Bahar Kizil (Turkish: ''Bahar Kızıl''; born 5 October 1988) is a German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent, best known as one of the founding members of the girl group

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, which won the fifth season of the German version of ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

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, Kizil is from a Turkish family from

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, and her first name, Bahar, means "spring" (the season) in Turkish. At age 12, she started with

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. In her town, she sang with four different bands prior to the ''

'' casting.

Career

Kizil is one of the three winners of the fifth German ''Popstars'' season and was a member of the resulting group

, together with

Senna Gammour Senna Gammour ( Guemmour; born 28 December 1979), also known mononymously as Senna, is a German singer, television personality and presenter. She was a member of the girl group Monrose. Early life Gammour was born in Frankfurt to a Moroccan ...

and

Mandy Capristo Mandy Grace Capristo (born 21 March 1990), also known mononymously as Mandy, is a German singer and songwriter. Born in Mannheim and raised in Bürstadt, Capristo was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions in 2001, when she won ''Ki ...

. After their break-up in 2011, she started her solo-career in 2013 and premiered with her song "Drank" featuring SpaceBoyz. In the same year, her song "Medusa" featuring Nitro came out. In 2015, she released her debut album ''Bullets of Love'', which did not peaked the Official Charts. In 2017, she participated on the German dance show '' Dance Dance Dance'' and teamed up with

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singer

Sandy Mölling Sandy Mölling (born 27 April 1981) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the members of the girl group No Angels, which were formed in 2000 on the German television talent show ''Popstars'', becoming one of ...

. After a long music break, Kizil came back in 2019 as an lead vocalist in the pop group Traumfrequenz. In the same year, she released her solo songs "What Eyes Cannot See" and "C'est ma vie". In 2020, she decided to sing in German and released the songs "Die Fremde", "Blaue Stunde", and "NOS" on

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and

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. She is currently working on her second album.

Discography

With Monrose

Studio albums

Compilation

Singles

As solo artist

With Traumfrequenz

Other appearances

Filmography

Television

References

1988 births English-language singers from Germany German pop singers German people of Turkish descent Living people Monrose members Musicians from Freiburg im Breisgau 21st-century German women singers {{Germany-singer-stub