From the Frankfurt soccer field directly to “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”
The Heddernheimer Fiona Ghebretnsae is on the really big stages. That’s why she was at the casting of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”.
Frankfurt – She comes from Heddernheim and wants to be on the big stages. Therefore drove Fiona Ghebretnsae to Wernigerode to take part in the casting for the show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. The jury consists of show masters Florian Silbereisen Holland’s successful singer/songwriter and multiple platinum ESC winner Use De Lange and Toby Gad the man who like world stars beyonce and Madonna produced. “Otherwise I’m not excited when I perform. But I was a bit nervous with the jury,” says the 21-year-old of the songs “Price Tag”. Jessie J Sleight of hand. bob and “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars audition. How she feels about it can be seen on Saturday, February 19, from 8:15 p.m. on RTL in the seventh casting episode of the 19th season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. Fiona Ghebretnsae has enough live experience to make an impression. They collected them at performances at school, in the orthodox church in Höchst and on the street. “I then stand up and just sing – around here, at the Konstablerwache,” she says confidently. “Always on Saturdays, otherwise I can’t reach a larger audience.”
The Frankfurt native sings on Saturdays at the Konstablerwache
They ask the people who make music there, during their breaks, whether they can sing for that long, explains Fiona Ghebretnsae, who has Eritrean roots but was born in Frankfurt. “I’ve done that many times. It’s the only place where I can sing in front of people. I think then I’ll dare to sing at bigger performances later on,” she explains her tactics.
She doesn’t want a singing partner to share the responsibility: “I sing alone. I want to have the audience’s full attention.” It’s completely different with her second hobby: Ghebretnsae has been a passionate football player for more than 15 years, and now she’s between the posts at FV09 Eschersheim. “I once played in defense and then just slipped a little further back,” she says. “I like that we play as a team, but I don’t like the race that much.” So it fits perfectly that she is a goalkeeper. She goes to training twice a week. “Now I’ve had extra goalkeeper training,” she says happily. Besides club football, street basketball is her second hobby.
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That she can sing, “it kind of came out of nowhere. I just started and it sounded good. And my parents also think: ‘Wow, you can sing’.” That was almost ten years ago now. They later taught each other to play the piano and guitar. “About Youtube,” she says. “I make music as a hobby because I enjoy it.”
When she sings on the street, she prefers pop ballads. About “All of Me” by John legend or “Someone you loved” from Lewis Capaldi . “I prefer to sing English songs,” says Ghebretnsae, their musical role model Michael Jackson is. “I used to copy his dance steps and felt like I was a world star too,” says Ghebretnsae, who wants to be a teacher. They still have four years to study. “I can’t imagine any other job,” she says. She herself is an only child. “That’s why I need the kids around me.”
She is really looking forward to the show with her performance. “My classmates really celebrate me.” Tomorrow she will watch the show at home with her parents and friends. Then it will be seen whether she gets the coveted recall note to reach the next round of the casting show. “But before that I have a football game.”