page_title: Carolin Fortenbacher
section_title: Drama and Eurovision attempt
hierarchical_section_title: Carolin Fortenbacher / Career / Television roles and Zurück zu mir / Drama and Eurovision attempt
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Carolin Fortenbacher bei den Proben des Eurovision Song Contest Vorentscheid 2008. English: Carolin Fortenbacher at the Eurovision Song Contest national final rehearsals 2008.
context_page_description: Carolin Fortenbacher is a German Musical actress and singer. She has had a leading role for five years in the musical Mamma Mia! in Hamburg.
context_section_description: On 6 March 2008 she entered the song "Hinterm Ozean" (en: "Beyond the ocean") to the Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2008, which chose the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. She passed the first 4 rounds, beating Marquess, Cinema Bizarre and Tommy Reeve, however in the final selection she lost to No Angels with "Disappear", taking second place with 49.5% of the votes.
  The "Hinterm Ozean" single was released on 29 February 2008. The album, Drama followed on 7 March 2008. Drama was produced by Frank Peterson at his Nemo Studio, and mainly contained German language covers of popular, songs such as "One Day I'll Fly Away" ("Ich nehm' den weiten Weg"). "Hinterm Ozean" charted at number 44 on the German Charts, and Drama charted at number 50 in Germany.
  In December 2008 she toured with Gregorian (another Frank Peterson project) in Germany on their Christmas Chants tour and took over the role of Amelia Brightman. Fortenbacher also performed vocals for "Last Christmas" on Gregorian's Christmas Chants and Visions
caption: Carolin Fortenbacher in the Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2008
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