| Daniela Katzenberger | |
| Birth Name: | Daniela Denise Katzenberger |
| Birth Date: | 1986 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| Occupation: | TV personality, TV-host, model, singer |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
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Daniela Denise Katzenberger (born 1 October 1986) is a German reality TV personality, TV host, model, and singer. She has featured in several television shows in Germany, mostly on VOX. Her first single, a version of "Nothing's gonna stop me now", reached number 19 on the German single charts in 2010.
Katzenberger was born and raised in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. After secondary school, she trained and qualified as a beautician. Her mother, Iris Klein, was a participant in the 10th season of the German version of TV show Big Brother and the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Her sister was 2018 also member in the German Version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and won the show.
In 2009, Katzenberger lost the Top Model of the World Mallorca beauty competition. Her breakthrough came in the same year when she featured in the VOX television soap opera Auf und davon – Mein Auslandstagebuch ("Up and Away – My Diary Abroad"). In the show, a camera crew followed Katzenberger as she attempted to break into photographic modelling in the United States, including trying to meet Hugh Hefner and applying to appear in the American Playboy magazine, neither of which succeed. In the second season of the show, the viewers follow her as she undergoes plastic surgery to further her glamour modelling career.
Katzenberger also featured in MTV Home and at the VIVA Comet Awards 2010.
From January 2010, she was featured in the TV show Goodbye Deutschland! Die Auswanderer ("Goodbye Germany! The Emigrants") as she opened a café in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca.[2] The show had up to 2.29 million viewers and 11% market share.[3] She also appeared in the music video "Vamos a la playa" by Loona.
Katzenberger signed a recording contract with EMI in May 2010, and her first single, a cover of Samantha Fox's "Nothing's gonna stop me now" was released.[4] The song reached number 19 in the German charts and number 14 in Austria. The song was released as a digital download and audio CD in August 2010.
Katzenberger has her own show on the German TV channel VOX, . It started airing on 21 September 2010.[5]
In 2016, Katzenberger launched her new app Love and Style that advertises her clothes and beauty products.[6]
Katzenberger has written several biographies. She has signed numerous advertising deals with companies such as Kaufland, Lidl, Poco,[7] and Uncle Sam.
In 2015 she switched over to RTL II, where she married her husband with a big wedding on her own show.
| Title | Year | Peak chart position[8] | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||||||||||||||||
| "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" | 2010 | 19 | 14 | 60 | Natürlich blond (compilation) | |||||||||||||
| "I Wanna Be Loved by You" (with Lucas Cordalis) | 2016 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Film and television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Auf und davon – Mein Auslandstagebuch | Herself | Documentary on VOX |
| 2010 | MTV Home | Herself | Entertainment on MTV Germany |
| VIVA Comet – (Laudatio) Encomium | Herself | Music Awards VIVA Germany | |
| Goodbye Deutschland! Die Auswanderer | Herself | Reality television on VOX | |
| Goodbye Deutschland – Das Café-Katzenberger-Spezial | Herself | Reality television on VOX | |
| Daniela Katzenberger – Plötzlich Popstar? | Herself | Documentary on VOX | |
| The Dome 55 | Herself | Music event on RTL II | |
| Come Dine with Me (German Version) | Herself | Cooking show on VOX | |
| Daniela Katzenberger – Mein Jahr 2010 (My Year 2010) | Herself | Reality TV mini-series on VOX | |
| 2010! Menschen, Bilder, Emotionen | Herself | Annual Year end retrospective on RTL Television | |
| 2010–2013 | Herself | Reality television on VOX | |
| 2011 | E! Entertainment Television | Herself | Reality television on NBCUniversal Cable |
| Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Herself | Candid Camera Reality TV show on ARD | |
| VIVA Comet – (Laudatio) Encomium | Herself | Music Awards VIVA Germany | |
| Daniela Katzenberger – Mein Jahr 2011 (My Year 2011) | Herself | Reality TV mini-series on VOX | |
| 2012 | Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, 1st episode – Hundstage (Dog Days) | Zookeeper (uncredited) | Crime drama on RTL Television |
| Markus Lanz Talk Show | Herself | Talk Show on ZDF | |
| Daniela Katzenberger – Mein Jahr 2012 (My Year 2012) | Herself | Reality TV mini-series on VOX | |
| 2013 | Das Jenke-Experiment | Herself | Documentary on RTL Television |
| Danielas Hochzeitsgeheimnis | Herself | Reality TV mini-series on VOX | |
| 5 Jahre Daniela Katzenberger (5 Years of Daniela Katzenberger) | Herself | Documentary on VOX | |
| 2014 | SWR Landesschau | Herself | Regional current affairs show on SWR |
| Frauchen und die Deiwelsmilch | Miri (leading character) | TV film on Das Erste | |
| Natürlich schön | Herself | Documentary mini-series on VOX | |
| RTL-Spendenmarathon | Herself | Annual fundraising marathon on RTL Television | |