Tobias Regner (born 5 August 1982) is a German singer and guitarist who has enjoyed success in the rock music genre. He made his debut under major label Sony BMG Domestic after he won the highly publicized third season of the television series ''

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'', the German version of ''

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'', in 2006.

Musical career

2005–2006: ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar''

Regner performing in 2006, left After his graduation from

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, Regner auditioned for the third installment of the reality television program ''

''. He entered the competition with 14,000 others, and the judges

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, Heinz Henn and Sylvia Kollek were impressed with his voice and unconventional style. After several "re-calls" and week-by-week performances, Regner earned a position in the Top 10 finalists, eventually making it to the final two contestants on ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', and on 18 March 2006, he won the competition and earned 54.6% of the audience vote over Mike Leon Grosch, making him the first rock artist to win the show, before Thomas Godoj won the competition in 2008. Overwhelmed, Regner performed his "exclusive" song " I Still Burn", a rock-ballad written by Peter Wright and Jess Cates. When released as a single via Sony BMG Domestic on 14 March 2006, it instantly entered the charts at No. 1 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, simultaneously emerging as the biggest-selling single since 2004 within its first week of release. The song was eventually certified platinum by the

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for more than 300,000 copies sold. Following the successful release of "I Still Burn", Regner's full-length debut album '' Straight'' was released on 28 April 2006. American producers

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and

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consulted on the album which debuted at number one on the German ''Media Control'' 100 and also peaked within the Top 5 in Austria, and the Top 20 in Switzerland. Eventually, the album was

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by the IFPI for sales of more than 100,000 copies. Reviews for the album were generally favorable, with ''LAUTs critic Dani Fromm praising the "versatile, powerful-voiced and likeable" character of Regner's music, and others calling it "unidirectional" but "positive", comparing it to

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. However, further singles – "She's So" and the '' Open Season'' theme song "Cool Without You" – failed to chart or sell noticeably. Regner was dropped eventually from his record label.

Discography

Albums

* '' Straight'' (2006) GER: #1 AT: #5 CH: #14 * ''Kurz unsterblich'' (2010) * ''Akustisch'' (2011)

Singles

References

External links

Former group „Plutone“

Former group „Ge'läck“
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regner, Tobias 1982 births Living people Deutschland sucht den Superstar winners German rock singers University of Salzburg alumni 19 Recordings artists 21st-century German male singers