17 years ago he celebrated his great triumph in "Deutschland sucht den Superstar": Alexander Klaws (36, "For all times") was the first winner of the RTL casting show. "I have proven that a 'DSDS' victory is not a soap bubble, but can be a springboard. I have been living my dream for 17 years and I am far from being finished," explains the new father in an interview with the news agency spot on news. "On the contrary, I feel that after all the great successes, my best time is yet to come." Now the singer is returning to his roots and will host the Saturday "DSDS" live shows (from March 14th, 8:15 pm on RTL). But how did this comeback come about?
Accept people as they are
"The request came at the end of last year, but even before that I was in contact with Dieter Bohlen more often if I didn't want to sit on the jury," explains Klaws. The fact that he is now leading the evening as a moderator is "a big and exciting task, but at least as emotional." The show today is "nothing like it was back then" and the format has constantly reinvented itself over the years. "After the great success of the first season, it wouldn't have worked if you tried to copy it," said Klaws. "As participants in the first season, we made music and TV history back then. The first 'DSDS' season is still unmatched to this day and will always remain so, no matter what happens."
Daniel Küblböck (b. 1985), who caused a sensation as a bird of paradise, was one of the first candidates. Since September 2018, the musician has been considered "missing" after jumping from a cruise ship. "When I think of Daniel, I get angry and sad at the same time, because unfortunately our society still hasn't understood that people should be accepted as they are," says Klaws. The headwind that Daniel has felt in his life and career from the start has unfortunately brought him to where he is today – "namely no longer among us."
Two more new roles
After his "DSDS" victory, Alexander Klaws completed his acting training and was cast for his debut role in the musical "Dance of the Vampires", followed by leading roles in "Tarzan", "Ghost", "Jesus Christ Superstar" or in the Karl May games in Bad Segeberg, where he played Winnetou. "Because of my musical work, I was often very limited in time, but I never had to pause with my passion for making my own music," says Klaws, who has released six albums. His experience on the musical stage now benefits him for a new role.
The singer Jesus embodies in the live music event "Die Passion", which RTL shows at Easter. "We don't want to convert anyone, we want to tell the greatest story of all time very emotionally and from today's, very 'human' point of view," explains Klaws. "It's a story about betrayal, friendship, love, all the things we've all experienced before, whether believing or not." Working with Thomas Gottschalk (69), who acts as narrator in the story, was "already crazy" and being on stage with colleagues like Mark Keller (Judas) and Laith Al-Deen (Petrus) was a blessing.
Double pride
In addition to his professional projects, the musician has to do something completely different: at the beginning of March, he and his wife Nadja (34), also a musical actress, celebrated the birth of their second son Flynn. With "a lot of planning, communication and even more love" he brings his private life and job under one roof. His firstborn Lenny, who was born in 2017, is also very enthusiastic about his parents' job: "When I was on tour with 'Disney in Concert', he was completely thrilled to meet Mickey Mouse backstage and last summer he always played Winnetou and 'rode' back and forth on his bobby car, or tried to sing the songs of Nadja and me that we sang on my concert tour at the end of last year. "