Mike Leon Grosch

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Mike Leon Grosch
Grosch at a charity concert in 2006
Grosch at a charity concert in 2006
Background information
Born (1976-11-02) 2 November 1976
Wuppertal, West Germany
GenresPop, rock
OccupationSinger
Years active2006–present
LabelSony BMG (2006)

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.

Grosch released a second single, "Confessional", from his album Absolute to minor success. He also joined Regner for a summer tour around (Germany) which was called Absolute Straight.

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.[1]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 SWI
[4]
Absolute
  • Released: 26 May 2006
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 2 6
Wenn wir uns wiedersehen
  • Released: 30 April 2021
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 18 — 54
Tief
  • Released: 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
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 SWI
[4]
"Don't Let It Get You Down" 2009 1 6 2 Absolute
"Confessional" 30 — —

References

  1. Der Absturz von Ex-Superstar Mike – Bild.de Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "CHARTVERLAUF > Mike Leon Grosch" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  3. "Discographie Mike Leon Grosch". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  4. "Discographie Mike Leon Grosch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 April 2026.