Alina Süggeler

Alina Süggeler at the 1LIVE Krone 2015

Alina Süggeler (born May 6, 1985 in Witten ) is a German singer . She became known as the front woman of the band Frida Gold . She also occasionally works as a model .

Life

Musical career

Alina Süggeler grew up with her two siblings in Hattingen . As a child she sang in the Catholic church choir. She started playing the piano at the age of five and the flute at the age of twelve. Her brother Fabian is the front man of the band Fynn . She processed the divorce of her parents in the Frida Gold song Breathe On . Even while she was still at school, Süggeler took part in various youth competitions, including Jugend musiziert .

After graduating from high school in Holthausen , she began studying flute at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, which she broke off after two semesters. In Bochum she worked as a saleswoman in a boutique. Together with the guitarist Julian Cassel, she took the "contact course in popular music" at the Hamburg University of Music . Through the contacts of the bass player Andreas Weizel, with whom Süggeler was in a relationship during the development phase of the debut album, Süggeler's band Frida was added to the band pool of the Pop Academy in Mannheim and later renamed itself Frida Gold . Under this band name, the commercial breakthrough came in 2011 with What should we dream of.

Model career

Alina Süggeler performing with Frida Gold in Vechta (2014)

Alina Süggeler also works as a model. So she advertised the Lanvin for H&M collection and modeled in the first issue of the Zalando magazine of the online shop Zalando . In the commercial for mobile offer MTV Mobile , which the Frida Gold song to me like you're dancing Show was accompanied, played Süggeler in the promotional film starring. The magazine GRAZIA named Süggeler one of the “10 most beautiful women in the world”. In 2012 she received the Grazia Best Dressed Award . Süggeler completed a fashion shoot for Gala magazine in January 2012. In August 2012 she modeled in London for the “Black Gold Autumn / Winter 2012 Collection” for the Diesel fashion label . In 2015, the March issue of GQ men's magazine published an erotic photo series with Süggeler, in which she was photographed by photographer Robert Wunsch.

TV and jury engagements

Süggeler was part of the German jury of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf . In 2012 she was a member of the jury for the German Eurovision casting show Unser Star für Baku . In addition to Lena Meyer-Landrut , Tim Bendzko , Carolin Niemczyk von Glasperlenspiel and Florian Silbereisen , she was also part of the German jury at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest . In 2014 she was a jury member for the app casting show Keep Your Light Shining alongside Ricky Martin .

Film engagements

In 2015 she played a supporting role in the comedy film Der Nanny, alongside Matthias Schweighöfer , Milan Peschel , Andrea Osvárt and Joko Winterscheidt .

Discography

Frida Gold

solo

2011: Good Life City (Unplugged) ( Udo Lindenberg feat. Alina Süggeler & Andi Weizel)

Web links

Commons : Alina Süggeler - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Alina Süggeler at Discogs (English)
Alina Süggeler in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

↑ Sarah Jane: Alina von Frida Gold and her woolen hat In: sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de , 2011, accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ Steffen Rüth: "Everything is never said on the subject". In: badische-zeitung.de , June 29, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.
^ Daniel Hauser: Frida Gold: Pop jewel from the Ruhr area. In: dw.de , November 16, 2011, accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ "My melodies don't fall from the sky"
↑ Jürgen Stahl: Pop stars in the shop window - Frida Gold gave a free concert in Bochum. In: derwesten.de , August 16, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ Without author: FRIDA GOLD. In: akaipro.de , accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ Without author: Alina Süggeler: Gold Edition. In: gala.de , accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ Frida Gold front woman Alina Süggeler half naked in the "GQ"
↑ Alina Süggeler in the ESC jury
↑ Without author: Eurovision Song Contest: Lena, Tim Bendzko, Carolin Niemczyk, Florian Silbereisen and Alina Süggeler are the 2013 German jury. In: presseportal.de , May 18, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.
↑ Keep-your-Light-shining : die Musikexperten , prosieben.de, accessed on May 22, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Süggeler, Alina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pop singer and model
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Witten , Germany

[1] Sarah Jane: Alina von Frida Gold and her woolen hat In: sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de , 2011, accessed on January 10, 2014.

[2] Steffen Rüth: "Everything is never said on the subject". In: badische-zeitung.de , June 29, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.

[3] Daniel Hauser: Frida Gold: Pop jewel from the Ruhr area. In: dw.de , November 16, 2011, accessed on January 10, 2014.

[4] "My melodies don't fall from the sky"

[5] Jürgen Stahl: Pop stars in the shop window - Frida Gold gave a free concert in Bochum. In: derwesten.de , August 16, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.

[6] Without author: FRIDA GOLD. In: akaipro.de , accessed on January 10, 2014.

[7] Without author: Alina Süggeler: Gold Edition. In: gala.de , accessed on January 10, 2014.

[8] Frida Gold front woman Alina Süggeler half naked in the "GQ"

[9] Alina Süggeler in the ESC jury

[10] Without author: Eurovision Song Contest: Lena, Tim Bendzko, Carolin Niemczyk, Florian Silbereisen and Alina Süggeler are the 2013 German jury. In: presseportal.de , May 18, 2013, accessed on January 10, 2014.

[11] Keep-your-Light-shining : die Musikexperten , prosieben.de, accessed on May 22, 2014.