Death of favorites on “The Voice of Germany”: In a dramatic and high-class semi-final of the Sat.1 music show, Irish singer Ronan Keating (46) and presenter Giovanni Zarrella (45) emerged as winners. However, there were disappointed faces late on Friday evening from her younger colleagues Bill and Tom Kaulitz (34) and rapper Shirin David (28).

In the team of Tokio Hotel twins, who went into the live show with five talents, only Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp (24) from Cologne came out on top in the audience voting. Of four candidates, David only brought Joy Esquivias (26) from Mannheim into the final.

With rocker Egon Herrnleben (40) from Bamberg and Emely Myles (33), who lives in Austria, Keating still has two chances of winning. Zarrella was able to save his only remaining talent, Desirey Sarpong Agyemang (21) from Duisburg, into the final show and could hardly believe his luck.

Nico Santos, James Blunt and Emeli Sandé will appear as guest stars in the “Voice” finale next Friday.