Beatrice Egli | |
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 Egli in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 21 June 1988 Pfäffikon, Switzerland |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2007 – present |
Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer. She is the winner of season 10 of the German music competition Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Egli became the second contestant from Switzerland to win the title after another Swiss person, Luca Hänni, won the previous season of the series. She has sold over 1,000,000 records in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.[citation needed]
Early life and career
Egli comes from an Austrian-Swiss family of butchers and has been singing since the age of nine. At 14, she began taking singing lessons and singing at folk festivals. In 2007, Egli joined up with Lys Assia, an established artist, and together they released the album Sag mir wo wohnen die Engel, with title track from the album becoming an official single. In April 2007, they took part in the Grand Prix der Volksmusik (a folk music competition) reaching final 16 in August 2007 and finishing 12th.[1] In 2009, she performed at Musikantenstadl, a live television entertainment program broadcast throughout Austria, Germany and Switzerland and featuring popular folk and Schlager music, with the song "Lippenstift". She eventually trained as a hairdresser for a brief time, and in 2011, entered the acting school Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg before applying to Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2013.
Performances during DSDS
| Show (Original Airdate) |
Song (Artist) | Percentage of calls |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 (16 March 2013) |
"Ich liebe das Leben" (Vicky Leandros) | 24.15% (1/10) |
| Top 9 (23 March 2013) |
"Ich will immer wieder dieses Fieber spür'n" (Helene Fischer) | 26.43% (1/9) |
| Top 8 (30 March 2013) |
"Du hast mich tausend Mal belogen" (Andrea Berg) | 33.06% (1/8) |
| Top 7 (6 April 2013) |
"Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich" (Ella Endlich) | 29.67% (1/7) |
| Top 6 (13 April 2013) |
"Eine neue Liebe ist wie ein neues Leben" (Jürgen Marcus) | 29.20% (1/6) |
| "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (Starship) (duet with Ricardo Bielecki) | ||
| Top 5 (20 April 2013) |
"Du fängst mich auf und lässt mich fliegen" (Helene Fischer) | 36.89% (1/5) |
| "No No Never" (Texas Lightning) | ||
| Top 4 (27 April 2013) |
"Phänomen" (Helene Fischer) | 35.66% (1/4) |
| "Du kannst noch nicht mal richtig lügen" (Andrea Berg) | ||
| Top 3 (4 May 2013) |
"Die Hölle morgen früh" (Helene Fischer) | 53.70% (1/3) |
| "Ich lebe" (Christina Stürmer) | ||
| "Die Gefühle haben Schweigepflicht" (Andrea Berg) | ||
| Top 2 (11 May 2013) |
Und morgen früh küss ich dich wach (Helene Fischer) | 70.25% (1/2) |
| Ich liebe das Leben (Vicky Leandros) | ||
| Mein Herz |
After DSDS
After her win, she released "Mein Herz" as her winning song. The single topped the German, Swiss and Austrian Singles Chart. Following the success, she released her album Glücksgefühle which topped the Swiss Albums Chart and made it to number 2 in both Germany and Austria. In 2013, she also engaged in a Glücksgefühle Tour to promote the album.
On 24 October 2014, she published her new studio album Bis hierher und viel weiter, which was recorded in Berlin, without the cooperation of Dieter Bohlen. The first single was Auf die Plätze, fertig, ins Glück, and the video was filmed in New York City. From early November, Egli staged her Pure-Lebensfreude tour. The album reached number one in Switzerland again. The next single from the album was Wir leben laut, and the Video was from her Tour through Germany, Switzerland and Austria. On Easter Sunday, April 5, Beatrice Egli moderated the ZDF show "Beatrice Egli – A Spring Day in Rome".
In the summer of 2015 and 2016 Beatrice Egli ran her own show called Die große Show der Träume on ARD and SRF.[2][3] But due to low ratings, the program was dropped after just two episodes.[4]
Her album, "Kick im Augenblick", was released on 8 April 2016. It comprises 19 tracks including a medley of songs from her previous album, Bis hierher und viel weiter. In addition, she is taking in many television appearances and hosting some programs on ZDF,[5] MDR[6] and SRF[7] since then.
Her most recent album, Wohlfühlgarantie was released on 16 March 2018. It holds 21 tracks, with the final track, Alperose, sung in her native Swiss German. To promote the album before its release, she released four tracks: Herz an, Keiner küsst mich, Mein Ein und Alles, and Verliebt, verlobt, verflixt nochmal. Herz an and Verliebt, verlobt, verflixt nochmal were also released along with their respective music videos. Wohlfühlgarantie Tour will begin in October 2018 and continue until December 2018.
Discography
Studio albums
- Sag mir wo wohnen die Engel (2007)
- Wenn der Himmel es so will (2008)
- Feuer und Flamme (2011)
- Glücksgefühle (2013)
- Pure Lebensfreude (2013)
- Bis hierher und viel weiter (2014)
- Kick im Augenblick (2016)
- Wohlfühlgarantie (2018)
- Natürlich! (2019)
- Mini Schwiiz, mini Heimat (2020)
Awards
Echo
- 2014: for Newcomer des Jahres (international)
Prix Walo
- 2014: for Schlager
Swiss Music Awards
- 2015: Best Female Solo Act
- 2017: Best Female Solo Act
- 2021: Best Female Solo Act[8]
References
- ^ Bravo.de: DSDS-Kandidat Beatrice Egli: Gemobbt von ihrer Kollegin (in German)
- ^ "Eigene Show für "DSDS"-Siegerin Beatrice Egli".
- ^ "Beatrice Egli bekommt eine eigene Sendung". 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Beatrice Egli hat ausgeträumt: Die "Große Show der Träume" wird abgesetzt". 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Ein Herbsttag in Wien - ZDFmediathek". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Beatrice Egli sticht in See | MDR.DE". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "News - Medienportal - SRF".
- ^ Fischer, Martin (February 26, 2021). "Nik Hartmann rackert sich ab – Loredana schwänzt die Show". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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