luca Haenni

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Luca Hänni, 2018

Luca Hänni (born October 8, 1994 in Bern ) is a Swiss singer and songwriter who won the ninth season of the talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2012 .

Private life

During his time in kindergarten, Luca Hänni received drum lessons . At the age of nine he learned how to play the guitar and piano by himself . After completing school he began training as a bricklayer, which he broke off in 2012 in favor of his music career in the second year of his apprenticeship.

In March 2019, he made his relationship with the teacher Michèle Affolter public. The couple separated a year later. He has been in a relationship with the German dancer Christina Luft since 2020 .

Career

2012: Winning Germany is looking for the superstar

Luca Hänni applied for the ninth season of the singing casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2012 . He reached the final on April 28, 2012. There he competed against Daniele Negroni and won with 52.85 percent of the audience. He is the first minor among the previous DSDS winners and the first non-German. As a prize he received 500,000 euros and a record deal with the Universal Music Group . In addition, like the runner-up, he was paid for his driver's license training and a car.

Appearances at DSDS
Mottoshow (date) song Original interpreter placement
Top 16 show: "Who will make it into the top 10?" (February 25, 2012) The A Team Ed Sheeran 17.44% (1/16)
Hammer Hits (March 3, 2012) Baby Can I Hold You Boyzone 17.94% (1/10)
Party Hits (March 10, 2012) infant Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris 17.66% (1/9)
Heart songs for you (March 17th, 2012) Use Somebody (piano version by Laura Jansen ) Kings of Leon 14.89% (3rd / 8th)
Off to the south (March 24, 2012) Fields of Gold Sting 15.67% (3rd/7)
Solo and Duets (March 31, 2012) Hero Enrique Iglesias 19.47% (2/6)
You and Me (In My Pocket) Milow
Unplugged vs. Power Songs (April 7, 2012) Hey There Delilah (guitar version) Plain White T's 21.86% (2./5)
Wonderful life Hurts
Classical, Pop and Rock (April 14, 2012) Beautiful people Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi 26.02% (2/4)
Chasing cars Snow Patrol
Iron Bridge Philipp Poisel
Semi-finals (April 21, 2012) The Man Who Can't Be Moved The Script 32.83% (2/3)
Ma chérie DJ Antoine feat. The Beat Shakers
The best Silver moon
Final (April 28, 2012) Alone alone Arctic Circle 18 52.85% (1./2)
The A Team Ed Sheeran
Don't think about me luca Haenni

Legend:

1st place in the telephone vote
Luca Hänni 2014

His first single Don't Think About Me , composed by Dieter Bohlen , was released on May 2, 2012. The single reached gold status in Switzerland after four days and was number 1 in the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This made Hänni the first Swiss in 52 years to reach number 1 in the German charts.

The debut album My Name Is Luca was released on May 18, 2012 and was number 1 in Austria and Switzerland and number 2 in the album charts in Germany. The album was awarded gold in Switzerland and Austria.

On May 4, 2012, his first music video for the single Don't Think About Me was released. The video was shot on April 30, 2012 in Denmark on the island of Rømø . Directed by Nikolaj Georgiev . After it was published, the video set a new universal record with over 600,000 hits on the day of the premiere on the Clipfish video portal .

His second single, I Will Die for You , was released on August 24, 2012. The video shoot for the single took place on July 24, 2012 in Barcelona under the direction of Oliver Sommer ( AVA Studios ). The video premiered on Clipfish on August 10, 2012. In addition to the original version by Dieter Bohlen and the new song Oh No No , the maxi CD also includes two remixes by the Swiss DJ and music producer Mike Candys . For the remix Mike Candys 2012 Edit , a video clip was released on Clipfish on August 23, 2012. The single reached number 54 in Germany, number 46 in Austria and number 37 in Switzerland.

A Swiss retail company hired Luca Hänni in June 2012 to advertise its men's underwear brand. In this context, a range of underwear for men, for which Hänni was available as a model, and a women's collection were released in October. For Hänni, advertising for the trading company also brought commitments to promoting popular sports for children, for example on the occasion of the Migros Grand Prix Final on April 4, 2014 in Arosa .

Luca Hänni opened the castings for the tenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar in his native Bern on August 24, 2012 , for which he has been featured in an advertising campaign since July 2012 (including a clip on RTL ).

Hännis first tour Luca Hänni & Band - Live on Tour started on October 1st, 2012 in Hoyerswerda . It included 32 concerts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and came to a close on November 20th in Dresden . Due to the great demand, additional concerts have been scheduled in Zurich , Uetendorf and Amriswil in Switzerland . So Hänni played a total of three concerts in Zurich and two in Uetendorf.

In December 2012, presented Hänni as moderator, the RTL II telecast BRAVO The Hits 2012 - The Show .

In 2012, Hänni was the most searched prominent Swiss on Google .

2013: Second studio album Living the Dream

In March 2013, Luca Hänni received the Swiss Music Award in the Best Breaking Act National category . In the same month he was nominated for the German music award Echo in the category Newcomer International . Hänni also received a nomination for the Kids' Choice Award as Favorite Star: Germany, Austria, Switzerland . It won this international audience award and received it on March 23, 2013 at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles .

At the 11th Wok World Championship 2013 in Oberhof , Hänni took part as a driver and finished 6th with the Swiss four-wok team.

Luca Hänni's second studio album Living the Dream was released on April 19, 2013. It entered the charts at number 1 in Switzerland and was thus able to repeat the success of the previous album . In Austria the album placed 8th and in Germany 17th place in the respective music charts.

Two of the tracks on the album ( The Best Thing and Closer to You ) were written by Hänni.

The first single is called Shameless and was released a week before the album was released. The song was written by Allan Eshuijs, who produced Evacuate the Dancefloor for Cascada , among others . The video for Shameless went online on Clipfish on April 5th.

From April 8th to 22nd, 2013 Hänni was on tour with Daniele Negroni under the motto Thank You to the Fans . They appeared in a total of ten cities in German-speaking countries.

In the summer of 2013, Hänni made four guest appearances in the musical The Visit of the Old Lady as part of the Thunerseespiele .

On October 7, 2013, his 13-concert tour “Living the Dream” began.

In the winter of 2013, Luca Hänni appeared as a musical guest star in 60 shows at the Salto Natale Christmas Circus . This event, which has taken place annually since 2002, is produced by Rolf Knie and his son.

2014–2018: Third & fourth studio album and further career

Luca Hänni Golden Globe 2015

In 2014, in cooperation with the Swiss DJ Christopher S Hännis, the third studio album Dance Until We Die was created . The album was released in April 2014 and reached 6th place in the Swiss album charts. The two single releases I Can't Get No Sleep and Good Time also made it into the charts. A piano version of the song I Can't Get No Sleep (only Hänni at the piano) was released worldwide in early September 2014. Video clips were also produced for the singles.

With the joint project, the two musicians had various club appearances and toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In close cooperation with the DKMS ( German bone marrow donor file ), which Hänni has been supporting since 2013, the charity song Only One You was published in November 2014 . This song was written and produced by Luca Hänni himself. The entire proceeds will go to DKMS.

Hänni was in the USA from mid-January to mid-February 2015. The fourth studio album When We Wake Up was created in Studio 17 Hertz in North Hollywood . The album was produced in Los Angeles by the Swiss music producer Fabian Egger. There was support from music greats such as Andre Merritt (songwriter for Chris Brown , Rihanna and Justin Bieber among others ) and James Fauntleroy (co-author of the Justin Timberlake single Pusher Love Girl ).

November 2014 Luca Hänni supported along with 22 other Swiss music greats as Noëmi Nadelmann , Pepe Lienhard , Francine Jordi , Melanie Oesch , the Migros (retail chain in Switzerland) at a Christmas Song. The song was composed by Roman Camenzind. The Song Ensemble is a charity project and supports people in need in Switzerland. The video was released on November 21, 2014 and achieved platinum status .

In November / December 2014 Hänni took part in the new Swiss evening show Kampf der Orchester . All of the formations in this format were supported by a prominent and full team member. This was integrated into the group and played a musical role in the shows with vocals and / or instruments. Here Luca Hänni supported the Lucerne formation BML Talents as a prominent member and won the title with them.

Fashion label SVSL 2016

In November 2016, Hänni, in collaboration with the Swiss fashion chain Metro Boutique , presented his first own men's fashion collection under the name SVSL , which he helped design. A women's collection is planned for spring 2017.

In the computer animation film Sing , which was released in German cinemas on December 8, 2016, Hänni lent his voice to a frog and thus worked as a voice actor.

On May 13, 2017, he announced the Swiss jury points at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest .

In 2017, Hänni was a candidate for the second season of the dance show Dance Dance Dance , which was broadcast on RTL. Together with his dance partner Prince Damien , the 2016 DSDS winner, he achieved first place.

At the end of December 2018, Hänni published his first German-language single Bei mir , which he performed together with Helene Fischer on her TV show The Helene Fischer Show . He also announced his first German-language album.

Since 2019: Eurovision Song Contest (2019) and participation in Let's Dance (2020)

Hänni at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

On March 7, 2019 it was announced that Hänni will represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest with his song She Got Me . Before that, he won the SRF's internal selection from a panel of viewers and an expert jury. In the run-up to the victory, he was one of the favorites and was able to qualify in the second semifinals on May 16, 2019 for the final two days later. Hänni took fourth place with 364 points from jury and televoting. It was the best Swiss placement in the competition since 1993 . At the end of May the song reached number one on the Swiss hit parade . In the official German single charts , the song rose to number 62, but dropped out again after a week.

From February to May 2020, Hänni took part in the 13th season of Let's Dance , his dance partner assigned to him is the German professional dancer Christina Luft . They took 3rd place.

Luca Hänni released his new single Diamant on May 22, 2020, and the accompanying music video appeared on June 11, in which Christina Luft also appears as an actress.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2012 My name is Luca DE2 (13 weeks)
DE
AT1
gold
gold

(13 weeks)AT
CH1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)CH
First published: May 18, 2012
2013 Living the dream DE17 (5 weeks)
DE
AT8 (4 weeks)
AT
CH1 (7 weeks)
CH
First published: April 19, 2013
2014 Dance Until We Die DE51 (1 week)
DE
AT38 (1 week)
AT
CH6 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: April 11, 2014
with Christopher S.
2015 When We Wake Up DE81 (1 week)
DE
AT47 (1 week)
AT
CH6 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: September 18, 2015

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2012 Don't Think About Me
My Name Is Luca
DE1 (8 weeks)
DE
AT1 (6 weeks)
AT
CH1
gold
gold

(6 weeks)CH
First published: May 4, 2012
I Will Die for You
My Name Is Luca
DE54 (2 weeks)
DE
AT46 (3 weeks)
AT
CH37 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: August 24, 2012
2013 Shameless
Living the Dream
DE49 (3 weeks)
DE
AT46 (2 weeks)
AT
CH25 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: April 12, 2013
2014 I Can't Get No Sleep
Dance Until We Die
- - CH24 (1 week)
CH
First published: April 11, 2014
with Christopher S.
Good Time
Dance Until We Die
- - CH28 (1 week)
CH
First published: June 13, 2014
with Christopher S
Only One You - - CH56 (1 week)
CH
First published: November 28, 2014
2015 Set the World on Fire
When We Wake Up
- - CH35 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: May 15, 2015
Wonderful
When We Wake Up
- - CH58 (1 week)
CH
First published: August 28, 2015
2017 Powder - - CH29 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: October 13, 2017
2018 Signs - - CH53 (1 week)
CH
First published: April 13, 2018
2019 She got me DE62 (1 week)
DE
AT26 (1 week)
AT
CH1
platinum
platinum

(42 weeks)CH
First published: March 8, 2019
Sales: + 20,000
Bella Bella - - CH45 (1 week)
CH
First published: September 6, 2019
By the way - - CH64 (1 week)
CH
First published: December 20, 2019
2020 Never alone again - - -
First published: March 6, 2020
2020 diamond - - CH65 (1 week)
CH
First published: June 11, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2012 The A Team
My Name Is Luca
- - CH44 (1 week)
CH
First published: May 18, 2012
Alone Alone
My Name Is Luca
- - CH55 (1 week)
CH
First published: May 18, 2012

more publishments

  • 2014: I Can't Get No Sleep (Piano Version)
  • 2016: Why!
  • 2018: With me

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 10,000 ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 50,000 hitparade.ch
All in all Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1

Tours

  • 2012: Luca Hänni & Band - Live on Tour (32 concerts)
  • 2013: Thank You to the Fans Tour (10 concerts)
  • 2013: Living the Dream Tour (13 concerts)
  • 2015: When We Wake Up Tour (15 concerts)

Awards and nominations

Tabular overview of awards and nominations
year Award For category result
2012 Wild and Young Award luca Haenni Best starter Won
2012 Wild and Young Award Don't think about me Best music video Won
2012 Glory Award luca Haenni Audience Glory / Golden Glory Won
2012 Bravo Otto in silver luca Haenni Super singer Won
2013 Swiss Music Award luca Haenni Best Breaking Act National Won
2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards luca Haenni Favorite star: Germany, Austria, Switzerland Won
2013 echo luca Haenni Newcomer International Nominated
2013 Prix ​​Walo luca Haenni newcomer Won
2013 Prix ​​Walo luca Haenni Audience favorite 2012 Won
2013 Napster fan award luca Haenni Musician Won
2014 Swiss Music Award luca Haenni Best Live Act National Nominated
2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards luca Haenni Favorite star: Germany, Austria, Switzerland Won
2014 Style Award luca Haenni Best dress Won
2014 Napster fan award luca Haenni Best individual artist Nominated
2014 Bravo Otto in bronze luca Haenni Super singer Won
2015 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Wonderful Independent Music Video Won
2016 Alcatel Fan Award (Music Meets Media Award) luca Haenni Best individual artist Won
2020 Swiss Music Award luca Haenni Best Male Solo Act Won
2020 Swiss Music Award She got me Best hit Nominated

Individual evidence

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  20. Luca Hänni sets a new record at Clipfish with the DSDS winning song ( memento of the original from June 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , entertainment-news.de, May 8, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.entertainment-news.de
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  22. VIEW exclusively at the “Superstar” video shoot: Four chicas for Luca Hänni , blick.ch, July 25, 2012.
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  24. I Will Die for You - Music Video
  25. Mike Candys saves Bohlen-Song ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tilllate.com, August 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ch.tilllate.com
  26. I Will Die for You (Mike Candys 2012 Edit) - music video
  27. Migros hires Luca Hänni ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , migros.ch, June 21, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.migros.ch
  28. DSDS 2012: Luca Hänni as a sexy underwear model , vip.de, July 12, 2012.
  29. Luca Hänni is the star guest at the Grand Prix Migros Final in Arosa. In: www.suedostschweiz.ch. March 21, 2014, accessed March 23, 2014 .
  30. Germany is looking for the superstar - it starts again! The DSDS casting truck on tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland ( memento of the original from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , focus.de , August 22, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.migros.ch
  31. DSDS 2013: Winner Luca Hänni opens casting truck tour in Bern , rtl.de, August 24, 2012.
  32. DSDS 2013: Follow in the footsteps of Luca Hänni & Co. , rtl.de, July 4, 2012.
  33. ↑ Talent show fever in the Lausitzhalle ( memento of the original from March 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hoyerswerdsche.de, October 4, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoyerswerdsche.de
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  36. The beloved Luca Hänni , bernerzeitung.ch, December 11, 2012.
  37. Luca Hänni is more wanted than Roger Federer , 20min.ch , December 12, 2012.
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  40. Kids' Choice Awards 2013 ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kca.nick.de, February / March 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kca.nick.de
  41. Luca Hänni: He wins a Kids' Choice Award , schweizer-illustrierte.ch, March 22, 2013.
  42. DSDS - Luca Hänni is participating in the TV Total WOK WM 2013 for Switzerland , castingshow-infos.de, February 28, 2013.
  43. Luca separates from Bohlen , blick.ch, November 26, 2012.
  44. amazon.de
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  46. Luca Hänni: “The Thun Festival is home for me” , bernerzeitung.ch, April 25, 2013.
  47. amazon.de
  48. Luca Hänni: Shameless - New single from DSDS winner Luca ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , starflash.de, March 20, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.starflash.de
  49. Shameless music video
  50. Luca Hänni and Daniele Negroni go on tour together ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bravo.de, April 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bravo.de
  51. What is Luca Hänni good as a musical star? , bernerzeitung.ch, July 26, 2013.
  52. Luca Hänni on tour from autumn , promicabana.de, July 18, 2013.
  53. Salto Natale “Fabuloso” ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , winterthurer-zeitung.ch, December 3, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / winterthurer-zeitung.ch
  54. "DSDS" fever with "Salto Natale" - Luca does a circus! , blick.ch, November 19, 2013.
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  56. Dance Dance Dance 2017: Prince Damien and Luca Hänni are the winners of the second season , rtl.de, message from October 14, 2017.
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