14 November 2000 (2000-11-14) – 6 March 2001 (2001-03-06)
In fall 2000, German television network RTL2 started with the production of a German adaption of Popstars. Over the course of three months more than 4,500 hopeful female singers attended open television auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich. Judged by Dutch entertainer Simone Angel, booker Mario M. Mendryzcki and Rainer Moslener, a director of A&R, thirty-two out of two hundred pre-selected girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Majorca, Spain, to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continued eliminating two or three girls each day with the help of choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, eleven finalists remained and were sent home to prepare. In November 2000, Angel and Moslener visited each of the contestants at home to reveal whether or not they had been selected for the band. In the end five girls made it into the band: Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls. With the final members of the group in place, Popstars continued tracking the development and struggles of the new band.
Episodes
Episode 1: The Casting I
First Aired: 14 November 2000
Episode 2: The Casting II
First Aired: 21 November 2000
Episode 3: Recall
First Aired: 28 November 2000
Episode 4: Re-Recall + Telephone Callbacks
First Aired: 5 December 2000
Episode 5: The Workshop I
First Aired: 12 December 2000 Disqualified in training: Katja Eliminated: Abir, Peggy, Stefanie
Episode 6: The Workshop II
First Aired: 19 December 2000 Eliminated: Allison, Asia, Ji-In Cho, Juana
Episode 7: The Workshop III
First Aired: 26 December 2000 Eliminated: Anke, Hariklia, Susan, Sushi
Episode 8: The Visits: Who Makes The Band? + Band Haus I
The girls practise their first single in a studio, take dance-lessons but don't like their coach. For one day they are coached by another dance-teacher, who is introduced as their new main-coach later. Simone visits the band to talk about styling and types. She tells that every girl stands for one element. After the meeting they drive to a radio station where the name of the band is revealed: No Angels.
