Joey Heindle
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! and finishing in 5th place in season 9 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, despite universally negative reviews from the jury each week.[1][2]
Biography
Early life
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]
DSDS
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 went out and did not further heard. That was just simply sucks. That would make no man on earth in a talent show. This is an insult to the power of three".[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.
Performances
Show (Original Airdate) |
Song (Artist) | Percentage of calls |
---|---|---|
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) |
Post-DSDS
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]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
GER [10] |
AUT [11] | |||
Jeder Tag zählt |
|
95 | 65 |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
References
- 1 2 Kylla, Denise (8 April 2012). "Das sagt Joey nach dem DSDS-Aus". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 Stych, Juliane (8 April 2012). "Joey ist raus - Das sind die Top 4". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "DSDS 2012: Kandidat Joey Heindle" (in German). RTL. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Joey Heindle: "Mir war das viel zu nackt"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 18 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Joey wütend: "Dieter war eine Pussy"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "Joey Heindle: Der Krächzer bekommt einen Plattenvertrag". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 "Joey Heindle: Mit Blaulicht ins Krankenhaus". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ Kylla, Denise (27 August 2012). "Das machen die ehemaligen DSDS-Stars heute". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "Joey lutscht für Fiona und für acht Sterne". Die Welt (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- 1 2 "Joey Heindle - German Charts". charts.de.
- 1 2 "Joey Heindle - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at.