Room2012 is a
German pop quartet, which originated in the late fall of 2007 on the sixth installment of the German version of the international television talent show
Popstars.
History
Formation
Under the motto "Wir suchen den heißesten Live-Act Deutschlands" ("We are looking for Germany's hottest live act")
Popstars returned with a sixth installment in the summer of 2007, this time searching for Germany's best live performers. Hopeful singers and dancers attended open television auditions in a couple of German cities, judged by choreographer and dancer
Detlef "D!" Soost,
music producer Dieter Falk, techno veteran
Marusha, singer
Nina Hagen and singing coach
Jane Comerford. Over the course of several recalls and re-recalls the judges reduced the contestants to a smaller group that immediately travelled to
Füssen to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. Considering the contestants for too weak, ProSieben decided to hold auditions in the Netherlands, where a few more dancers and singers were cast. In the end dancers and singers started working on their performance and publicity skills together. While the dancers suddenly were separated from the singers and put into a separate band, called
Popstars Dance Company, the singers continued the competition.