Sarah Engels (born 15 October 1992), known as Sarah Lombardi from 2013 to 2021, is a German pop singer and television personality. She is best-known for participating in

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of ''

Deutschland sucht den Superstar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...

'', where she was eliminated from the Top 10, only to return two shows later and eventually become the runner-up. 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 ''

'' but was eliminated during the recall after her duet with Eugen Flittner. In season 8, she was eliminated in the first Live Show. Later on, she was asked to come back because

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chief Tom Sänger (not the voters) had eliminated Nina Richel from the show, allegedly for health reasons. Pietro Lombardi's brother posted a semi-nude picture of Engels after she had used Pietro's mobile phone to talk to girls. After hearing about what Sarah had done, Lombardi's brother Marco decided to take "revenge" by sharing this semi-nude picture of Engels.

By performance

Personal life

Engels is of Italian descent. She married Pietro Lombardi in March 2013 and changed her name from Engels to Lombardi. On 19 June 2015, their son Alessio was born. She announced their separation in October 2016. In November 2020 she got engaged to soccer-player

Julian Büscher Julian Felix Engels (''né'' Büscher; born 22 April 1993) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Before moving to North America for college, Engels played for VfL Bochum, SC Preußen Münst ...

. The couple married in May 2021 and have had Sarah Engels's birth-name as their family name ever since. On 2 December 2021 their daughter Solea was born.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engels, Sarah 1992 births People from Hürth People from Rhein-Erft-Kreis Deutschland sucht den Superstar participants Living people Masked Singer winners 21st-century German women singers Musicians from Cologne German people of Italian descent