# Judith Lefeber

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**Judith Mahdavi Lefeber** (born 14 March 1981) is a German singer, who gained fame as a finalist of the first season of the television show *[Deutschland sucht den Superstar](/source/Deutschland_sucht_den_Superstar)*, the German version of *[Pop Idol](/source/Pop_Idol)*.

## Biography

Lefeber was born in [Manipal](/source/Manipal), Karnataka, India. At six months old, she was adopted by a couple from Germany and grew up in [Rheda-Wiedenbrück](/source/Rheda-Wiedenbr%C3%BCck) near [Gütersloh](/source/G%C3%BCtersloh) alongside her adoptive brother; who is seven years her senior. She started taking vocal, piano and ballet lessons at four years old, followed-up by joining the local girl's choir. After her high school graduation, Lefeber went on studying singing and piano at the conservatory in [Detmold](/source/Detmold). Shortly afterwards, she moved to [Essen](/source/Essen).

In 2002, Lefeber participated in the first season of *[Deutschland sucht den SuperStar](/source/Deutschland_sucht_den_SuperStar)*. Although she was widely considered as the favourite finalist right from the beginning of the show, she decided to leave *DSDS* after her second performance, explaining that personal issues that had arisen. However, after the final show it was revealed that Lefeber had received the highest percent of votes both during the top 10 and top 9 shows.

Afterwards Lefeber signed a contract with [Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music). Released in fall 2003, her debut album *In My Dreams* saw comparatively big success, peaking at number 17 on the German albums chart (almost two years after her quit from *DSDS*), while the album's singles reached number 13 ("I Will Follow You") and number 70 ("Everybody Does") respectively on the national singles chart.

In 2004, Lefeber was engaged for the leading role in the musical *[Aida](/source/Aida_(musical))* in [Essen](/source/Essen). Simultaneously, she released her second album *In My Room* after a sudden label change to [Zyx Music](/source/Zyx_Music). Due to a lack of promotion, both the album and the same-titled single saw less to no commercial success. The singer has since focused on starring in [stage musicals](/source/Musical_theatre).

## Discography

### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications GER [1] AUT [2] SWI [3] In My Dreams Released: 29 October 2003 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 17 — — In My Room Released: 25 October 2004 Label: ZYX Music Formats: CD, digital download — — —

### Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI 2003 "I Will Follow You" 13 — 61 In My Dreams "Everybody Does" 70 — — 2004 "In My Room" — — — In My Room "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

## References

1. ["Chartvelfolgung / Yvonne Catterfeld / Longplay"](http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Daniel+Schuhmacher?sort=entry&type=longplay) (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[dead link]

1. ["Austrian Charts > Daniel Schuhmacher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140621042111/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Daniel%2BSchuhmacher) (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from [the original](http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Daniel+Schuhmacher) on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2010.

1. ["Swiss Charts > Daniel Schuhmacher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160117003811/http://hitparade.ch/artist/Daniel_Schuhmacher) (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from [the original](http://hitparade.ch/artist/Daniel_Schuhmacher) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2010.

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060613063518/http://judith-lefeber.de/)

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