Overview
- Broadcaster ARD will air the Schlagerbooom Open Air stadium show on 27 June and promoters are framing the broadcast as Michelle's final TV appearance as a singer.
- The three-hour Schlagerbooom was recorded in Kitzbühel on 5 and 6 June, so Michelle's on-stage farewell was filmed earlier and will be shown to viewers with the June broadcast.
- Michelle has publicly said she will stop performing, will not return to the Schlager scene, and will in future use the name Wakan or her birth name Tanja Hewer; she cited travel burdens and a long decision process.
- Host Florian Silbereisen is presenting the tenth-anniversary Schlagerbooom with a star-studded lineup that includes Andrea Berg, Nena, Beatrice Egli, DJ Ötzi, Mark Medlock, and Mireille Mathieu.
- Schlagerbooom is a major TV event that routinely draws multi-million audiences and the televised farewell both marks the end of Michelle's more-than-30-year career and highlights the continued mainstream reach of Schlager music.