Sarah Engels
German singer and television personality (born 1992)
Sarah Engels (born 15 October 1992), formerly known as Sarah Lombardi, is a German singer and television personality. She rose to prominence in 2011 after participating in season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where she was eliminated from the Top 10, only to return two shows later and eventually become the runner-up.
In 2020, she represented Italy at the Free European Song Contest 2020 with the song "Te Amo Mi Amor", finishing 13th out of 16. In 2026, she represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna with her song "Fire" after winning the German selection for the contest.
01Career
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Engels also participated in season 7 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar but was eliminated during the recall after her duet with Eugen Flittner. In season 8, she was eliminated in the first Live Show. Later on, she was asked to come back because RTL chief Tom Sänger (not the voters) had eliminated Nina Richel from the show, allegedly for health reasons.
By performance
2025-present
In August 2025, Engels released her fourth studio album Strong Girls Club, a double album featuring German-language songs on one half and English-language songs on the other. It debuted and peaked at number 53 on the German Albums Chart before dropping off in its second week, becoming Engels' lowest-performing album to date. In November 2025, she began portraying the role of Satine in the Cologne production of the musical Moulin Rouge!, based on the same-titled 2001 film directed by Baz Luhrmann. In February 2026, Engels competed with her song "Fire" in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which she went on to win. Due to Germany's status as a member of the Big Four, Engels' song was automatically qualified for a place in the contest's final on 16 May 2026, in which the song placed 23rd out of 25, scoring 12 points.
02Personal life
Engels is of Italian descent. She married Pietro Lombardi in March 2013 and changed her name from Engels to Lombardi. On 19 June 2015, their son Alessio was born. She announced their separation in October 2016. In November 2020 she got engaged to football player Julian Büscher. The couple married in May 2021 and have had Sarah Engels's birth-name as their family name ever since. On 2 December 2021, their daughter Solea was born.
03Discography
Albums
| Album title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER |
AUT |
SWI | ||
| Heartbeat |
|
2 | 5 | 13 |
| Dream Team (with Pietro Lombardi) |
|
33 | 37 | 69 |
| Teil von mir (with Pietro Lombardi) |
|
35 | 27 | 35 |
| Zurück zu mir |
|
18 | 18 | 21 |
| Im Augenblick |
|
8 | 16 | 24 |
| Strong Girls Club |
|
53 | 74 | , |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER |
AUT |
GRE Int. |
KAZ Air. |
SWE |
SWI |
UK Sales | |||
| "Call My Name" | 2011 | 2 | 2 | * | , | 2 | , | Heartbeat | |
| "I Miss You" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
2 | 6 | , | 14 | , | ||||
| "Only for You" | 33 | 47 | , | , | , | ||||
| "It's Christmas Time" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
, | 75 | , | , | , | Pietro Style | |||
| "Dream Team" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
2013 | 41 | 60 | , | 65 | , | Dream Team | ||
| "Nimmerland" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
2015 | 32 | 28 | , | , | , | Teil von mir | ||
| "Nur mit dir" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
2016 | 40 | 42 | , | , | , | |||
| "Teil von mir" (with Pietro Lombardi) |
, | , | , | , | , | ||||
| "Genau hier" | 2018 | 31 | 51 | , | * | , | 67 | , | Zurück zu mir |
| "Weekend" (DJ Herzbeat featuring Sarah) |
2019 | 83 | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album singles | |
| "Ich liebe nur dich" (Pietro Basile featuring Sarah) |
49 | 56 | , | , | 24 | , | |||
| "Te Amo Mi Amor" | 2020 | 11 | 24 | , | , | 42 | , | Im Augenblick | |
| "Zoom" | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Ich" | 2021 | 92 | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Love Is Love" | , | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Mama" (with Pietro Basile) |
, | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album singles | ||
| "Gebe nicht auf" | 2022 | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Ma Bonita" (with Luca Hänni) |
, | , | , | , | , | , | |||
| "Gemeinsam stark" (with Mike Singer) |
2023 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie soundtrack |
| "Para siempre (Für immer)" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Strong Girls Club | |
| "Jemand" (with Joel Brandenstein) |
, | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Für immer" | 2025 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | |
| "Wie nie zuvor" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Flieg mit mir" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album single | |
| "Mit dir" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Strong Girls Club | |
| "Starke Mädchen" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Ich bleib" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Keep You Save" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| "Liebe gibt nie auf" (with DJ Herzbeat) |
2026 | , | , | , | , | , | , | , | Non-album singles |
| "Fire" | 27 | 21 | 63 | 17 | , | , | 57 | ||
| "Celebration" (with 3rd Wall & Tr3nacria) |
, | , | , | , | , | , | , | ||
| ", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. | |||||||||
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- Pietro-Lombardi-Sarah-Engels.jpg by Michael Schilling, CC BY-SA 3.0
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