Mike Leon Grosch

Mike Leon Grosch (born 2 November 1976) is a German singer who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.

Biography Grosch was born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia to a German-Australian father and Korean mother. He later moved to Cologne with his single mother Sung-Yun, who worked as a nurse there. He gained his first professional stage experience when he started singing at weddings and other ceremonies, while simultaneously performing with his own band.

Until autumn 2005, Grosch worked as a cell phone seller. At that time he took leave from his job to participate in the third season of Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (where he also became romantically involved with co-competitor Vanessa Jean Dedmon). Because of his strong, husky voice and a few similarities to British singer Seal, Grosch became an early favourite with the judges and the audience, who enabled him to sing against competitor Tobias Regner during the final show. However, Grosch lost by vote, scoring 45% against Regner.

In early March 2007, Grosch admitted to Bild, the biggest German daily tabloid, that Sony BMG would not continue their existing record contract with him and thus was being dropped. He also stated that so far no other record label had shown interest in working with him.

Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions GER AUT SWI AbsoluteReleased: 26 May 2006 Formats: CD, digital download 1 2 6 Wenn wir uns wiedersehenReleased: 30 April 2021 Formats: CD, digital download 18 — 54 TiefReleased: 15 September 2023 Formats: CD, digital download 17 — —

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and parent album Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI "Don't Let It Get You Down" 2009 1 6 2 Absolute "Confessional" 30 — —