The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on 24 November 2002 and continued until 8 March 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. The season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.

Finals

Finalists

• as of the start of the season

Live show details

Heat 1 (30 November 2002)

Heat 2 (7 December 2002)

Heat 3 (14 December 2002)

Live show 1 (21 December 2002)

Theme: My Superstar

Live show 2 (28 December 2002)

Theme: Love songs

Live show 3 (4 January 2003)

Theme: Hits of 2002

Live show 4 (11 January 2003)

Theme: Musicals

Live show 5 (18 January 2003)

Theme: The 80s

Live show 6 (1 February 2003)

Theme: Big Band

Live show 7 (8 February 2003)

Theme: The 70s & Disco

Live show 8: semi-final (1 March 2003)

Theme: Movies

Live final (8 March 2003)

Releases

DSDS finalists Alexander Klaws Juliette Schoppmann Daniel Küblböck Vanessa Struhler Gracia Baur Nicole Süßmilch Daniel Lopes Nektarios Bamiatzis Judith Lefeber 4 United (Daniel Küblböck, Gracia Baur, Nektarios Bamiatzis, Stephanie Brauckmeyer)

Elimination chart