# Sarah Engels

Sarah Engels (born 15 October 1992), known as Sarah Lombardi from 2013 to 2021, is a German pop singer and television personality. She is best-known for participating in season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where she was eliminated from the Top 10, only to return two shows later and eventually become the runner-up.
In 2020, she represented Italy at the Free European Song Contest 2020 with the song "Te Amo Mi Amor", finishing 13th out of 16.

## Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Engels also participated in season 7 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar but was eliminated during the recall after her duet with Eugen Flittner. In season 8, she was eliminated in the first Live Show. Later on, she was asked to come back because RTL chief Tom Sänger (not the voters) had eliminated Nina Richel from the show, allegedly for health reasons.
Pietro Lombardi's brother posted a semi-nude picture of Engels after she had used Pietro's mobile phone to talk to girls. After hearing about what Sarah had done, Lombardi's brother Marco decided to take "revenge" by sharing this semi-nude picture of Engels.

### By performance

| Show (Original airdate) | Song (Artist) | Percentage of calls |
| Audition | Run (Snow Patrol) | |
| Recall | Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis) | |
| Recall | Run to You (Whitney Houston) | |
| Recall | A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson) | |
| Recall | Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan) | |
| Recall | Hurt (Christina Aguilera) | |
| Top 15 (19 February 2011) | One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston) | 6,1% (9/15) |
| Top 10 (26 February 2011) | When You Believe (Mariah Carey ft. Whitney Houston) | 6,7% (10/10) |
| Top 8 (12 March 2011) | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston) | 26,0% (1/8) |
| Top 7 (19 March 2011) | Release Me (Agnes) | 17,3% (2/7) |
| Top 6 (first show) (2 April 2011) | Symphonie (Silbermond) | 20,6% |
| Top 6 (first show) (2 April 2011) | Run (Snow Patrol) | 20,6% |
| Top 6 (second show) (9 April 2011) | Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) | 17,8% (2/6) |
| Top 6 (second show) (9 April 2011) | Hurt (Christina Aguilera) | 17,8% (2/6) |
| Top 5 (16 April 2011) | The Best (Bonnie Tyler) | 26,5% (1/5) |
| Top 5 (16 April 2011) | What a Feeling (Irene Cara) | 26,5% (1/5) |
| Top 5 (16 April 2011) | Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis) | 26,5% (1/5) |
| Top 4 (23 April 2011) | I'm So Excited (The Pointer Sisters) | 28,9% (2/4) |
| Top 4 (23 April 2011) | Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) | 28,9% (2/4) |
| Top 4 (23 April 2011) | A Moment Like This (Kelly Clarkson) | 28,9% (2/4) |
| Semi final (30 April 2011) | One Day in Your Life (Anastacia) | 37,3% (1/3) |
| Semi final (30 April 2011) | Lady Marmalade (Labelle) | 37,3% (1/3) |
| Semi final (30 April 2011) | Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) | 37,3% (1/3) |
| Final (7 May 2011) | How Will I Know (Whitney Houston) | 48,1% (2/2) |
| Final (7 May 2011) | Run (Snow Patrol) | 48,1% (2/2) |
| Final (7 May 2011) | Call My Name (Winner's song by Dieter Bohlen, a bit altered for her) | 48,1% (2/2) |

## Personal life

Engels is of Italian descent. She married Pietro Lombardi in March 2013 and changed her name from Engels to Lombardi. On 19 June 2015, their son Alessio was born. She announced their separation in October 2016. In November 2020 she got engaged to soccer-player Julian Büscher. The couple married in May 2021 and have had Sarah Engels's birth-name as their family name ever since. On 2 December 2021 their daughter Solea was born.

## Discography
### Albums

| Album title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Album title | Album details | GER | AUT | SWI |
| Heartbeat | Released: 24 June 2011 Label: Universal | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Dream Team (with Pietro Lombardi) | Released: 22 March 2013 Label: Universal | 33 | 37 | 69 |
| Teil von mir (with Pietro Lombardi) | Released: 18 March 2016 Label: GoodToGo | 35 | 27 | 35 |
| Zurück zu mir | Released: 4 May 2018 Label: El Cartel, Universal | 18 | 18 | 21 |
| Im Augenblick | Released: 23 April 2021 Label: Ariola | 8 | 16 | 24 |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | GER | AUT | SWI | Album |
| 2011 | "Call My Name" | 2 | 2 | 2 | Heartbeat |
| 2011 | "I Miss You" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 2 | 6 | 14 | Heartbeat |
| 2011 | "Only for You" | 33 | 47 | — | Heartbeat |
| 2011 | "It's Christmas Time" (with Pietro Lombardi) | — | 75 | — | Pietro Style |
| 2013 | "Dream Team" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 41 | 60 | 65 | Dream Team |
| 2015 | "Nimmerland" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 32 | 28 | — | Teil von mir |
| 2016 | "Nur mit dir" (with Pietro Lombardi) | 40 | 42 | — | Teil von mir |
| 2016 | "Teil von mir" (with Pietro Lombardi) | — | — | — | Teil von mir |
| 2018 | "Genau hier" | 31 | 51 | 67 | Zurück zu mir |
| 2019 | "Weekend" (DJ Herzbeat featuring Sarah) | 83 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| 2019 | "Ich liebe nur dich" (Pietro Basile featuring Sarah) | 49 | 56 | 24 | Non-album singles |
| 2020 | "Te Amo Mi Amor" | 11 | 24 | 42 | Im Augenblick |
| 2020 | "Zoom" | — | — | — | Im Augenblick |
| 2021 | "Ich" | 92 | — | — | Im Augenblick |
| 2021 | "Love is Love" | — | — | — | Im Augenblick |