Sarah Engels

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Sarah Engels
2018-09-16 ZDF Fernsehgarten SARAH-8787.jpg
Engels in 2018
Born (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 31)
Cologne, Germany
Other namesSarah Lombardi
Occupations
  • Singer
  • media personality
Spouses
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    (m. 2013;div. 2019)​
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    (m. 2021)​
Children2
Musical career
Genres Pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2009–present
LabelsAriola, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

Sarah Engels (born 15 October 1992), [1] known as Sarah Lombardi from 2013 to 2021, is a German pop singer and television personality. She is best known for participating in season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , where she was eliminated from the Top 10, [2] [3] only to return two shows later and eventually become the runner-up.

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In 2020, she represented Italy at the Free European Song Contest 2020 with the song "Te Amo Mi Amor", finishing 13th out of 16.

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Engels also participated in season 7 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar but was eliminated during the recall after her duet with Eugen Flittner. [1] In season 8, she was eliminated in the first Live Show. [4] Later on, she was asked to come back because RTL chief Tom Sänger (not the voters) had eliminated Nina Richel from the show, allegedly for health reasons. [5]

Pietro Lombardi's brother posted a semi-nude picture of Engels after she had used Pietro's mobile phone to talk to girls. [6] After hearing about what Sarah had done, Lombardi's brother Marco decided to take "revenge" by sharing this semi-nude picture of Engels. [6]

By performance

Personal life

Sarah and Pietro Lombardi in 2013 Pietro-Lombardi-Sarah-Engels.jpg
Sarah and Pietro Lombardi in 2013

Engels is of Italian descent. [7] She married Pietro Lombardi in March 2013 and changed her name from Engels to Lombardi. [8] On 19 June 2015, their son was born. She announced their separation in October 2016. [9]

Discography

Albums

Album titleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[10] 		AUT
[11] 		SWI
[12]
Heartbeat 2513
Dream Team
(with Pietro Lombardi)
  • Released: 22 March 2013
  • Label: Universal
333769
Teil von mir
(with Pietro Lombardi)
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: GoodToGo
352735
Zurück zu mir
  • Released: 4 May 2018
  • Label: El Cartel, Universal
181821
Im Augenblick [13]
  • Released: 23 April 2021
  • Label: Ariola
81624

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[10] 		AUT
[11] 		SWI
[12]
2011"Call My Name"222Heartbeat
"I Miss You"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		2614
"Only for You"3347—
"It's Christmas Time"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		—75— Pietro Style
2013"Dream Team"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		416065Dream Team
2015"Nimmerland"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		3228—Teil von mir
2016"Nur mit dir"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		4042—
"Teil von mir"
(with Pietro Lombardi)		———
2018"Genau hier"315167Zurück zu mir
2019"Weekend"
(DJ Herzbeat featuring Sarah)		83——Non-album singles
"Ich liebe nur dich"
(Pietro Basile featuring Sarah)		495624
2020"Te Amo Mi Amor"112442Im Augenblick
"Zoom"———
2021"Ich"92——
"Love is Love"———

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "DSDS 2011: Sarah Engels - Ausgeschieden" (in German). RTL. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "DSDS 2011: Das Aus für Sarah Engels" (in German). RTL. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ausgezickt: Sarah Engels ist raus!" (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Tudorica, Ligia Dana (27 February 2011). "Erster Mottoshow: Zu viel Zickenkrieg – Sarah Engels raus bei DSDS". Welt Online. Axel Springer. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Nina Richel: "Ich bin froh, dass es vorbei ist" (15 March 2011) Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 "Aus Rache: Pietros Bruder postet Nacktbild von Sarah". Bild (in German). 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  7. ↑ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co, Sarah & Pietro… im Wohnmobil durch Italien Staffel 1: Folge 13 (in German), retrieved 18 July 2022
  8. ↑ "DSDS-Traumpaar Sarah Engels und Pietro Lombardi haben geheiratet". rtl.de. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sarah und Pietro Lombardi geben ihre Trennung bekannt: Liebes-Aus bei DSDS-Traumpaar". VIP.de (in German). RTL Interactive. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Discographie Sarah Lombardi". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Sarah Engels - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien.
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  13. ↑ "Im Augenblick". Amazon.de . Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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