Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 12)
During the live-shows of season 11, it was announced that the castings for season 12 will start in August 2014. RTL's Head of Programm Frank Hoffmann stated in April 2014 that he wants to keep the series for the years the come, although the ratings continued to fall, especially in the live shows. He further explained that the live-shows will be cut to an "absolut minimum". In Fall 2014, RTL gave closer details to the changes of Season 12. The liveshows are replaced with pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Only the announcement of the results will be broadcast live. In contrary to the seasons before the final will not take place in a TV studio in Cologne, but in the ÖVB Arena in Bremen.
For the first time, auditions will be held in the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium.
In October 2014, RTL announced that Marianne Rosenberg, Mietze Katz and Kay One won't return for the twelfth season. The new jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, Swiss discjockey DJ Antoine, Schlager singer Heino and singer Mandy Capristo. The winner song entitled Hero of My Heart was produced and written by juror Dieter Bohlen. The winner of the Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2015 was announced as Severino Seeger with Viviana Grisafi finishing as the runner-up.
Auditions und Recall
Start of the season was on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. In addition to duration juror Dieter Bohlen sit Popstars winner Mandy Capristo, DJ Antoine and pop singer Heino in the jury. So far there is no moderator, the contest announcements during the auditions were spoken by Menderes Bağcı. As a regular guest next Menderes also Heino's wife was seen. In the casting rounds each candidate selected before the show from a Golden CD with the name of the juror, whose voice should be the deciding factor for advancement or leaving a draw jury voting. Menderes reached the fourth time the recall. There is a "Quick Pick" was held where each candidate had to sing again. RTL did not send this Germany-Recall. Instead, only a short scene was shown in which piles announced that the 34 pre-worn Recall of the 110 candidates in Thailand recall were.Re-Recall
The Recall in Thailand was reached by 16 women and 18 men. The contestants were separated in three to four groups by each gender for the first four performances. The theme for the first performances on the highest building in Bangkok was Black and White. After that performances the judes send four contestants home. For the next challenge which should be with a spectacular intro in the middle of a street in front of local inhabitants they sang again in groups with three of them leaving the competition after it. The third appearance in a historic temple district on the outskirts of Bangkok acknowledged the jury with seven return tickets and the advancement of 19 candidates. They had to go for the obligatory beach appearance on the island of Ko Hong Ko Hong archipelago in the south of the country. The location near Phuket, belonging to a national park island formed a picturesque backdrop for the resignation of five other superstar aspirants. The remaining 14 candidates sang seven same-sex or mixed-duets on a covered swimming pool with Plexiglas.The eliminated acts of the Re-Recall as follow:
| Place | Contestant | Age | Occupation | Origin |
| 11 | Juna Manaj | 23 | Apprentice | Albania  |
| 11 | Kevin Spatt | 24 | Commercial clerk | Austria  |
| 11 | Melissa Nock | 19 | Student | Germany  |
| 11 | Susanne "Chica Susi Unique" Spahiu | 21 | Apprentice | Germany |
| 15 | Anna Carina Alpert | 22 | Businesswoman | Germany |
| 15 | Fitzroy Maxwell | 41 | Gardener | Jamaica  |
| 15 | Katarina Durdevic | 19 | Apprentice | Germany |
| 15 | Noel Terhorst | 20 | Student | Germany |
| 15 | Sascha Grabowski | 33 | Soldier | Germany |
| 20 | Christoph Cronauer | 19 | Student | Germany |
| 20 | Daniela Da Silva Esteves | 22 | Agency worker | Portugal  |
| 20 | Rebecca Schelhorn | 19 | Student and singer | Germany |
| 20 | Tina Umbricht | 16 | Student | Switzerland  |
| 24 | Mustafa Papeoglou | 23 | Vendor | Greece  Turkey  |
| 24 | Patrick Stiebe | 22 | Student | Germany |
| 24 | Randy Baker | 22 | Model | England  |
| 27 | Amina Karoui | 18 | Apprentice | Austria |
| 27 | Christian Tesch | 17 | Model | Germany |
| 27 | Sandra Kraft | 25 | Mother | Germany |
| 30 | Germaine Nassal | 25 | Photographer | France  |
| 30 | Kerim Yilmaz | 22 | Taxi driver | Turkey |
| 30 | Patrick Nowak | 24 | Student | Germany |
| 30 | Gianfranco Savoia | 18 | Apprentice | Italy  |
| 34 | René Krebs | 24 | Car seller | Germany |
Finalists
Event-Shows
The Event shows are held from April 25 to May 16, 2015 with three pre-recorded shows and a live final. The voting resuluts were published right after the final.;Color key
| Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated | |
| Contestant was in the bottom two, three or four | |
| Contestant received the most votes from the public | |
| Contestant was announced as the season's winner |
Top 10 - [Ischgl] - "Top of the Mountain"
The first event show was held in Ischgl and was pre-recorded on 11 April 2015. The live result show in Cologne was aired directly after the event show. The two contestants with the fewest votes were eliminated.| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Severino Seeger | "Uptown Funk" | Safe | 16.48% |
| 2 | Viviana Grisafi | "Love Me Like You Do" | Safe | 18.36% |
| 3 | Leon Heidrich | "Einmal um die Welt" | Eliminated | 3.13% |
| 4 | Erica Greenfield | "Single Ladies " | Safe | 4.67% |
| 5 | Marcel Kärcher | "Au Revoir" | Eliminated | 3.29% |
| 6 | Jeannine Rossi | "Atemlos durch die Nacht" | Safe | 7.55% |
| 7 | Robin Eichinger | "When the Beat Drops Out" | Bottom three | 4.19% |
| 8 | Laura Lopez | "Bang Bang" | Safe | 5.30% |
| 9 | Seraphina Ueberholz | "Ich bin Ich" | Safe | 4.86% |
| 10 | Antonio Gerardi | "You Are So Beautiful" | Safe | 32.17% |
- Group performance: "Auf Uns" - Andreas Bourani
- Guest performance: Andreas Gabalier
Top 8 - [Balver Höhle] – "The Dome Of Stone"
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Laura Lopez | "Changing" | Eliminated | 4.65% |
| 2 | Viviana Grisafi | "Stay with Me" | Safe | 17.03% |
| 4 | Erica Greenfield | "Chandelier" | Safe | 8.32% |
| 3 | Robin Eichinger | "Firestone" | Eliminated | 4.33% |
| 5 | Jeannine Rossi | "Du hast mich tausendmal belogen" | Safe | 6.56% |
| 6 | Antonio Gerardi | "It's My Life" | Safe | 13.91% |
| 7 | Seraphina Ueberholz | "Ich Lebe" | Bottom three | 6.24% |
| 8 | Severino Seeger | "Unchained Melody" | Safe | 38.96% |
- Group performance: "Love Runs Out"
Top 6 - [Leipzig] - "Semi-final"
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Antonio Gerardi | "Impossible" | Bottom four | 16.39% |
| 2 | Erica Greenfield | "Lips Are Movin" | Eliminated | 8.76% |
| 3 | Jeannine Rossi | "Ich liebe das Leben" | Eliminated | 9.01% |
| 4 | Seraphina Ueberholz | "Applaus, Applaus" | Eliminated | 5.21% |
| 5 | Severino Seeger | "Breathe Easy" | Safe | 35.56% |
| 6 | Viviana Grisafi | "Masterpiece" | Safe | 25.07% |
| 7 | Erica Greenfield & Antonio Gerardi | "Up Where We Belong" | ||
| 8 | Jeannine Rossi & Seraphina Ueberholz | "Das Beste" | ||
| 9 | Viviana Grisafi & Severino Seeger | "Endless Love" |
- Group performance: "Blame"
Top 3 - [Bremen] – "The Final"
- Group performances: "Auf Uns" - Andreas Bourani, "Don't Worry"
- Guest performer: Söhne Mannheims - "Geh davon aus"
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Antonio Gerardi | "You Give Me Something" | Eliminated | 21.64% |
| 2 | Viviana Grisafi | "What I Did for Love" | Bottom two | 38.19% |
| 3 | Severino Seeger | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe | 40.17% |
;Round 2
| Order | Contestant | Song | Order | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Viviana Grisafi | "Wrecking Ball" | 3 | "Hero of My Heart" | Runner-Up | 41.43% |
| 2 | Severino Seeger | "Unchained Melody" | 4 | "Hero of My Heart" | Winner | 58.57% |
Antonio Gerardi would have performed "Caruso" and "Hero of My Heart".