Open, genuine and very vulnerable. Helene Fischer is more personal than ever before. Because life changed her. And love.
For a few minutes she leaves the huge white sofa and disappears into the scenery. The around 14 million viewers at home in front of the television do not even notice it, but the 2500 in the Nuremberg exhibition center do. Take a deep breath. Maybe Helene Fischer, 37, will quickly get a kiss from partner Thomas Seitel, 36, who is waiting backstage. “A really cool, personable fellow”, as moderator Thomas Gottschalk, 71, explains that evening. “One who is good for Helene.”
In any case, while the ensemble of the Hamburg musical “The Ice Queen” sings and dances for eight minutes, she needs time for herself. Your appearance on “Wetten, dass ..?” is exhausting. And emotionally.
Helene Fischer: With “Wetten, dass?” does she have “that shine in her eyes”
The first tears are already rolling when Gottschalk welcomes her, accompanied by a standing ovation, after her performance of her new song “Null auf 100”. The support of her fans is a gift, says Helene and wipes the tears from her cheek. Her eyes will shimmer suspiciously again and again afterwards; As soon as the cameras swivel away, the makeup artist rushes to Helene and renews the make-up.
That evening, the singer clearly feels that it is really difficult to be so close and open. First Gottschalk tried a little awkwardly to elicit a few words from her about her pregnancy, then his co-presenter Michelle Hunziker, 44, took on the topic much more charming: “Helene, as a mother of three I tell you, your eyes are so bright . That says it all. ” Helene nods with a smile. And that is enough.
Actually, she is a perfectionist and rehearses everything down to the smallest detail. But their “SOS” duet with the two ABBA members Benny Andersson (left) and Björn Ulvæus was very spontaneous.
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She is ready to share her life with her fans
Everyone saw her stomach on stage anyway, even if her black outfit, combined with a wide white blazer cut extremely low on the back, conceals the matter a little.
In an interview with the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”, she has just confessed that after such appearances as an artist she would prefer to close the door and be a private person again. But also acknowledged: “I know that this is not possible.” But now the most successful German artist is ready to share her life with the fans. While she used to withdraw completely when she was still in a relationship with hit colleague Florian Silbereisen, 40, she opens her heart today.
In the new album “Rausch” she is more private than ever
Two years off, a new love and pregnancy changed her. In the course of her new album “Rausch” she presents herself as private as never before, showing herself in several shows on TV and on Internet platforms.
All of these are good opportunities to meet the new Helene. “I’ve never shown myself so personally, I’ve never been ready to look inside myself,” says Helene in the ZDF documentary. And also that she is very to herself, reflective and strong.
She grants a look at her baby bump twice
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“It took me a long time to find my center”
The fact that she still quarrels with the public from time to time is revealed in the “Zeit” interview as well as in “Wetten, dass ..?” At the beginning. But when little Emil, for whom she has taken over the sponsorship, enchants the audience with his charm and self-confidence, she feels increasingly comfortable, laughs and chats with the other guests and then spontaneously sings their hit “SOS” with Björn and Benny from ABBA “. Not quite perfect, and that too is a novelty for Helene, who actually leaves no detail to chance.
But what is behind this change? “It took me a long time to find my center, not only as a private person, but also as an artist, how I would like to come out,” she explains her change. And that sometimes she used to not understand what she was singing.
The aerial acrobat Thomas Seitel and the singer have been a couple for more than two years, previously Helene was in a relationship with pop star Florian Silbereisen for ten years.
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Their openness makes them more vulnerable
Today, however, she co-writes on almost every song herself – and reveals so much about herself. About the piece “Hand in Hand”, for example, which says “deeply connected, for a lifetime”, the singer says: “It shows how my love came about.” Other songs are a tribute to their best friends and all strong women or a thank you to their family.
So much openness makes Helene Fischer vulnerable, maybe she will notice that evening with Thomas Gottschalk. But she is strong enough today to handle it.