the mistake and Marco Schreyl replied that "It could be made easier for the host". RTL decided that no candidate would be eliminated and the final show has been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to air on 7 May. On the sixth Mottoshow, Sarah Engels had two wardrobe incidents, when dancing to "Walking on Sunshine", where she began dancing too close to one of the cameras, causing two upskirts. This was eventually shown to the studio audience during the recap of her performance and was noted by the judges. Auditions As with season 7, an audition truck, in which the candidates can qualify for the televised auditions, stopped in various cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland between August 2010 and October 2010. Open auditions took place in September 2010 in Cologne, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. 34,956 people auditioned throughout the 35 cities that hosted auditions. 135 candidates advanced to the Recall. Menderes Bagci, who failed in the auditions in the previous 7 seasons, advanced to the recall. "Recall" The first "recall" show aired on 2 February. The 135 candidates who advanced to the Recall were split up into groups where the judges picked 60 candidates for the next round. The 60 candidates who advanced participated in groups and duets. Nico Raecke, who originally was one of the participants advancing to the Top 35, was thrown out of Deutschland sucht den Superstar because of his arrest for robbery and assault. Menderes Bagci was one of the candidates eliminated on 5 February Recall show. The Top 35 went to the Maldives. Finalists (Ages stated at time of contest) "Die Top 15 – Jetzt oder nie" (The Top 15 – Now or Never) Original airdate: 19 February 2011 Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Norman, Marvin, Marco, Sebastian, Pietro, Ardian, Anna-Carina Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Sarah, Zazou, Nina "Mottoshows" (theme shows) Top 10 - "Megahits" Original airdate: 26 February 2011 Jury Elimination Forecast: Nina Richel or Zazou Mall (Dieter & Fernanda), Nina Richel (Patrick) Bottom 3: Nina Richel, Norman Langen & Sarah Engels Eliminated: Sarah Engels Top 9 - "Apres-Ski Hits" Original airdate: 5 March 2011 Jury Elimination Forecast: Nina Richel (Dieter & Patrick), Norman Langen or Nina Richel (Fernanda) Bottom 3: Anna-Carina Woitschack, Ardian Bujupi & Marvin Cybulski Eliminated: Marvin Cybulski Top 8 - "Frühlings Gefühle" (Spring Feelings) Original airdate: 12 March 2011 Jury Elimination Forecast: Ardian