But can she sing? Prima Donna the Jack Russell dog wins 'Germany's Got Talent'

By Mail Foreign Service
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We had Susan Boyle - a genuine undiscovered talent who blew the nation away with her soaring voice.

In Germany, they got a terrier that can do a somersault.

Viewers of Germany's version of Britain's Got Talent, SuperTalent, have just voted for a small black and white Jack Russell as their winner.

During the final Prima Donna chased her own tail, walked on her hind legs, jumped through hoops and climbed on top of owner Yvo Antoni.

'Super Talent' winner: Prima Donna poses with owner Yvo Antoni, from Cologne, in the final of the German TV show

The studio audience gave the pair a standing ovation before they were announced the winners.

Prima Donna who won just over half of the votes from 9million viewers fought off competition from Oliver Roemer, an unemployed 41-year-old from Bremen.

Roemer was described by his local paper as being 'corpulent, halfway bald and wearing old fashioned glasses'.

Prima Donna's other competition were the so-called 'super kids': Richard Istel, 10, who sang the Leonard Cohen classic Hallelujah and Carlotta Truman who sang John Lennon's Imagine.

There were also acrobats with a big golden ball, a pyrotechnic artist with a burning back and a guitar that shot sparks as well as 28-year-old Petruta Krüpper who played the pan pipes.

Some 37,000 acts were weeded out before the final but Prima Donna was the only dog.

'A dog as Germany’s super talent, I didn’t reckon with that,' said chief judge Dieter Bohlen, the German equivalent of Simon Cowell.

Usually the winner of the competition receives a recording contract and goes on tour around Germany.

But Mr Antoni said: 'We won't be making a record. But we will do a tour.'

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