Vanessa Mai & Mike Leon Grosch in Heilbad Heiligenstadt

Vanessa Mai is a German pop and schlager singer, born in Backnang in 1992. She first recorded as the lead singer of Wolkenfrei, then pursued a solo career under her own name after the other members departed. Her best-known songs include “Wolke 7” and “Ich sterb für dich,” while her albums include Wachgeküsst and Für Dich. The Für Dich Tour in 2016 was her first headlining run under her own name. She followed it with the Regenbogen Tour in 2018 and the Teaser-Clubshow Tour in 2019, before returning to German concert halls on the Mai Tai Tour in 2022.

Mike Leon Grosch is a German pop and schlager singer, born in Wuppertal in 1976. He became known as the runner-up in the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar and followed the show with the single “Don't Let It Get You Down” and the album Absolute. His later German-language releases include “Wunderschön.” In 2006, he performed throughout the televised Deutschland sucht den Superstar live rounds and reached the season finale, where he competed against Tobias Regner.