What is the real name of Vanessa Mai? Is she from Croatia? is she still married And what does she have to do with Andrea Berg? EXPRESS.de has the answers to the most important questions about the pop singer.
Vanessa Mai is one of the most famous singers in Germany. Above all, anyone who is out and about in the Schlager scene has hardly been able to avoid her for years.
But although – or maybe because – Vanessa Mai is so popular, questions keep coming up. We at EXPRESS.de have made it our mission to provide you with answers. Here you will find the most important information about Vanessa Mai.
What is the real name of Vanessa Mai?
Vanessa Mai sounds too pretty and simple to be a “real” name? That’s right – it’s a stage name.
The hit star was born on May 2, 1992 as Vanessa Marija Else Mandekic in Backnang near Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg).
The stage name Vanessa Mai is made up of the first name Vanessa and the month of birth May.
Does Vanessa Mai have roots in Croatia?
When you see Vanessa Mai’s real name, the next question arises: that of origin. The fact that Vanessa Mai herself is not from Croatia can be seen from the place of birth.
However, she has Croatian roots: her father Mario Mandekic is Croatian – and also a musician. Vanessa Mai stood with him on stage at a young age and accompanied him with the tambourine.
This fact explains why Vanessa Mai represented Croatia at #FreeESC 2020 – and there she proved that she is fluent in Croatian by singing both German and Croatian.
Is Vanessa Mai married? who is her husband
Speaking of the men in Vanessa Mai’s life, she met Andreas Ferber in 2012 – the beginning of a great love story.
The two have been a couple since 2013, the wedding followed on June 6, 2017. In 2022, Vanessa Mai remarried her husband, who was now also her manager, on her 30th birthday. The couple does not have a child together (as of February 2023).
How is Vanessa Mai related to Andrea Berg?
Does the name Andreas Ferber sound familiar to you? That can be good! Because Vanessa Mai’s manager is not only her husband at the same time, but also the stepson of Schlager icon Andrea Berg, who has been married to his father Ulrich Ferber since 2007. Vanessa Mai is, so to speak, Andrea Berg’s daughter-in-law.
Vanessa Mai bei Let’s Dance
After sitting on the jury for the 13th season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (DSDS) the year before, RTL signed Vanessa Mai for season ten of the dance show “Let’s Dance” in 2017. There she danced alongside “Let’s Dance” legend Christian Polanc in the hearts of the audience and ended up taking second place behind Gil Ofarim and Ekaterina Leonova.
In which band did Vanessa Mai sing?
The road to such fame was long for Vanessa Mai. She took her first steps in music at the age of just ten and had her first performances – including in the school musical “The Wizard of Oz”.
Vanessa Mai made her big breakthrough in 2012. After singer Heike Wanner had to leave the band “Wolkenfrei” for health reasons, Vanessa Mai was recruited by keyboardist Marc Fischer and guitarist Stefan Kinski at a concert and acted from then on as the new “Wolkenfrei” frontwoman.
The newly formed band celebrated success with their first single “Jeans, T-Shirt und Freiheit” (July 2013), and the accompanying album “Endlos Liebes” went straight into the album charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in February 2014 a.
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Only a few months later, the “Wolkenfrei” founders Kinski and Fischer announced their departure from the band. However, Vanessa Mai was not deterred by this and continued the project solo – with success: The second “Wolkenfrei” studio album “Wachgeküsst” reached number seven in the German album charts and number one in the Schlager charts.
In February 2016, Vanessa Mai then decided not to use the name “Wolkenfrei” anymore. In November 2022, however, there was a retreat: In the “Giovanni Zarrella Show” Vanessa Mai announced a last “Wolkenfrei” album.
Fortune: How much money does Vanessa Mai have?
With such a media presence, some might ask: How much does Vanessa Mai actually earn? And how much money does she have in total, so what is her net worth?
However, you will look in vain for exact figures on Vanessa Mai’s assets. Estimates by more or less reputable websites amount to a fee of up to 10,000 euros per appearance and total assets of around one million euros.
Only Vanessa Mai, her husband and manager Andreas Ferber and possibly close confidants will know whether this actually (approximately) corresponds to reality – and will probably never reveal it.
Vanessa Mai: height and weight
Anyone who has ever seen Vanessa Mai live or at least seen a photo with a person whose size should have noticed: the singer is relatively small. But how tall is Vanessa Mai really? The clear answer: 1.62 meters.
The question of Vanessa Mai’s weight also comes up again and again – much to the pop singer’s displeasure. In April 2021, she responded to fans’ speculation that she had gained weight in an Instagram story with the following: “If I read another comment that says I’ve gained weight and they were shocked at how my thighs look…” And further: “No, I haven’t gained weight, and if I did, then it’s none of your shit!”
During her time on “Let’s Dance”, Vanessa Mai revealed to “Bild” in May 2017 that she had lost five kilograms because of the intensive training and now weighs only 48 kilograms. Before that, she had weighed 53 kilograms.
Hat Vanessa Mai Tattoos?
Although the Schlager star is always very self-confident – especially on Instagram – Vanessa Mai also has some problem areas. One of them: her four tattoos, which she finds “extremely shit”, as she revealed on her YouTube show “On Mai Way” in October 2021. “I would have everyone removed.” Vanessa Mai has tattoos on her back, wrist, foot and arm. The name of her husband Andreas is emblazoned on the latter.
Does Vanessa Mai have a classic education?
What many do not know: Before Vanessa Mai started as a singer, she chose a “classic” career path. After graduating from secondary school, she began training as a tax clerk, although she said she was “a real loser at mathematics”. The result: after just three months, she handed in her resignation.
Vanessa Mai then applied for further vocational training – this time as a marketing communications clerk. But this was also short-lived, this time she was released during the probationary period. The reason: her passion for music. After a secret appearance at a village festival, the termination followed.
However, since it is well known that all good things come in threes, Vanessa Mai subsequently decided to train as a media designer – and went through with it before becoming a professional musician.
