Ella Endlich

Jacqueline Zebisch (born 18 June 1984), known professionally as Ella Endlich, is a German singer who also performed as Junia as a teenager. Best known for her song "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich", which is based on the title song of the film Tři oříšky pro Popelku, she participated in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[1]

Ella Endlich
Ella Endlich signing autographs in July 2017
Born
Jacqueline Zebisch

(1984-06-18) 18 June 1984
Weimar, Bezirk Erfurt, East Germany
Other namesJunia
OccupationSinger
Years active1999 (1999)–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Websiteellaendlich.de

Career

1984–2009: Early life and career beginnings
Ella Endlich signing autographs in 2013

Ella Endlich was born in Weimar. She is the daughter of songwriter and record producer Norbert Endlich. In 1989, she moved with her family to West Berlin.[2] At age 10, she sang for the first time in a recording studio[3] at the Hansa Tonstudios[2] and was hired as a background vocalist for the ZDF-Hitparade.[2] During her schooldays, she took dancing and singing lessons and also filmed various videos with her own choreographies for the television channel VIVA[3] in Los Angeles, Miami, and London.

She signed her first contract with Columbia Records on 18 June 1998, her fourteenth birthday, which inspired her stage name at the time, Junia.[3] Her début single "It's Funny" was released in 1999 and peaked at 17 in Germany and 21 in Switzerland.[4] Its follow-up "My Guy" peaked at 54 in Germany[5] and her third single "Who's the Other Woman" peaked at 72 in the country,[6] while her fourth single "Skaterboy", released in 2000, did not chart. All of these songs appeared on her début album Junia, released in 2000.

In 2000, during her teenage career, she took an apprenticeship in the field musical theater at the Musicalstudio Neukölln and finished the Realschule to study at the Bayrischen Theaterakademie August in Munich[2] in October 2001. She specialised in drama and was also educated in dancing, musical, and singing.[7] In 2001 and 2002, she was part of the ensemble of the Bregenzer Festspielproduktionen that performed La Bohème and West Side Story.[2] She performed at the Prinzregentheater München and the Theater Erfurt in City of Angels. In 2005, she completed her studies at the Bayrische Theaterakademie with a diploma.[3] In 2006, she won the singing contest of the HypoVereinsbank as well as the audience prize.

From 2005 to 2009, she performed in numerous musicals, such as Heidi (as Tinette), Sweet Charity (as Betzy), Grease (as Sandy), Prinzessin Lillifee und der Zauber der Rose (as Princess Lillifee), Best of Musicals (as Christine from The Phantom of the Opera), Moulin Rouge! (as Satine), The Little Mermaid (as Ariel), Wicked (as Elphaba), or Les Misérables (as Cosette).[2][7] She also had a role in the play Der Steppenwolf,[7] which is based on a Hermann Hesse work.

2009–present: Career as Ella Endlich

Her first release under the name Ella Endlich was the single "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich", which peaked at 12 on the German charts[3][8] and reached gold status.[2][9] The song is based on the title song of the film Tři oříšky pro Popelku. In October 2010, she released her first album as Ella Endlich, Da (English: "Here"), which peaked at 53 in Germany and 66 in Austria.[10] Its follow-up Meilenweit (English: "Miles and Miles"), released exactly a year later, peaked at 94 in Germany.[11] In 2012, Endlich released an EP titled Wintercollage. Her album Die süße Wahrheit (English: "The Sweet Truth") was released in June 2014. Later that year, she switched record labels, management, and producers.

Ella Endlich performing during the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

In February 2016, Endlich released the album Träume auf Asphalt (English: "Dreams on Asphalt") through Universal and participated in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Adrenalin".[1] She was a judge on the fifteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (the German version of Pop Idol and American Idol), which aired from 3 January to 5 May 2018, alongside Dieter Bohlen, Mousse T., and Carolin Niemczyk.[2]

Discography

As Junia
  • 2000 – Junia

As Ella Endlich
  • 2010 – Da
  • 2011 – Meilenweit
  • 2012 – Wintercollage (Teldec, 5053105521326)
  • 2014 – Die süße Wahrheit
  • 2016 – Träume auf Asphalt
  • 2018 – Im Vertrauen

References
  1. "Alle Infos zum deutschen ESC-Vorentscheid 2016 (English: All the information about the German ESC national final)". eurovision.de. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. "Neue DSDS-Jury 2018: Das ist Schlagersängerin Ella Endlich (English: New DSDS jury: this is the schlager singer Ella Endlich)". tz.de. 13 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018. (in German)
  3. "Ella Endlich biography on Schlagerplanet". schlagerplanet.de (by Gerda Naumann). 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018. (in German)
  4. ""It's Funny" by Junia". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak positions in Germany and Switzerland. (in German)
  5. ""My Guy" by Junia". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak position in Germany. (in German)
  6. ""Who's the Other Woman" by Junia". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak position in Germany. (in German)
  7. "Ella Endlich biography on her official website". ellaendlich.de. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018. (in German)
  8. ""Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich" by Ella Endlich". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak position in Germany. (in German)
  9. "BMVI certifications". Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Da by Ella Endlich". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak positions in Germany and Austria. (in German)
  11. "Meilenweit by Ella Endlich". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Shows peak position in Germany. (in German)
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