"Schlagerbooom 2023" Michelle sings farewell song and talks about the end of her career
Once again, the stars of the scene were on Florian Silbereisen's doorstep. The emotional highlight was provided by Michelle, who explained the reasons for the end of her career.
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- The show "Schlagerbooom 2023" was full of emotional moments.
- Pop singer Michelle explains to presenter Florian Silbereisen why she is ending her career.
- Florian Silbereisen and Thomas Anders pay tribute to the late Roger Whittaker.
On Saturday evening, the biggest pop party of the year took place in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle. Presenter Florian Silbereisen (42) had organized a party under the motto "Alles sparkelt! Alles glitzert!" for his show "Schlagerbooom 2023" on Ersten.
And of course the absolute greats of the genre responded to his call. Among others, Andrea Berg (57 ) presented her new album, which was also released on October 20. Howard Carpendale (77) also presented his new work "Let's do it again" there.
But one performance outshone all the others that evening: Singer Michelle (51) announced shortly beforehand that she would be saying goodbye to her fans for good next year with a final album and ending her career.
In the Silbereisen show, she performed her farewell song "Das war's für mich" and explained her decision in conversation with the presenter, who couldn't hide his emotion: "Everyone here is a bit speechless. What an emotional song. You can't really believe it when you suddenly sing it."
There have been highs and lows in her life, Michelle explained afterwards. She is now at a point where she wants to close this door so that she can open a new one.
Florian Silbereisen pays tribute to Roger Whittaker
Another highlight of the evening was an emotional medley by Thomas Anders (60) together with Florian Silbereisen. The two paid musical tribute to Roger Whittaker (1936-2023), who died on September 13, with his greatest hits.
"His music made him immortal. Dear Roger, we will never forget you," said Silbereisen at what was possibly the emotional climax of the evening.
Silbereisen and Anders sang hits such as "Ein bisschen Aroma", "Albany" and "Eloise". After the performance, Silbereisen sent a greeting to his deceased colleague: "I hope you were up there listening and singing along with us!"
Beatrice Egli was on stage at the "Schlagerboom"
Other guests at "Schlagerbooom 2023" included DJ Ötzi, Joelina Drews, Lucas Cordalis, Kerstin Ott, Ross Antony, Mickie Krause, Daniel Munoz, Ben Zucker, Beatrice Egli and Maite Kelly, Anastacia and Eloy de Jong.
In total, an average of 4.61 million viewers tuned in on Saturday evening on Ersten. This meant that Florian Silbereisen was only beaten in the ratings duel by the ZDF crime series "Helen Dorn" with 5.08 million viewers.