The third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on 16 November 2005 and continued until 18 March 2006. It was won by Tobias Regner. The season was co-hosted by Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl. Finalists (Ages stated at time of contest) Top 20 Shows 1st Top 20 Show (Boys) Menowin Fröhlich made it into the Top 20 Shows but was disqualified after he was sentenced to two years in jail for fraud and injury. Markus Derwall took his place in the competition. In season 7, Fröhlich auditioned for the show once again and made it to the final 2. Bottom 4: Gian-Luca, Markus, Julian, Stephan Eliminated: Gian-Luca, Markus, Julian The only reason that the percentiles are shown in this show because there was a mix up in the voting (Stephan Darnstaedt was declared to be leaving the show until cleared up that the host misread the card) and were later published after this show. 1st Top 20 Show (Girls) Bottom 4: Angelika, Carolina, Selina, Laura Eliminated: Angelika, Selina, Laura 2nd Top 20 Show (Boys) Bottom 4: Didi, Stephan, Daniel, Fabian Eliminated: Didi, Fabian Advancing to the Top 10: Mike Leon, Nevio, Tobias, Daniel, Stephan 2nd Top 20 Show (Girls) Bottom 4: Lena, Meri, Dascha, Sharyhan Eliminated: Meri, Sharyhan Advancing to the Top 10: Vanessa, Carolina, Anna-Maria, Dascha, Lena Finals Contestants Stephan Darnstaedt, born on 10 October 1987 was a contestant of the third season. Darnstaedt left DSDS just one day before the third 'theme show', being replaced by Didi Knoblauch. He was known to sing songs from boy bands. Darnstaedt was not a favorite of the competition and was in the bottom groups during both Top 20 shows. Nevertheless, he ranked in the top half of voting during the theme show before his departure. Vanessa Jean Dedmon, born 28 April 1987 to Russel and Waltraud Dedmon was a semifinalist in the third season and was voted out in the Top 3 Show. Carolina Escolano-Fernandez, born 19 March 1984 in Pforzheim, Germany, was a contestant in the third season. She is of Spanish descent. Didi Knoblauch (a.k.a. Jamie Dwayne Knoblauch and of trans-sexual gender), was born Diana Knoblauch 15 December 1980 in Illerkirchberg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Knoblauch is a member of the rock 'n' roll cover band The Cash in Baden-Württemberg. Knoblauch was eliminated in the second Top 20 show but was brought back into the competition as Stephan Darnstaedt quit. Dascha