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Dieter Bohlen was born in Berne near Oldenburg in 1954.
From 1984 to 1987 and from 1998 to 2003, Bohlen was part of the pop duo Modern Talking as a producer. From 1986 to 1988, he
was a producer and songwriter of disco queen C.C.Catch. After the first split-up of Modern Talking in 1987, he formed Blue
System. For most projects Bohlen employed background singers to produce a high-pitched chorus, if needed, and his frequent
collaborator in the studio was Luis Rodriguez (listed as co-producer).
Bohlen was married to Erika Sauerland from 1983 to 1994 and has three children from this marriage. Even before he was legally
divorced, he lived with – but never married – his new girlfriend Nadja Abd el Farrag AKA Naddel, a pharmaceutical
laboratory assistant; she was a background dancer for Blue System at that time. In 1996, he married model and singer Verona
Feldbusch but divorced her after thirty days, propelling Verona to celebrity status (she went on to host television shows
such as Peep and Veronas Welt). After breaking up with Verona, he produced German boygroup Touché which was founded by one
of the group's five members, Karim Maataoui. Bohlen eventually returned to Naddel, but the two split up again in 2000. Afterwards,
Bohlen lived with 1979 born model Stefanie Küster until 2006. They have one son, Maurice, born mid 2005.
He met his current girlfriend Carina in Majorca, Spain, where one of the castings of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (the
German version of Pop idol) was produced.
In 1986, Bohlen wrote and produced Chris Norman's "Midnight Lady" for an episode of the German crime show Tatort, a song that
became a major hit in central Europe.
He has been in the jury of Deutschland sucht den Superstar for seasons 1 through 5 and has scored several major hits with
the participants. He is often criticized for his controversial and insulting comments ("You sing like a garden gnome who has
taken drugs."). Bohlen has also released two autobiographical books about his career and his women and his experiences with
singers. The first book was an unprecedented success in Germany.
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