Michael Hirte

德國44歲的一直靠社會救濟維生的希爾特（Michael Hirte）最近喜獲“2008超級才華獎”。上周六晚，德國RTL電視臺選秀節(jié)目進入總決賽，希爾特憑著出色的口琴表演一舉奪冠。評審員迪特·伯倫（Dieter Bohlen）也認為這是榮之所歸。在長達四個小時的節(jié)目當中，伯倫多次為希爾特叫好，甚至打賭說，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價"超級才華獎"候選人的時候顯得溫和而又婉轉，另兩名評審員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"。
當節(jié)目進行了兩個半小時之后，希爾特作為最后一名參賽者出場，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，三名評委不約而同地站起身來，向希爾特表示祝賀。伯倫當即表示："沒人比你更應該贏了。"希爾特從不屈從于命運，值得"每個人都投票給他。"
希爾特是一個"從街頭走向舞臺的音樂人"。這位前貨車司機在一次車禍中受傷，失去了一條腿和一只眼。他的妻子也離他而去。為了接濟一下捉襟見肘的生活，希爾特時常去步行街吹奏一段口琴，賺兩個零花錢。現(xiàn)在，希爾特贏得了10萬歐元的獎金，"夢想成為了現(xiàn)實，令人目眩神迷。"
另據(jù)RTL統(tǒng)計，約有610萬人收看了這檔選秀節(jié)目，巔峰時期甚至達到了760萬，占到了14至49歲目標受眾群的30.4%。
對于Michael Hirte來說，夢想已經(jīng)實現(xiàn)。不僅僅是那個超級才華獎和10萬歐元的獎金，更重要的是，它的第一張個人專輯"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，他的個人巡回表演的計劃也已經(jīng)形成。
才華洋溢并不足以令人驚奇，真正撼動人心的是他對于生活的那份態(tài)度與堅持，面對自己遭遇的不幸，妻子的離他而去，他并沒有放棄，而是以堅強和樂觀來面對一切，并且用音樂來讓自己的生活充滿美麗與快樂。
身體上的殘缺并不代表什么，重要的是一個健康,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.