1. Lena Meyer-Landrut rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with the song "Satellite".
39 Facts About Lena Meyer-Landrut
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Lena Meyer-Landrut represented Germany for the second consecutive time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf with the song "Taken by a Stranger", finishing in tenth place.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut followed this with a series of successful albums, including Good News, Stardust, Crystal Sky and Only Love, L, all of which entered the top two of the German Albums Chart.
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One of the best-selling female German artists to emerge in the early 2010s, Lena Meyer-Landrut has won several high-profile prizes as a recording artist such as the 1LIVE Krone, a Comet, the Radio Regenbogen Award, three Echo Music Awards, and five MTV Europe Music Awards.
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Beyond her music career, Lena Meyer-Landrut has been featured as a coach on nine seasons of the reality competition television series The Voice Kids as well as an expert panel member for the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut is married to singer and fellow The Voice Kids coach Mark Forster.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany, on 23 May 1991.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Baltic German-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989, and Hanna Karatsony von Hodos who was born in Bratislava, Slovakia of Hungarian nobility.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut grew up as an only child, and started taking dancing lessons at the age of five; initially doing ballet and later practicing various modern styles, including hip-hop and jazz dance.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut grew fond of singing and appeared as an extra in several German television series, though she never received any formal acting or vocal training.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut decided to take part in the talent show Unser Star fur Oslo, a newly created national television programme to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.
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From 4,500 entrants, Lena Meyer-Landrut was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut reached the final of Unser Star fur Oslo, mainly performing lesser-known songs by international artists The Bird and the Bee, Kate Nash, Paolo Nutini and Lisa Mitchell.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut is credited as a co-writer for the lyrics of five songs.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut arrived in Oslo one week before the show and completed five rehearsals of her song "Satellite".
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Lena Meyer-Landrut's pared-back presentation was a break from recent Eurovision trends, as it did not feature any choreography, dancers or an elaborate stage show.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut's victory received much attention in Germany and the show was seen by 15 million viewers on German television.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut returned to Hanover the following day, where she was greeted by 40,000 people.
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In June 2010, in the German dubbed version of the animated film Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage, Lena Meyer-Landrut provided the voice for the character originally spoken by Isabelle Fuhrman.
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The twelve songs Lena Meyer-Landrut performed during that show were recorded on her second studio album Good News, which was released on 8 February 2011.
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In May 2011, Lena Meyer-Landrut attempted to defend her title for the second consecutive time in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest at Dusseldorf.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut was the third winner to do so, and the first in over 50 years.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut sang the song "Taken by a Stranger", placing 10th.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut appeared in the opening performance of the show, less than an hour before she took the stage to represent Germany.
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On 24 May 2012, Lena Meyer-Landrut performed as part of the interval act during the second semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Also that year, Lena Meyer-Landrut covered the Pippi Longstocking song "Sjorovar Fabbe" for the compilation album Giraffenaffen in November 2012.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut won the Best National Video award, but lost the Best Female National Artist award to singer Ivy Quainoo.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut went on a club tour through thirteen German cities starting in Stuttgart on 2 April 2013 and finishing in Offenbach am Main on 21 April.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut was president of the German jury, including Carolin Niemczyk, Alina Suggeler, Tim Bendzko and Florian Silbereisen, and the spokesperson for Germany, revealing the countries voting results at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 final on 18 May In July 2013, it was announced that she would be the German voice of Jane in the motion capture animated film Tarzan 3D, which was released in German cinemas in February 2014.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut re-united with her Eurovision mentor Stefan Raab in October 2013 when she was featured on "Revolution", a single released by Raab's band Dicks on Fire.
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From March to May 2014, Lena Meyer-Landrut returned as coach for the second season of The Voice Kids along with Henning Wehland from Sohne Mannheims and Johannes Strate from Revolverheld.
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From February to April 2015, Lena Meyer-Landrut reprised her role as a coach on the third season of The Voice Kids along with singers Strate and Mark Forster.
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In November 2017, Lena Meyer-Landrut stated via YouTube that she had scrapped the entire Gemini album because she was not happy with it.
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In June 2018, Lena Meyer-Landrut collaborated with DJ Topic and Spanish DJ Juan Magan on the single "Solo Contigo".
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In November 2018, Lena released "Thank You" as the lead single from her fifth studio album Only Love, L The song debuted and peaked at number 40 in Germany.
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On 16 June 2023, Lena Meyer-Landrut released a new single titled "What I Want" from her upcoming sixth studio album.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut usually refuses to answer questions about her private life, including her family, friends and personal beliefs, sometimes calling questions "stupid" or responding with counterquestions instead.
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Lena Meyer-Landrut's demeanour has been described as "carefree", and "laid-back and self-effacing".
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Lena Meyer-Landrut has been lauded for her stage presence and charisma.