Michael Hirte

德國(guó)44歲的一直靠社會(huì)救濟(jì)維生的希爾特（Michael Hirte）最近喜獲“2008超級(jí)才華獎(jiǎng)”。上周六晚，德國(guó)RTL電視臺(tái)選秀節(jié)目進(jìn)入總決賽，希爾特憑著出色的口琴表演一舉奪冠。評(píng)審員迪特·伯倫（Dieter Bohlen）也認(rèn)為這是榮之所歸。在長(zhǎng)達(dá)四個(gè)小時(shí)的節(jié)目當(dāng)中，伯倫多次為希爾特叫好，甚至打賭說(shuō)，假如不是希爾特獲勝，他將“吞掉自己的夾克衫”。
素以言詞尖刻著稱的伯倫在評(píng)價(jià)"超級(jí)才華獎(jiǎng)"候選人的時(shí)候顯得溫和而又婉轉(zhuǎn)，另兩名評(píng)審員Sylvie van der Vaart以及Bruce Darnell也不吝美言地贊嘆他們是"地球上的天使"，"天籟之音"令人宛如置身"良辰美景"。
當(dāng)節(jié)目進(jìn)行了兩個(gè)半小時(shí)之后，希爾特作為最后一名參賽者出場(chǎng)，而他的大獲全勝仿佛是命中注定。一曲《Ave Maria》之后，天上飄下了一陣星雨，三名評(píng)委不約而同地站起身來(lái)，向希爾特表示祝賀。伯倫當(dāng)即表示："沒(méi)人比你更應(yīng)該贏了。"希爾特從不屈從于命運(yùn)，值得"每個(gè)人都投票給他。"
希爾特是一個(gè)"從街頭走向舞臺(tái)的音樂(lè)人"。這位前貨車司機(jī)在一次車禍中受傷，失去了一條腿和一只眼。他的妻子也離他而去。為了接濟(jì)一下捉襟見(jiàn)肘的生活，希爾特時(shí)常去步行街吹奏一段口琴，賺兩個(gè)零花錢?，F(xiàn)在，希爾特贏得了10萬(wàn)歐元的獎(jiǎng)金，"夢(mèng)想成為了現(xiàn)實(shí)，令人目眩神迷。"
另?yè)?jù)RTL統(tǒng)計(jì)，約有610萬(wàn)人收看了這檔選秀節(jié)目，巔峰時(shí)期甚至達(dá)到了760萬(wàn)，占到了14至49歲目標(biāo)受眾群的30.4%。
對(duì)于Michael Hirte來(lái)說(shuō)，夢(mèng)想已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)。不僅僅是那個(gè)超級(jí)才華獎(jiǎng)和10萬(wàn)歐元的獎(jiǎng)金，更重要的是，它的第一張個(gè)人專輯"Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika"即將發(fā)行。專輯中不光有他用口琴演奏的著名經(jīng)典樂(lè)曲，Ave Maria，You Raise Me Up，還有著契合目前圣誕氣氛的Stille Nacht。與此同時(shí)，他的個(gè)人巡回表演的計(jì)劃也已經(jīng)形成。
才華洋溢并不足以令人驚奇，真正撼動(dòng)人心的是他對(duì)于生活的那份態(tài)度與堅(jiān)持，面對(duì)自己遭遇的不幸，妻子的離他而去，他并沒(méi)有放棄，而是以堅(jiān)強(qiáng)和樂(lè)觀來(lái)面對(duì)一切，并且用音樂(lè)來(lái)讓自己的生活充滿美麗與快樂(lè)。
身體上的殘缺并不代表什么，重要的是一個(gè)健康,健全的心靈。
Michael Hirte is a harmonica player from Germany whose debut album, Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika (2008), was a chart-topping success throughout the German-language world in the wake of his rise to fame on the television show Das Supertalent. Born on October 10, 1964, in Spremberg, Germany, he suffered a terrible accident in 1991 that left him severely injured and in a coma. After recovering from the accident, Hirte found solace in the harmonica. His remarkable talent for playing the instrument led to an opportunity to compete on the television show Das Supertalent, a German-language version of the show Britain's Got Talent. His performances on the show led to fame within the German-language world, where the tragedy of his back-story became as well known as his musical ability. On the night of November 29, 2008, Hirte won the televised talent show by a wide margin, garnering 72.62 percent of the votes; by comparison, the closest competitor won a meager 5.47 percent of the votes. Within a month's time, Hirte had signed a major-label recording contract with Sony BMG and released his full-length solo album debut, Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika, the week before Christmas. A chart-topping success on the album charts of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika features the minor hit singles "Ave Maria" and "You Raise Me Up." In 2009 Hirte mounted an extensive tour of Germany in support of his album debut.