Biography

Won the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with a commanding lead.

At the age of five, she took dancing classes.

Participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. She finished in 10th place with the song "Taken By A Stranger".

At the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, she became the first defending champion to perform again since the Netherlands' Corry Brokken in 1958.

When she took dancing classes, she danced ballet, hip-hop, and jazz.

[June 2010] I wouldn't want to pose for Playboy, that's not really my thing.

[June 2010] I've gotten to meet great people. Jan Delay is an awesome person for example, and Anke Engelke.

[2011] I clean my toilet myself, I am a good cook and I enjoy baking brownies and biscuits for my friends.

[2011] I have never taken drugs. I am too scared to lose my command of my mother tongue because a single schnapps will already knock me out.

[June 2010] I would never sit down here and have a glass of vodka. Even if I maybe would want to do so, I still wouldn't do it because there are so many children who listen to my music. And I don't want to smoke in front of cameras either because I think that isn't cool.