Jennifer Braun is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 singer. She was runner-up at the talent show Unser Star für Oslo

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Germany is the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 winner, which was held in May 2010 in Bærum, Norway. The country's entry was selected in a series of competitive heats and a national final – Unser Star für Oslo 2010 – which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the...

, Germany’s national pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...

. Her first hit single was "I Care for You

I Care for You (Jennifer Braun song)

"I Care for You" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. However, the audience chose Braun's contender Lena...

".

Early life

Jennifer Braun was born on 28 April 1991 in Rüdesheim am Rhein and lives in Eltville

Eltville

Eltville am Rhein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road ....

, Germany. Her father works in industrial asset liquidation and her mother is a saleslady. Braun attends the Obermayr high school in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim. Until 2010, she had her most notable appearances as a singer with her band Rewind at town festivals and at the Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

 wine festival. She took part in the seventh season's castings of Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar is a German reality talent show, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and...

, the German edition of Pop Idol

Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...

, however, she was eliminated after the first recall round.

2010: Unser Star für Oslo

In 2010, Braun applied for the talent show Unser Star für Oslo

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Germany is the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 winner, which was held in May 2010 in Bærum, Norway. The country's entry was selected in a series of competitive heats and a national final – Unser Star für Oslo 2010 – which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the...

 (Our Star for Oslo), a newly created national television programme to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...

 in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. The show was organised by public broadcaster ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...

 and private television channel ProSieben, as well as entertainer and music producer Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab

Stefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, television host, comedian and musician. Raab began his television career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993 and has been hosting the late-night comedy show TV total since 1999. He became well-known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing...

. Among 4,500 entrants, Braun was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show.

Braun mostly performed well-known pop and rock ballads to reach the show's semi-final, in which she sang the rock song "Heavy Cross

Heavy Cross

"Heavy Cross" is the first single taken from Music for Men, the fourth studio album by Gossip and was released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S. Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators." The single was...

" by Gossip

Gossip (band)

Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

 and Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

's ballad "Hurt

Hurt (Christina Aguilera song)

"Hurt" is a power ballad written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics . The song's lyrical content describes how one deals with the loss of a loved one, and it has received praise from pop music critics...

". The jury panel praised her powerful voice and her confident performances and she beat favoured contestant Christian Durstewitz to progress to the last show. In the final on 12 March 2010, Braun sang three songs specifically submitted for the contest, "Bee

Bee (Jennifer Braun song)

"Bee" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, composed by American-Israeli songwriter Rosi Golan. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010...

", "Satellite

Satellite (Jennifer Braun song)

"Satellite" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, written by American songwriter Julie Frost and Danish songwriter John Gordon. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song...

" and "I Care for You". Through televoting

Televoting

Televoting, telephone voting or phone voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone.- Broadcast contest televoting :...

, the audience chose "I Care for You" to be her designated song in case she wins the show, however, she was defeated in the final vote by Lena Meyer-Landrut

Lena Meyer-Landrut

Lena Meyer-Landrut , known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite"...

, the heavy favourite to win Unser Star für Oslo from the first night.

All songs performed in the final of Unser Star für Oslo were made available for digital download

Music download

A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

 on iTunes

ITunes Store

The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...

 Germany and Musicload.de the following day. Braun's "I Care for You" reached position number 10 in the German singles chart

Media Control Charts

The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

 through digital downloads only, while her versions of "Bee" and "Satellite" reached the top 40 in Germany. "I Care for You" also charted in Austria.

Appearances on Unser Star für Oslo

Show	Song	Original artist
2nd show	"I'm Outta Love I'm Outta Love "I'm Outta Love" is a song by American recording artist Anastacia from her debut album, Not That Kind . Written by Anastacia, Sam Watters, and Louis Biancaniello, the song received a positive reception from music critics, and was released as the album's lead single in early 2000 in the United... "	Anastacia Anastacia Anastacia is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, South Africa and South America, but has had only minor success in her native United States...
3rd show	"Like the Way I Do Like the Way I Do "Like the Way I Do" is a 1988 Melissa Etheridge song and the second single from her debut album Melissa Etheridge.-Song information:The song was actually written years before the album was recorded. Melissa Etheridge had already played it during her live concerts, where it was the first of her own... "	Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...
4th show	"I'm with You"	Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
5th show	"Ain't Nobody Ain't Nobody "Ain't Nobody" is a 1983 hit single by Rufus & Chaka Khan. It was released as a studio bonus track on the band's live album Stompin' at the Savoy. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart... "	Chaka Khan Chaka Khan Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
Quarter-Final (6th show)	"Soulmate Soulmate (song) "Soulmate" is a pop song written and produced by Natasha Bedingfield, Mads Hauge and David Tench for Bedingfield's second album, N.B. . The song is written in the key of E-flat minor and set in 4/4 time. Bedingfield's vocals range from F#3 to B4. The lyrics discuss if there is a soulmate for... " "Nobody's Wife"	Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...   Anouk
Semi-Final (7th show)	"Heavy Cross Heavy Cross "Heavy Cross" is the first single taken from Music for Men, the fourth studio album by Gossip and was released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S. Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators." The single was... " "Hurt Hurt (Christina Aguilera song) "Hurt" is a power ballad written by Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics . The song's lyrical content describes how one deals with the loss of a loved one, and it has received praise from pop music critics... "	Gossip Gossip (band) Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...   Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
Final (8th show)	"Bee Bee (Jennifer Braun song) "Bee" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, composed by American-Israeli songwriter Rosi Golan. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010... " "Satellite Satellite (Jennifer Braun song) "Satellite" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, written by American songwriter Julie Frost and Danish songwriter John Gordon. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song... " "I Care for You I Care for You (Jennifer Braun song) "I Care for You" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. However, the audience chose Braun's contender Lena... "	Braun / Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Meyer-Landrut , known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite"... Braun / Lena Meyer-Landrut Braun

Braun and Lena Meyer-Landrut both sang different versions of "Bee" and "Satellite" in the final

2010-present: First studio album

Braun was put under contract by Universal Music. She had her first major appearance outside Unser Star für Oslo on the show "Fernsehgarten" on 23 May 2010. She is currently working on her first album.

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions
		GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	AT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	SWI SWI SWI can refer to:* Switzerland — this is not the ISO 3166-1 code, which is CHE.* The National Rail code for Swindon railway station, which serves the town of Swindon, Wiltshire in the United Kingdom...
2010	"I Care for You I Care for You (Jennifer Braun song) "I Care for You" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. However, the audience chose Braun's contender Lena... "	10	68	–
	"Bee Bee (Jennifer Braun song) "Bee" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, composed by American-Israeli songwriter Rosi Golan. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010... "	21	–	–
	"Satellite Satellite (Jennifer Braun song) "Satellite" is a song by German singer Jennifer Braun, written by American songwriter Julie Frost and Danish songwriter John Gordon. It was one of three songs performed by Braun in the final of Unser Star für Oslo , the national pre-selection programme for Germany's entry to the Eurovision Song... "	32	–	–

"I Care for You", "Bee" and "Satellite" charted simultaneously

External links

• Website of the band Rewind
• Profile at Eurovision.ndr.de
• Profile at Unser-Star-fuer-Oslo.de
• Videos of Braun's performances at Unser-Star-fuer-Oslo.de
• Performing I Care For You at ZDF
  ZDF
  Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
  
  -Fernsehgarten, May 24, 2010