The nineteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar began on 22 January 2022 on RTL. The jury consisted of Florian Silbereisen, Ilse DeLange and Toby Gad. The contract with Dieter Bohlen as a juror was not extended by RTL and after 18 seasons Bohlen was not in the jury. Marco Schreyl became the new host. Guest judges in the first live show was Thomas Anders, in the second live show Sarah Lombardi, in the third and fourth Let's Dance judge Joachim Llambi. Harry Marcello Laffontien won the competition with 73,10% of the public votes which it's the 3rd highest percentage win on the show.