Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: The pictures of the big hit stars then and now

Created: 05/27/2022, 18:44

By: Jonas Erbas

It doesn't matter whether it's Florian Silbereisen, Helene Fischer or Andreas Gabalier - the famous hit stars have changed a lot over the years!

Here are the best pictures of their incredible transformations as a photo series.

1 / 16Andreas Gabalier hardly recognizable: At the beginning of his career, here at the "Grand Prix der Volksmusik 2009" (right), the folk rock'n'roller wore a little shorter.

He has also increased significantly in terms of muscle mass © Jörg Carstensen/Ursula Düren/dpa

2 / 16Hard to believe, but there is almost a decade between these photos: While Beatrice Egli sang for the title in "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" in 2013, the Swiss even got her very own hit show in 2022 © Henning Kaiser/Jörg Carstensen

3 / 16Laughing as ever: Andy Borg (left in 2001) has turned a little gray over the past two decades, but the hit star, who celebrated his 60th birthday in 2020, continues to entertain fans at a high level © Peter Förster/Britta Pedersen/dpa

4 / 16In "Krone der Volksmusik" Stefanie Hertel thrilled hit fans as early as 1998 (r.) - her great popularity hasn't changed much since then: the singer has remained a sought-after industry star in recent years © Bodo Schackow/Wolfgang Thieme/dpa

5 / 16Stefan Hertel's ex-husband Stefan Mross (married from 2006 to 2012, before that officially in a relationship since 1994) has been one of the best-known faces of the folk music scene for decades - now with a new woman: Anna-Carina Woitschack (r.) © Wolfgang Thieme /Jörg Carstensen/dpa

6 / 16Although both musicians now have new spouses, many Schlager fans will still remember Stefan Mross and Stefanie Hertel, here in 1998, as one of the most beautiful couples in the folk music scene © Wolfgang Thieme/dpa

7 / 162003 and in the years that followed, Andrea Berg won several times in the “German-language Schlager” category at the Echo.

Her success is interrupted – the singer is still considered by many fans to be the only true hit queen © Andreas Altwein/Tom Weller/dpa

8 / 16Shortly after the turn of the millennium, Giovanni Zarrella got off to a flying start as a member of the casting show band Bro'Sis - although his days in the group, which was dissolved in 2006, were numbered years ago, the German-Italian has now established himself as a big hit star © Becker & Bredel /Georg Wendt/dpa

9 / 16Since Bro'Sis days, the woman on Giovanni Zarrella's side has been model and presenter Jana Ina.

The two married in 2005 and have been faithful ever since (here: left 2022, right 2008) © Jörg Carstensen/Jens Kalaene/dpa

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10 / 16Ross Antony also grew up through Bro'Sis.

Just like his former colleague Giovanni Zarrella, the native Brit, who even won the jungle camp in 2008, has now switched to the hit industry and is extremely successful there.

© Philipp von Ditfurth/Jörg Carstensen/dpa

11 / 16Helene Fischer, here in 2007 at the "Herbstfest der Volksmusik" (left) and in 2021 at the "Wetten, dass..?" revival, has had a steep career.

At the beginning of her career, only a few suspected that the interpreter of "Atemlos durch die Nacht" would one day rise to become Germany's biggest pop star.

© Andreas Lander/Frederic Kern/Geisler-Fotopress/dpa

12 / 16As the youngest show master in Germany, Florian Silbereisen once sang and moderated his way into the hearts of many television viewers.

The folk musician is now also an actor ("Das Traumschiff") and a "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" juror © Soeren Stache/Roberto Pfeil/dpa

13 / 16Together, Florian Silbereisen and Helene Fischer (here: left 2019, right 2007) were considered the absolute hit dream couple for many years.

The relationship between the two became public in 2008, and they announced their separation in 2018 © Jens Kalaene/Andreas Lander/dpa

14 / 16And this gentleman has also been entertaining at the highest level for decades: Roland Kaiser celebrated his 70th birthday in 2022 - but his singing and hit career began in the mid-1970s (here: left 2022, right 1980) © Carsten Koall/Istvan Bajzat/dpa

15 / 16Michelle has also been successfully on stage for ages: From the mid-nineties, the career of the pop singer really got going - in 2022 the pop singer, who has meanwhile also performed off stage, such as in "Let's Dance" (right), celebrates is active, her 30th stage anniversary © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

16 / 16And Bernhard Brink can also look back on a long, successful career: as early as 2001 (left), the pop singer and presenter, who was born in Nordhorn, was able to look back on decades of work.

In 2022 he celebrated his 70th birthday - and continues undeterred!

© Kay Nietfeld/Jens Kalaene/dpa