Sarah Connor has been Germany’s most successful singer for decades: in the 2000s she stormed the charts with English pop hymns, and ten years ago she made a drastic change to become a serious singer-songwriter who delights with German ballads. Millions of records sold later, she is one of the most famous German celebrities ever.
With all the mega success, you could easily forget that Sarah Connor was 20 years ago caused the most embarrassing TV moment of her career. The infamous mistake even caused such waves that many called for the singer to end her career. This is how Sarah Connor thinks about her XXL fail on live TV today.
“Brüh im Glanze”: Germany held its breath at this mistake
Hand on heart? Are you really sure of the lyrics when it comes to the German national anthem? Like many Germans, singer Sarah Connor felt the same way in 2005 when she wanted to sing the German anthem at a national soccer team game. The then 24-year-old was supposed to perform in the Allianz Arena in front of 66,000 people; Unfortunately, her nerves really put a damper on her plans.
Instead of “Bloom in the splendor” Sarah Connor warbled “Bloom in the light of this happiness…” and caused an outcry of superlatives. The media accused the singer of ridiculing the German anthem with her scandalous performance. In addition, a general debate arose about whether one had to know the lyrics of one’s own anthem by heart. Some football fans felt so insulted that they called for the singer to end her career. Here you can see a short excerpt from TV in total:
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“I have a trauma”: Sarah Connor is still suffering from the worst moment of her career
The tabloid press talked about Sarah Connor’s lyrical mistakes for weeks and caused the singer’s image to plummet. Quite a few were of the opinion that Connor fit the stereotype of the blonde pop star and would therefore not have been able to make a decent appearance. Connor was just too nervous, like she was on Who’s Stealing the Show? admits:
I stood there alone on that lawn as a young girl. And then they said: ‘Now start!’ And I’m like, ‘OK.’ I close my eyes. And I sang and I knew at that moment something was wrong. But I didn’t know what!”
As early as 2005, Sarah Connor explained to Stern how the faux pas could have happened: “I screwed up. I just opened my eyes once and saw all the lights and sang straight away ‘in the light’ instead of ‘in the shine’.”
Malice, prejudice and hatred would have left deep marks on Connor. As Bunte.de reports, Sarah Connor is still haunted by her embarrassing TV moment: “I have trauma”said the singer at a concert. “Whenever I come to Munich, I think something really bad happened here.” Luckily, Connor’s career survived the lyrical mistake: With her German hits, the singer is more successful than ever before.