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30-687: Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1987 after the break-up of Modern Talking . The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen (mastermind creator, composer, writer, producer, mixer, arranger and verse main vocals), and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler (chorus main vocals), Michael Scholz (background vocals), Detlef Wiedeke (background vocals) and other background and/or front female voices Tuti Kanta (" Laila ", " Only with You "), Marion Schwaiger (" Déjà vu ", etc.), Audrey Mountang and Madeleine Lang . On stage: Joachim Vogel (rhythm guitar), Jeanne Dupuy and Frank Otto (drums), Nadja Abd el Farrag (vocals). In 1988 Frank Otto

60-518: A Dream ". That same year, he published his first book, an autobiography titled Nichts als die Wahrheit , written in collaboration with Bild journalist Katja Kessler , which sold over a million copies in Germany and got a Goldene Feder . A second autobiography written with Kessler, Hinter den Kulissen , was published the next year. It was criticised for its unfairness and charges were pressed by his former bandmate Thomas Anders. Frank Farian published

90-449: A degree. Bohlen was still in school when he started writing music. In the late 1970s, he worked as a songwriter at the Hamburg -based label Intersong for numerous Schlager singers. In 1978, he founded the short-lived duo Monza with Holger Garbode. Their first single, "Hallo Taxi Nummer 10", written and produced by Tony Hendrik, was Bohlen's first record and was unsuccessful. Monza released

120-491: A garden gnome on ecstasy" or "Your voice sounds like Kermit getting his arse kicked"), which led to comparisons with Simon Cowell in the German-speaking press. He earns 1.2 million euros per season. He has worked with most of the winners and occasionally with other candidates, such as first season third-placer Daniel Küblböck , yielding several major hits. Since the show was launched in 2007, Bohlen has also been

150-566: A judge on Das Supertalent , the German installment of the Got Talent franchise, being the only judge to have been on every season. Bohlen has signed numerous advertising deals with companies such as Müller Milch , Makro Markt , S.Oliver , O₂ , Roller (Möbelhaus) , Wiesenhof , the Deutsche Bahn , and Unilever . He has been a longtime advertising partner of Camp David . In 2020, he had been

180-470: A satirical cartoon film based on Nichts als die Wahrheit , premiered. Bohlen did not voice his own role, but voiced the narrator. He wrote and produced the entirety of the film's soundtrack , which includes the previously unreleased Modern Talking song " Shooting Star ". Later that year, he produced the song "Be My Boyfriend" for the duo Indiggo , which reached the seventh place of the Romanian pre-selection for

210-612: A second single, "Heiße Nacht in der City", a German-language cover of Nick Gilder 's "Hot Child in the City", which also was unsuccessful. In 1980, he began working for the Berlin -based label Hansa . That same year, under the pseudonym Steve Benson, he released a solo single in English, "Don't Throw My Love Away". It was followed in 1981 by two other singles under that name, "Love Takes Time" and "(You're A Devil With) Angel Blue Eyes". None of them reached

240-478: Is the eldest son of building contractor Hans Bohlen (born 1928) and his wife Edith (born 1936), and grew up in East Frisia . His maternal grandmother is originally from Königsberg . He was named Dieter Günter Bohlen but later expressed dissatisfaction with his second given name and had it officially struck. He has a younger brother named Uwe. The family later moved to Eversten ( Oldenburg ). In his youth, Bohlen

270-753: The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 . Also in 2006, he published his third book, Meine Hammer-Sprüche . In 2007, the German installment of the Got Talent franchise, Das Supertalent , was launched with Bohlen as one of the judges. Similarly to Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the fellow judges are changed regularly but he has been a judge each season. In 2008, he published two more books, Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten! Der Weg zum Superstar and Der Bohlenweg: Planieren statt Sanieren . In 2010, Bohlen began working with Schlager singer Andrea Berg . All of her albums produced by him ( Schwerelos , Abenteuer , Atlantis , and Seelenbeben ) topped

300-512: The German and Austrian album charts. He ended their collaboration per email on 17 March 2018. On 3 April 2019, Bohlen and Berg announced they would publish two new songs together. Bohlen's productions are characterised by simply structured compositions. In the 1980s and 1990s, often working in the studio with Spanish producer Luis Rodríguez , he produced Euro disco and Eurodance songs for Modern Talking , Blue System , and C. C. Catch with falsetto choruses. Those choruses were achieved with

330-504: The Race " and " Ready for the Victory ", but split up again in 2003. In 2002, Deutschland sucht den Superstar (often shortened as DSDS ), the German version of Pop Idol and American Idol , was launched with Bohlen as one of the judges. While the other judges are changed regularly, he has been a judge each season. He has produced most of the winners, yielding several hits such as " We Have

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360-524: The Wind " (which was used as the title song of Tatort episode Der Fall Schimanski  [ de ] ), and " Fools Lullaby ". In 1992, another Bohlen composition represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest . Titled " Zusammen geh'n ", it was performed by Tony Wegas and reached place 10. In 1998, Modern Talking made a successful comeback, releasing singles such as " You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98 , " You Are Not Alone ", or Formula One songs " Win

390-584: The book Stupid Dieser Bohlen: Die Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit über den Pop-Hochstapler as a response, in which he tried to expose Bohlen as a fraud. Both Nichts als die Wahrheit and Hinter den Kulissen were also released as audiobooks read by Bohlen. In 2004, he won the ECHO for Producer of the Year, while "We Have a Dream" earned the ECHO for Rock/Pop Single of the Year (National). In March 2006, Dieter: Der Film ,

420-454: The exception of the pilot , each episode was live, which also was unusual. Another innovation of Hitparade was the stage design. All earlier musical shows in German television had a somewhat theatre-like design which created a huge distance between singer and audience. Also, their stage design was quite opulent with heavy decorations and curtains. Singing at the Hitparade in contrast meant that

450-561: The face of Camp David for 10 years. Between 2002 and 2008, Bohlen published five books, ranging from autobiographies to advice books. In 2005, he released a perfume named Provocation . In 2011, he founded the clothing label "Needs Clothing" along with Felix Werner. In 2013, he released a line of wallpapers through P+S. From 1983 to 1989, Bohlen was married to Erika Sauerland, who he had met in 1974 in Göttingen . They have three children: Marc, Marvin, and Marielin. From 1989 to 1996, he

480-499: The help of session singers , such as Rolf Köhler , Michael Scholz , and Detlef Wiedeke . With Deutschland sucht den Superstar winners, Bohlen tends to focus on pop ballads . Copyright expert Paul Hertin from Berlin repeatedly claimed that Bohlen plagiarized several songs and thus breached copyright. For example, Hertin says that Bohlen used the melody of Babyface 's " What If " for the production of Yvonne Catterfeld 's " Für dich ". Based on Hertin's expert assessment regarding

510-493: The late 80s and early 90s. Timeline Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen ( German: [ˈdiːtɐ ˈboːlən] ; born Dieter Günter Bohlen , 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of the pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German and international artists. He is also a judge on casting shows Deutschland sucht den Superstar and Das Supertalent . Bohlen

540-486: The plagiarism allegations, the Berlin prosecutor's office initiated a preliminary investigation against Bohlen, which was dropped. Bohlen has been on Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol and American Idol , since the show was launched in 2002. He often makes blunt and controversial comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities (such as "You sing like

570-685: The pop duo Modern Talking . The band topped the German singles chart five times in a row with " You're My Heart, You're My Soul ", " You Can Win If You Want ", " Cheri, Cheri Lady ", " Brother Louie ", and " Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) ", and were also successful in other European countries as well as in Asia and Africa. In 1987, the band split up and Bohlen founded his solo project Blue System , which he ended ten years later. He also continued writing and producing for other artists, including C. C. Catch (whom he discovered), Sheree (whom he signed when she

600-460: The show was conceived by Dieter Thomas Heck, he established some innovations to the Schlager genre, which already had adapted a somewhat conservative reputation compared to the current musical trends of the time. Among those innovations was the rule that each singer had to present his or her song live (to music from half-playback). Earlier musical TV-shows had already switched to full-playback. Also, with

630-551: The soundtrack to the ZDF series Rivalen der Rennbahn , which was certified platinum in Germany that same year and reached the top 5 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In 1991, Bohlen produced Roy Black 's final album Rosenzeit . From 1991 to 1993, he worked with Bonnie Tyler on the albums Bitterblue , Angel Heart , and Silhouette in Red . The collaboration spawned a number of successful singles, such as " Bitterblue ", " Against

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660-475: The title song of Tatort episode Moltke  [ de ] , " Silent Water ", which he performed himself as Blue System. In 1989, two songs written and produced by him were sent to the Eurovision Song Contest : Nino de Angelo represented Germany with the song " Flieger " and reached place 14, while Thomas Forstner represented Austria with the song " Nur ein Lied " and reached place 5. Also in 1989, Bohlen wrote

690-591: The top 100, which led to the abandonment of the project in 1981. Soon after, he joined the band Sunday, with which he appeared on the ZDF-Hitparade in early 1982 with the song "Halé, hey Louise". The song was covered by artists such as Ricky King . In 1983, Bohlen wrote the song "Mit 17" for Bernd Clüver , which reached the third place of the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest . After Bohlen produced six unsuccessful singles in German for Schlager singer Thomas Anders from 1982 to 1984, they founded

720-755: Was a member of the Socialist German Workers Youth for a while and shortly of the German Communist Party , though he is not a member of any party nowadays. After getting his Abitur at the Wirtschaftsgymnasium der Berufsbildenden Schulen in Oldenburg-Haarentor, he moved to Göttingen . There, he studied business administration at his parents' request at the Georg-August-Universität , finishing his studies in 1978 with

750-449: Was born on 7 July 2005. Since 2006, he has been in a relationship with Fatma Carina Walz, who he met in Mallorca , Spain, where one of the casting events for Deutschland sucht den Superstar was held. They have a daughter named Amelie (born 22 March 2011) and a son named Maximilian (born 7 September 2013). Bohlen lives in the village of Tötensen near Hamburg. He is left-handed, but

780-469: Was fifteen years old), and boy band Touché . In 1986, Bohlen wrote the title song " Midnight Lady " of Tatort episode Der Tausch  [ de ] , which was performed by former Smokie singer Chris Norman and was major hit in Central Europe, topping several charts. The song appeared on Norman's second solo album Some Hearts Are Diamonds , which was produced by Bohlen. In 1988, he wrote

810-522: Was forced to learn how to write with his right hand at grammar school. He plays tennis with his left hand because he started tennis after leaving school. According to an article by the Manager Magazine in 2018, Bohlen has a net worth of €250 million, making him one of the thousand richest Germans. ZDF-Hitparade The music show was developed by Truck Branss and Dieter Thomas Heck and first broadcast on January 18, 1969. The original theme song

840-499: Was in a relationship with television personality and singer Nadja Abd el Farrag , also known under the stage name Naddel. On 13 May 1996, Bohlen married model Verona Feldbusch in Las Vegas, but they separated after four weeks. The divorce was finalised on 27 May 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he was in a relationship with Abd el Farrag again. From 2001 to 2006, Bohlen lived with model and dancer Estefania Küster. Their son Maurice Cassian

870-762: Was replaced by Michel Rollin. After that in 1991 a new keyboardist joined for live shows – Achim Strieben. In TV shows and videos he was replaced by Friedrich Graner (Sir Fritz), who remained a part of the group until the break-up in 1998. In 1992 Dirk Sauer, Rene Engelman and Wolfgang Fritsch joined the group, while Joachim Vogel left. Some of the group's singles such as " Sorry, Little Sarah " or " My Bed Is Too Big " achieved moderate success in Europe. The group released 22 video clips from their album repertoire and most of these were aired in Europe, especially on German TV shows. Blue System also had several concert performances in Russia during

900-517: Was written in 1968 by James Last and remained a hallmark of the show until the last show of host Dieter Thomas Heck on December 15, 1984. The first host was Dieter Thomas Heck, who presented once a month on Saturday at 7:30 pm. Various performers sang their current songs, predominantly Schlager . Whereas the first show was produced in the studio, subsequent events were live . Heck was replaced by Viktor Worms in 1985, succeeded by Uwe Hübner in 1990. The last episode aired on 16 December 2000. When

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