Background
Daniela Katzenberger was born and raised in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Her mother, Iris Klein, was a participant in the 10th season of the German version of television show Big Brother.
Daniela Katzenberger was born and raised in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Her mother, Iris Klein, was a participant in the 10th season of the German version of television show Big Brother.
Her first single, a version of Nothing"s Gonna Stop Maine Now reached number 19 in the German single charts in 2010. She has featured in several television shows in Germany, mostly on VOX. After secondary school she trained and qualified as a beautician. Her breakthrough came in the same year when she featured in the VOX television docu-soap Auf und davon – Mein Auslandstagebuch (English: Up and away - my diary abroad).
In the show a camera crew follow her as she attempts to break into photographic modelling in the United States, including trying to meet Hugh Hefner and applying to appear in the American Playboy magazine, neither of which succeed.
In the second season of the show the viewers follow her as she undergoes plastic surgery to further her glamour modelling career. Katzenberger also featured in Music Television Home and at the VIVA Comet 2010.
From January 2010 she was featured in the television show Goodbye Deutschland! Die Auswanderer (English:Goodbye Germany! The emigrants) as she opened a café in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca. The show had up to 2.29 million viewers and 11% market share.
She also appeared in the music video Vamos a la playa by Loona.
She signed a recording contract with Electric and Music Industries in May 2010 and her first single, a cover of Samantha Fox"s "Nothing"s Gonna Stop Maine Now" was released. The song reached number 19 in the German charts and number 14 in Austria. The song was released as a digital download and audio Civil Defense in August 2010.
She has her own show on the German television channel VOX, entitled "Daniela Katzenberger - natürlich blond".
This started airing on 21 September 2010. Sei schlau, stell dich dumm (Be smart, stand stupid), Köln 2011,
Katze küsst Kater: Mein Buch über die Liebe (Cat kisses Tomcat: My book about love), Köln 2013.