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 | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 14 May 1993 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Biography
editEarly life
editJoey 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
editHe 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.
Performances
edit| 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
editWithin 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
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [10] |
AUT [11] | |||
| Jeder Tag zählt |
|
95 | 65 | |
Singles
edit| 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
edit- ^ a b Kylla, Denise (8 April 2012). "Das sagt Joey nach dem DSDS-Aus". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b Stych, Juliane (8 April 2012). "Joey ist raus - Das sind die Top 4". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "DSDS 2012: Kandidat Joey Heindle" (in German). RTL. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Joey Heindle: "Mir war das viel zu nackt"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Joey wütend: "Dieter war eine Pussy"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Joey Heindle: Der Krächzer bekommt einen Plattenvertrag". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b "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). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ "Joey lutscht für Fiona und für acht Sterne". Die Welt (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Joey Heindle - German Charts". charts.de.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Joey Heindle - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2014-06-14.