| Sarah Engels | |||||||||||
| Alias: | Sarah Lombardi | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1992 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Cologne, Germany | ||||||||||
| Children: | 2 | ||||||||||
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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.
In 2020, she represented Italy at the Free European Song Contest 2020 with the song "Te Amo Mi Amor", finishing 13th out of 16.
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]
| Show (Original airdate) | Song (Artist) | Percentage of calls |
|---|---|---|
| Audition | Run (Snow Patrol) | |
| Recall | Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis) | |
| Run to You (Whitney Houston) | ||
| A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson) | ||
| Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan) | ||
| Hurt (Christina Aguilera) | ||
| Top 15 (19 February 2011) | One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston) | 6,1% (9/15) |
| Top 10 (26 February 2011) | When You Believe (Mariah Carey ft. Whitney Houston) | 6,7% (10/10) |
| Top 8 (12 March 2011) | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston) | 26,0% (1/8) |
| Top 7 (19 March 2011) | Release Me (Agnes) | 17,3% (2/7) |
| Top 6 (first show) (2 April 2011) | Symphonie (Silbermond) | 20,6% |
| Run (Snow Patrol) | ||
| Top 6 (second show) (9 April 2011) | Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) | 17,8% (2/6) |
| Hurt (Christina Aguilera) | ||
| Top 5 (16 April 2011) | The Best (Bonnie Tyler) | 26,5% (1/5) |
| What a Feeling (Irene Cara) | ||
| Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis) | ||
| Top 4 (23 April 2011) | I'm So Excited (The Pointer Sisters) | 28,9% (2/4) |
| Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) | ||
| A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson) | ||
| Semi final (30 April 2011) | One Day in Your Life (Anastacia) | 37,3% (1/3) |
| Lady Marmalade (Labelle) | ||
| Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) | ||
| Final (7 May 2011) | How Will I Know (Whitney Houston) | 48,1% (2/2) |
| Run (Snow Patrol) | ||
| Call My Name (Winner's song by Dieter Bohlen, a bit altered for her) |
Engels is of Italian descent. She married Pietro Lombardi in March 2013 and changed her name from Engels to Lombardi.[7] On 19 June 2015, their son was born. She announced their separation in October 2016.[8]
| Album title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [9] | AUT [10] | SWI [11] | |||
| Heartbeat |
| 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Dream Team (with Pietro Lombardi) |
| 33 | 37 | 69 | |
| Teil von mir (with Pietro Lombardi) |
| 35 | 27 | 35 | |
| Zurück zu mir |
| 18 | 18 | 21 | |
| Im Augenblick[12] |
| 8 | 16 | 24 | |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | |||
| 2011 | "Call My Name" | 2 | 2 | 2 | Heartbeat |
| "I Miss You" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 2 | 6 | 14 | ||
| "Only for You" | 33 | 47 | — | ||
| "It's Christmas Time" (with Pietro Lombardi) | — | 75 | — | Pietro Style | |
| 2013 | "Dream Team" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 41 | 60 | 65 | Dream Team |
| 2015 | "Nimmerland" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 32 | 28 | — | Teil von mir |
| 2016 | "Nur mit dir" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 40 | 42 | — | |
| "Teil von mir" (with Pietro Lombardi) | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Genau hier" | 31 | 51 | 67 | Zurück zu mir |
| 2019 | "Weekend" (DJ Herzbeat featuring Sarah) | 83 | — | — | rowspan="2" |
| "Ich liebe nur dich" (Pietro Basile featuring Sarah) | 49 | 56 | 24 | ||
| 2020 | "Te Amo Mi Amor" | 11 | 24 | 42 | Im Augenblick |
| "Zoom" | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Ich" | 92 | — | — | |
| "Love is Love" | — | — | — | ||