Joey Heindle | |
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Background information | |
Born | Munich, Germany | 14 May 1993
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2012–present |
Joey Heindle (born 14 May 1993 in Munich) is a German singer. He is best known for winning the seventh season of the game show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (2013) and finishing in 5th place in season 9 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2012), despite universally negative reviews from the jury each week. [1] [2]
Joey Heindle was born on 14 May 1993 in Munich, Bavaria. [3] He currently lives in Freising, Bavaria. [3] He has 5 siblings. [3] He has trained as an assistant chef and has further training as a chef. [3] He had to cancel training due to a hand injury. [3] He can play the guitar. [3] He has sung at birthday parties. [3] His favourite singers are Elton John and Xavier Naidoo. [3]
He went shirtless for his Top 8 performance. [4] He felt uncomfortable going shirtless. [4] Joey stated (about being shirtless) "Actually, I did not want that, but did that because the director wanted." [4] Joey called DSDS jury member Dieter Bohlen a "pussy" for the negative criticism he has given him. [5] After the show, Joey stated "Dieter was a pussy. He just left and did not listen till the end. That just simply sucks. No one on earth would do that in a talent show. This is a huge insult". [5] Joey also stated that his relationship in the long-term won't suffer because of this and he will forgive Dieter at some point. [5] He was eliminated in the Top 5. [1] [2] Though he received negative feedback in the mottoshows, he ranked high in the public voting until his elimination.
Show (Original Airdate) |
Song (Artist) | Percentage of calls |
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Top 16 (25 February 2012) |
" Here Without You" ( 3 Doors Down) | |
Top 10 (3 March 2012) |
" Hey, Soul Sister" ( Train) | |
Top 9 (10 March 2012) |
" Crying at the Discoteque" ( Alcazar) | |
Top 8 (17 March 2012) |
"Der Weg" ( Herbert Grönemeyer) | |
Top 7 (24 March 2012) |
" Love Is in the Air" ( John Paul Young) | |
Top 6 (31 March 2012) |
"Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen" ( Xavier Naidoo) | |
" Hero" ( Enrique Iglesias) (duet with Luca Hänni) | ||
Top 5 (7 April 2012) |
" Grenade" ( Bruno Mars) | |
" Behind Blue Eyes" ( Limp Bizkit) |
Within days of being eliminated from DSDS, Heindle got a recording contract with music producer Marco Delgardo. [6] Heindle had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance after funny movement and falling on his bed. [7] He was diagnosed with a pinched nerve. [7] Heindle is booked until August 2013. [8] Heindle participated in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! and won. [9]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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GER [10] |
AUT [11] | |||
Jeder Tag zählt |
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95 | 65 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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GER [10] |
AUT [11] | ||||||||||||
"Die ganze Welt dreht sich um dich" | 2012 | 94 | — | Jeder Tag zählt | |||||||||
"Hol’ mich raus!" | 2013 | — | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory. |