), known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, ''The Bigger Picture'', in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that ...
and Spanish-German singer
Álvaro Soler
Álvaro Tauchert Soler (, ; born 9 January 1991) is a Spanish singer. He rose to prominence across Europe and Latin America with his 2015 hit " El mismo sol", primarily achieving success in Italy, Switzerland and Mexico. A special bilingual ...
as well as German singers
Wincent Weiss,
Johannes Oerding
Johannes Oerding (born 26 December 1981) is a German singer-songwriter. He primarily records his work in German.
Early life
Oerding was born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia and raised in Geldern-Kapellen near the border of the Netherlands. ...
,
Jeanette Biedermann, and Jennifer Haben from metal band
Beyond the Black
Beyond the Black is a German symphonic metal band formed in 2014 in Mannheim. Their debut album '' Songs of Love and Death'' became popular immediately after the release, and entered the German and Austrian national music charts.
History 2014 ...
.
See also
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''The Best Singers'' (series)
References
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German music television series
German reality television series
2014 German television series debuts
German-language television shows
VOX (German TV channel) original programming