Daniel Küblböck

Dana Küblböck
A brown-haired man with a beard and multiple tattoos performing on stage in a white shirt and suspenders. He is holding a black microphone.
Daniel Küblböck in concert in September 2016
Born Daniel Dominik Küblböck
(1985-08-27)27 August 1985
Hutthurm, Lower Bavaria, West Germany
Disappeared 9 September 2018 (aged 33)
Labrador Sea about 185 km north of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[1]
Status Missing, presumed dead
Other names
  • Daniel K.
  • Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck
Occupation Singer
Years active 2002–2018
Musical career
Genres Pop
Instruments Vocals
Associated acts Dieter Bohlen

Dana Küblböck, born Daniel Dominik Kaiser-Küblböck in 27 August 1985 and disappeared 9 September 2018, is a German pop-singer and actor who achieved short-lived celebrity status from late 2002 until 2004 in the media coverage that surrounded the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German version of Pop Idol, in which she came third. She was briefly promoted as Daniel K, but reverted to Daniel Küblböck as this name had already been trademarked.

Career

Küblböck rose to stardom in late 2002 when she participated in the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), which was a massive ratings hit. Despite her high-pitched voice not being considered good, she became very popular with the audience due to her special appearance and finished the show on third place.

After DSDS, Küblböck signed a contract with BMG. By June 2004 she had released four successful singles and one album. However, after appearing in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!), her later releases proved less popular.

In August 2004, the motion picture Daniel – Der Zauberer (Daniel The Wizard), directed by Ulli Lommel, was released, which starred Küblböck as a fictionalized version of herself. The film was critically panned and is now regarded as one of the worst films of all time, and also bombed at the box office, which marked the end of her popularity.

She was voted by the viewers of the German Tabloid TV channel Pro7 as the most annoying personality of 2003 and the second most annoying person in 2004.

In 2005, she appeared in the sixth season of Big Brother Germany, and in 2015, she took part in the eighth season of the German version of Let's Dance, where she finished sixth, together with her dancing partner Otlile Mabuse. In 2013, she wanted to participate in the German national final for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with her new song Be A Man, but was rejected by the jury.

Personal life

Dana Küblböck had four siblings.[2] She had German and Italian ancestors. Küblböck completed her Hauptschule education in 2001. Her older brother Michael, who was described as a neo-Nazi in German tabloids, died on 3 January 2013 in Berlin due to a heroin overdose.[2] They had not had any contact for many years prior to Michael's death.[2]

In 2010, she came out as homosexual for the first time, after previously describing herself as bisexual.[3]

On 24 February 2004, Dana Küblböck caused a car crash with a truck, which received nationwide media attention. She suffered serious injuries. Küblböck was fined €25,000 and sentenced to eight hours of community service for driving without a license.

Entrepreneurial activity

Küblböck invested the proceeds from her album Positive Energie amounting to around one million euros in a solar plant in Lower Bavaria, which brought him high profits.[4] In September 2003, she launched a perfume line for boys and girls in three fragrances under her name.[5] From 2005 to the end of 2013, she was managing director of the sales company Positive Energie GmbH Daniel Küblböck, with which he marketed his person. It was deleted from the German Trade Register in 2016.[6]

2018 disappearance

Küblböck has been missing since 9 September 2018. She was on a private trip from Hamburg to New York City on the cruise ship AIDAluna off the coast of Newfoundland. On her side Instagram account, she had published selfies in women's clothing during the voyage.[7]

According to the cruise company Aida Cruises, a passenger jumped overboard around five o'clock in the morning (local time). The Canadian Coast Guard then launched a search operation.[8][9] The company confirmed in a press release that the missing person was Dana Küblböck.[10]

The site is located about 185 km north of St. John's in the Labrador Sea. The water temperature in the area was about 10 °C. In addition to the AIDAluna, the cruise ship MS Zuiderdam also participated in the search.[11]

On September 10, 2018, the Canadian Coast Guard stopped the search because the maximum survival time in cold water was too short to save her.[12] On September 11, Küblböck's family announced on the official website their mourning for their daughter Dana and found that the hoped-for a "great miracle" of a rescue had not come true.[13] Under German law, a person missing on sea can be declared dead after six months.[14]

In the weeks before the cruise, according to Dana's father, she had exhibited a sudden change of character and psychological problems, leading her father to try to discourage her from making the journey.[15] According to a passenger that resided in the neighboring cabin, Küblböck had called herself Dana, wanted to be recognized as a woman and was heard talking to herself, screaming and kicking.[16] Some passengers also recalled her wearing women's clothes.[17]

DSDS performances

Albums, singles, and DVDs

Albums

Year Title Chart positions Certifications
GER[18] AUT[19] SWI[20]
2003 Positive Energie 2 11 13 GER: Gold[21]
2005 Liebe Nation 54 - -
2008 From Zero to Sexy (Live) - - -
2009 Jazz Meets Blues... Wenn zwei sich verlieben - - -
Leise rieselt der Schnee - - -
2010 Best of 2003–2010 - - -
Schrebergarten - - -
Küblböckische Weihnacht – 24 Termine - - -
2011 Schrebergarten Live - - -
2012 El tiempo (Live) - - -
Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch - - -
Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch – Live - - -
2014 Die Küblböck Show Live - - -
2016 Jesus is My Lover - - -

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album Certifications
GER[18] AUT[19] SWI[20] THAI[22]
2003 "You Drive Me Crazy" 1 4 10 1 Positive Energie GER: Gold 150.000
"Heartbeat" 2 5 11 - Positive Energie
2004 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" 7 29 37 - -
"Teenage Tears" 16 46 - - -
2005 "König Von Deutschland" 29 67 - - Liebe Nation
2007 "Born In Bavaria" 54 - - - -
2010 "Bodenmais [moacht's eich auf]" - - - - Best of 2003-2010
2012 "El tiempo" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch
"No destroces mi corazón" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch
2013 "Berlin" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch
"Amo el mar (Sommer Mix)" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch
"Ein Stück von dir" - - - - -
2014 "Angel" - - - - Jesus is My Lover
2015 "Save My Heart" - - - - Jesus is My Lover

DVDs

  • My Life Is Magic (2004)
  • Live on PE Tour 2003 (2004)
  • Jazz Night (2007)
  • Back to the Roots (2008)
  • Jazz Meets Blues... wenn zwei sich verlieben (2009)
  • Schrebergarten Berlin (2011)
  • Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh’ nur Spanisch – Live (2013)

As member of DSDS allstars - season 1

Year Format Title Chart positions
GER[18] AUT[19] SWI[20]
2003 Album United 1 1 1
2003 Single "We Have a Dream" 1 1 1

As member of "4 United"

(project with Gracia Baur, Nektarios Bamiatzis and Stephanie Bruckmeyer)

Year Format Title Chart Positions
GER[23] AUT[24]
2004 Single "Don't Close Your Eyes" 18 50

Filmography

Films

TV Series

Bibliography

  • Küblböck, Daniel in collaboration with Julia Boenisch (2003). Ich lebe meine Töne. Munich: Random House, 223 pages. ISBN 3-8090-3021-X.
  • Küblböck, Daniel (2007). Daniel Küblböck - My Way: Konzertbildband August 2005 bis Dezember 2006. Positive Energie GmbH, 103 pages.

Notes

  1. ↑ Daniel Küblböck weiter vermisst – „Aidaluna“ setzt Reise fort. In: tagesspiegel.de, 9. September 2018, abgerufen am 9. September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Neonazi-Bruder von Daniel Küblböck ist gestorben". Die Welt (in German). 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Küblböcks Herz "schlägt für Jungs", nicht für Uschi". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  4. ↑ Daniel Küblböck ist Ökostrom-Millionär. In: spiegel.de, 2. April 2011.
  5. ↑ Duften wie Küblböck Spiegel-online, 25. August 2003, abgerufen am 18. September 2018.
  6. ↑ Positive Energie GmbH Daniel Küblböck, Dachau. North Data, abgerufen am 15. September 2018.
  7. ↑ Die letzten Bilder vor seinem Verschwinden? In: n-tv.de, 10. September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Küblböck auf Kreuzfahrtschiff vermisst". spiegel.de. 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  9. ↑ AIDAluna: Daniel Küblböck wird auf Kreuzfahrtschiff vermisst. In: abendblatt.de, 9. September 2018.
  10. ↑ Pressestatement. Pressemitteilung von AIDA Cruises, 9. September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Daniel Küblböck bei Kreuzfahrt vermisst: Sprung über Bord?". augsburger-allgemeine.de. 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  12. ↑ Küstenwache stellt Suche nach Küblböck ein. In: faz.net, 10. September 2018.
  13. ↑ "News – Daniel bleibt vermisst..." daniel-kueblboeck.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  14. ↑ Markus Brauer (12 September 2018). "Wie und wann kann ein Vermisster für tot erklärt werden?". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Überwachungs-Video: Zeigt es Daniel Küblböcks Sprung von der Aida?" (in German). tz.de. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "Küblböcks Kabinennachbar erhebt schwere Vorwürfe". t-online.de. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  17. ↑ "Daniel Küblböck: Hier sehen Sie exklusiv sein letztes öffentliches Foto an Bord - es entstand durch Zufall". tz.de (in German). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  18. 1 2 3 "Daniel Küblböck - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  19. 1 2 3 Steffen Hung. "Discographie Daniel K." austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  20. 1 2 3 Steffen Hung. "Discography Daniel Küblböck". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  21. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Daniel Küblböck; 'Positive Energie')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  22. ↑ "Was macht eigentlich...? - Poparazzi". New.de.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  23. ↑ "4 United - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  24. ↑ Steffen Hung. "4 United - Don't Close Your Eyes". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
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