13 Facts About Vanessa Petruo

Vanessa Petruo's mother Mercedes, a Spanish-Peruvian, owned a salsa nightclub in Berlin-Charlottenburg, and her father Thomas Petruo was a radio host and actor, best known as the German voice of Plankton in SpongeBob SquarePants and Biff Tannen in Back to the Future.

Vanessa Petruo's grandfather, Heinz Petruo, was a famous radio show host for RIAS and worked as a voice actor, best known as the German dub of Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga.

Vanessa Petruo attended Katholische Schule Sankt Paulus in Berlin-Moabit as well as Liebfrauen-Gymnasium in Berlin-Westend.

Vanessa Petruo began her professional music career in 1998, forming indie pop duo STiLL with songwriter Bernd Klanke.

In 2000, Vanessa Petruo auditioned for German reality television program Popstars.

Vanessa Petruo entered the competition with thousands of other women, and the judges Simone Angel, Rainer Moslener and Mario M Mendryzcki were impressed with her performance of Bill Withers' hit single "Ain't No Sunshine".

Vanessa Petruo earned a position in the top 30 finalists and travelled to Mallorca, Spain, to join her competitors for a workshop there.

Vanessa Petruo became the first member of No Angels to launch a career as a solo artist.

Vanessa Petruo spent time on dubbing movies and acting, most noticeably as a member of the main cast of Wilde Engel, a TV action series influenced by Charlie's Angels whose four episodes were broadcast in April 2005.

Still in 2006, Vanessa Petruo went on tour with famous soul singer Solounge.

At the 2009 Echo Awards, Vanessa Petruo stated that her new album was scheduled for an August 2009 release, but stated in March 2010 that she wanted to wait before releasing an album, avoiding bad media reviews caused by No Angels the previous year.

Vanessa Petruo said that she was wishing the girls all the best but that they did not remain friends.

Vanessa Petruo thanked her fans for their patience, stating again that the album would be released very soon.