Lorielle London

Lorielle London, 2011

Lorielle London (born 24 December 1983 in Birkenfeld, Germany; birth name Lorenzo Woodard) is a German transgender entertainer.

Life

Lorielle London was born in 1983 in Birkenfeld to a German fashion seamstress and an American soldier [1] and grew up in nearby Baumholder.

From childhood until her television debut, she worked exclusively in various performing and visual artistic professions. When she was 12 years old Lorielle was discovered in a children's art school of by an art professor at the University of Idar-Oberstein and went on to study Applied Sciences for Gemstone and Jewellery Design. There she began to study painting with him, in the following years her works were displayed in various exhibitions for sale. Her mother acted as her agent.[2]

Lorielle discovered her love for singing in an American gospel choir. As a solo performer she made several appearances at festivals, giving concerts, and was engaged as a lead vocal for various bands.[3]

In addition, she devoted herself for 17 years to a form of acrobatics called 'contortion'. She was counted at that time as one of the few male contortionists in Germany.[4]

Due to a drastic voice change during puberty, she gave up her singing ambitions and decided to follow in her mother's footsteps to study fashion design.[5]

TV-Debut – Contestant in German Idol - Deutschland sucht den Superstar

In 2003 Lorielle London, under the name "Lorenzo", Lorielle entered as a contestant for the second season of German Idol (DSDS). After not making it through in the first season, she applied the following season with the song 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' by Stevie Wonder and eventually finished in tenth place.[6] At that time she was the one who secured the Küblböck factor itself according to the press.[7] Although her singing talent was pronounced, she attracted attention with her androgynous appearance and gestures that were often discussed and ridiculed in satirical programs.[8] Lorielle says that she had to learn quickly after that, and develop her style and image, which was completely contrary to her previous life as an artist.[9]

Other Work

After leaving German Idol she was booked by other TV makers. She appeared in different series, shows and numerous Boulevard broadcasts. In 2004, Lorielle, among others, entered the Reality-TV - show Die Alm . 'The Alm' which, after initial airing received low rating, which increased dramatically once Lorielle was hired . The broadcaster Pro7 then decided to extend the series by an extra week and Lorielle remained until the final.[10] Following the program Lorielle appeared for a few years as a protagonist for various reports and program series on Sat.1. Among others, for the Sat.1 Show: Frühstücksfernsehen.[11] In 2006 she made her acting debut in 'The story time | The ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour '.[12]

In autumn 2006 Lorielle London came out publicly as a transsexual and announced that her artist name for the future would be 'Lory Glory'.In addition, she underwent feminization operations. [13] The gospel singer 'Lori Hölzel' with the artist name 'Lori Glori' procured a court order that forbade Lorielle from using that particular choice of name due to likelihood of confusion. She then took, in October 2008, the name "Lorielle London".[14]

Lorielle London (Life Ball 2009)

In January 2009 Lorielle entered as a contestant on the German reality show 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here' broadcast on [[RTL Television | RTL] ].[15] The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described her performance all preconceptions may be as "human, vulnerable, echt“.[16] In the end she finished second, just behind the actress Ingrid van Bergen.

Since then she has been active as a TV host, reporter and co-anchor. ForRTL she reported in 2009 from the red carpet of the Echo ceremony and interviewed, among others, Helene Fischer, Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie and Udo Lindenberg.[17] For the 'German Idol' - Finale 2009, she returned for the special "Night of the Superstars" as a backstage reporter.[18] As a celebrity guest and co-host in Big Brother , she co hosted with the TV presenter Miriam Pielhau. And later made two more guest appearances onBig Brother in 2010.[19]

The television production company Norddeich TV hired her for 2011 show The Schulermittler to coach a young Transsexual in an advisory capacity. The result was broadcast on 19 October 2011 on RTL .[20] In the same year she moved to London with her boyfriend.[21]

2012 saw Lorielle London in the RTL - Show Total Blackout. Where she won against candidates like Roberto Blanco and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht and eventually became the "Queen of Dunkelheit“.[22] She also appeared in ! Dschungelcamp - magazine, which was aired on RTL Nitrosin 2013, wherehe reported daily o the current events from t schungel.[23]

Television appearances

Lorielle london has been in several television productions as both a contestant and Actress on:

References

  1. ↑ die-topnews.de
  2. ↑ [16. http://www.bild.de/dsds/2009/macht-den-kandidaten-check-8124534.bild.html]
  3. ↑ [3. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/dschungelcamp/lorielle-london-vom-schlangenmenschen-zur-supertranse_aid_361791.html]
  4. ↑ [4. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/dschungelcamp/lorielle-london-vom-schlangenmenschen-zur-supertranse_aid_361791.html]
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Ohne ein Zeichen des Ekels, Sächsische Zeitung, 12. January 2009
  7. ↑ Süddeutsche, 12. February 2008
  8. ↑ dsds-diekandidaten.de
  9. ↑ les-artists.com
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ club-aktiv.de
  12. ↑ http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0768231/
  13. ↑ queer.de
  14. ↑ bild.de
  15. ↑ This jungle camp is really bad , The World, January 7th 2009
  16. ↑ faz.net
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ [http: //www.bild.de/dsds/2009/making-the-candidate-check8124534.bild.html bild.de]
  19. ↑ brother-house-7836180.bild.html bild.de
  20. ↑ clipfish.de
  21. ↑ Whatever happened to the other DSDS Stars? Bild.de
  22. ↑ promiflash.de
  23. ↑ promiflash.de
  24. ↑ http://presse.comedycentral.de/node/20145
  25. ↑ http://www.sixx.de/tv/frauendingsbums/episoden/frauendingsbums-attraktives-halbwissen

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