Lina van de Mars

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Lina van de Mars (2015)

Lina van de Mars (born September 13, 1979 in Munich ) is a German television presenter , motor sportsman and drummer .

life and career

After graduating from high school in Munich in 2000, Lina van de Mars moved to Berlin to support the band Lemonbabies as a drummer. At the same time, she began studying for a master's degree in Dutch and Indian philology and art history at the Free University of Berlin . Due to her media activities, she gave up her studies in 2002.

Between 2002 and 2003 van de Mars worked first as an intern and then as a freelancer for Sony BMG / Epic as a promoter and tour guide. During this time she worked with artists like MIA. (as part of the Unirocker tour), Lorien, Goldjunge and Destiny's Child .

At the same time, in August 2002, she began training as a car mechanic , which she expanded in 2014 with additional training as a car mechatronics technician . Van de Mars later worked as a mechanic for the Alfa Team Engstler as part of the Beru TOP 10 .

In November 2003, van de Mars was discovered and signed up as a presenter by the broadcaster DSF (today: Sport1 ) in her car workshop . It was first seen on air in February 2004 in the program Tuning TV , which was initially moderated by a total of three so-called tuning angels. From 2006 van de Mars was solely responsible for the format as a presenter. In the same year, the Berliner-by-choice was signed by the broadcaster DMAX for the program Der Checker , which she hosted until 2011 together with Alexander Wesselsky and from 2011 as the main face with a new cast.

In 2008 she also stood in front of the camera for a year for the format Die Autoprofis on the Sport1 channel. In 2010 she was also contracted by the broadcaster Kabel Eins , for which she took over the live broadcast of the ADAC GT Masters together with Jan Stecker until 2013 . At the same time she presented the ADAC Formula Masters format and the adventure tuning program on Kabel Eins .

For Pro7 , Lina moderated the tattoo format Lina helps from 2011 to 2012 , for which she also took on editorial responsibility. In 2011 and 2012 van de Mars took part in the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge as a member of the eBay Motors team. From March 2012 to March 2014 she moderated the Internet magazine TecTV.de of the Association of German Engineers (VDI).

2013 drove van de Mars, in 2008 their racing license acquired, for Mercedes-Benz in a prototype the Rally " Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles " in Morocco . The following year, she competed for Opel for a complete rally season in the ADAC Opel Rallye Cup as part of the German Rally Championship.

Since October 2014 van de Mars can be seen as a car expert on Sat.1 - Breakfast TV .

Van de Mars was and is depicted on many covers, and many print stories were also realized with her.

In 2018, Lina van de Mars is the face of the trainee campaign of the Central Association of the German Motor Vehicle Industry (ZDK). Under #echteautoliebe she motivates schoolchildren to deal with the car professions.

Personal

Van de Mars is a vegetarian and supports the animal rights organization PETA , among other things with a commercial.

In addition, she campaigns for the breast cancer prevention "Keep a Breast" and is the patron of the wheelchair workshop of the Katrin Rohde Foundation in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso .

Van de Mars has been a member of the jury for the Golden Steering Wheel since 2009 .

Television (selection)

  • 1991-1992: Eurokids
  • 2004–2006: Tuning TV
  • 2006–2013: The Checker
  • 2008–2009: The car professionals
  • 2011–2012: Lina helps
  • since 2014: Sat.1 breakfast television
  • since 2016: Garage Girls, (RTL2)
  • since 2017: My new age (RTL2)

radio

  • Since November 2013: Moderation and editing of the own program "Mars, Cars, Stars" on the radio station "Star FM"

Music (selection)

  • Since 1995: Performances as a drummer in various bands
  • 2000 to 2002: Drummer with the Lemonbabies
  • 2002: TV drummer for the band Right Said Fred
  • 2002 to 2014: Drummer with the Berlin punk band Payback 5
  • Summer / Autumn 2003: Temporary drummer for the Cologne band Lili
  • June to August 2004: TV drummer for Starsearch winner Florence Joy
  • End of 2004: Foundation of the R'n'R band Buddy & the Lucky Chicks
  • April 2005: Joined the band Black Velvet Voodoo as a drummer , continued Payback 5 and Buddy & the Lucky Chicks
  • April 2006: Studio recordings with Black Velvet Voodoo
  • 2006 to 2008: Drummer in the band Hershe
  • 2007: Special guest on the Rotten Apple's US tour
  • January 2008: With Payback 5 in New York
  • February 2008: Drummer in the Northern Lite music video "Girl with a Gun"
  • January 2010: Drummer of the band LOVIES , official song for the German rally championship: "Fire & Gasoline" - Matt Roehr feat. LOVIES
  • 2011 to 2014: various guest appearances, including for the band "Bonaparte" and the electro combo "Mädlick"

Web links

Commons : Lina van de Mars  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GERMANY SCHRAUBT Portrait Lina Van de Mars N. In: youtube. DEUTSCHLAND SCHRAUBT, October 10, 2012, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Lina Gets to Know Her Rally Copilot. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Van de Mars at the Aicha des Gazelles rally
  4. ↑ Lina van de Mars explains her tattoos. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Lina Van de Mars on the cover of Ajoure
  6. ↑ #real car love. In: wasmitautos. August 22, 2018, accessed on April 28, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ Ink, Not Mink - Lina van de Mars for PETA2.de. January 18, 2013, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Keep A Breast Foundation. Retrieved August 11, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ Donations for Africa | Friends for AMPO eV: Friends for AMPO eV Retrieved on August 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Lina van de Mars: She likes it fast in the car. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mars, Lina van de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mars, Lina Van de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German TV presenter and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich