Daniel Küblböck

Lana Kaiser,[2] known throughout her career as Daniel Küblböck (27 August 1985 – 9 September 2018) and identifying as male, was a German pop singer. She placed third in television talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2003. In September 2018, she went missing at sea off Canada while travelling on a cruise ship. She was declared dead on 10 March 2021. Shortly before the disappearance, Kaiser-Küblböck came out as transsexual and began using the name "Lana".[3]

Daniel Küblböck
Küblböck in concert in September 2016
Born
Daniel Dominik Küblböck

(1985-08-27)27 August 1985
Hutthurm, Lower Bavaria, West Germany
Disappeared9 September 2018 (aged 33)
Labrador Sea about 185 km north of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[1]
StatusDeclared dead in absentia
10 March 2021
Other names
  • Daniel K.
  • Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck
  • Lana Kaiser
OccupationSinger
Years active2002–2018
Musical career
GenresPop
InstrumentsVocals
Associated actsDieter Bohlen

Early life

Küblböck had four siblings[4] and was of German and Italian descent. She completed secondary school ("Hauptschule") in 2001.

Career

Küblböck rose to stardom in late 2002 when she participated in the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). She gained the most viewer votes in three of the nine rounds of the competition and received the second-most votes in a further three rounds. She finished the season in third place overall.[5]

After DSDS, Küblböck signed a contract with BMG. By June 2004, she had released four singles and one album. In August 2004, the film Daniel – Der Zauberer (Daniel the Wizard) was released which starred Küblböck as a fictionalized version of herself. The film was critically panned and bombed at the box office.

Küblböck performing in 2009

In 2005, Küblböck appeared in the sixth season of the German version of Big Brother, and in 2015, she took part in the eighth season of the German version of Let's Dance, where she finished sixth, together with her dancing partner Otlile Mabuse. In 2013, Küblböck wanted to participate in the German national final for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with her new song Be a Man, but was rejected by the jury.

Küblböck invested the proceeds from her album Positive Energie amounting to around one million euros in a solar plant in Lower Bavaria, which brought her high profits.[6] In September 2003, she launched a perfume line for children in three fragrances under her name.[7]

Personal life

On 24 February 2004, Küblböck was injured when she collided with a truck while driving a car without a licence. She was fined €25,000 and sentenced to eight hours of community service.

In 2010, Küblböck came out as gay, after previously describing herself as bisexual.[8]

Her older brother Michael, who was described as a neo-Nazi in German tabloids, died on 3 January 2013 in Berlin due to a heroin overdose.[4]

2018 disappearance

Küblböck was a private passenger on the cruise ship AIDAluna that left Hamburg on 29 August 2018, bound for New York City. At around 5 a.m. (local time) on 9 September, she jumped overboard.[9] The vessel was in open waters about 185 km north of St. John's in the Labrador Sea. The water temperature was about 10 °C (50 °F).

The Canadian Coast Guard launched a search operation,[10][11][12] assisted by the cruise ships AIDAluna and MS Zuiderdam.[13] On 10 September, the search was abandoned, because the maximum survival time in cold water was exceeded.[14][15] Under German law, a person missing at sea can be declared dead after six months have elapsed and a motion is filed by an eligible party.[16] In August 2020 an application was submitted to declare Küblböck dead or to present evidence by 30 September 2020 that she is alive. On 10 March 2021, the Amtsgericht (district court) Passau declared Küblböck dead, setting her death date as 9 September 2018, 8:55 a.m. local time.[17]

Gender identity / Lana Kaiser

Before the disappearance, Kaiser-Küblböck talked about wanting to live out her true female identity. The self-chosen name was "Lana Kaiser". Several posts were published on social media in which Kaiser announced that "she would have surgery as a woman" and also said that her hormone therapy had already started.[18] Shortly before the disappearance, Kaiser created an Instagram account with the name rosa_luxem, on which hashtags such as #transformation, #transexuelle or #womenarestrong were used and can also be read as an indication of a trans identity.[19]

In 2020, the artist Philipp Gufler created a 13-minute short film and a magazine about Lana Kaiser.[20] The film was shown among others at the 67th Short Film Festival in Oberhausen[21] and in the group exhibition Sweat in the Haus der Kunst, Munich.

Discography

Albums
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
GER[22] AUT[23] SWI[24]
2003 Positive Energie 2 11 13 GER: Gold[25]
2005 Liebe Nation 54 - -
2008 From Zero to Sexy (Live) - - -
2009 Jazz Meets Blues... Wenn zwei sich verlieben - - -
Leise rieselt der Schnee - - -
2010 Best of 2003–2010 - - -
Schrebergarten - - -
Küblböckische Weihnacht – 24 Termine - - -
2011 Schrebergarten Live - - -
2012 El tiempo (Live) - - -
Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch - - -
Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch – Live - - -
2014 Die Küblböck Show Live - - -
2016 Jesus is My Lover - - -

Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album Certifications
GER[22] AUT[23] SWI[24] THAI[26]
2003 "You Drive Me Crazy" 1 4 10 1 Positive Energie GER: Gold 150.000
"Heartbeat" 2 5 11 - Positive Energie
2004 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" 7 29 37 - -
"Teenage Tears" 16 46 - - -
2005 "König von Deutschland" 29 67 - - Liebe Nation
2007 "Born in Bavaria" 54 - - - -
2010 "Bodenmais [moacht's eich auf]" - - - - Best of 2003-2010
2012 "El tiempo" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch
"No destroces mi corazón" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch
2013 "Berlin" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch
"Amo el mar (Sommer Mix)" - - - - Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch
"Ein Stück von dir" - - - - -
2014 "Angel" - - - - Jesus is My Lover
2015 "Save My Heart" - - - - Jesus is My Lover

DVDs
  • My Life Is Magic (2004)
  • Live on PE Tour 2003 (2004)
  • Jazz Night (2007)
  • Back to the Roots (2008)
  • Jazz Meets Blues... wenn zwei sich verlieben (2009)
  • Schrebergarten Berlin (2011)
  • Diez años Kúblbóck – Ich versteh' nur Spanisch – Live (2013)

As member of "DSDS All-Stars" – season 1
Year Format Title Chart positions
GER[22] AUT[23] SWI[24]
2003 Album United 1 1 1
2003 Single "We Have a Dream" 1 1 1

As member of "4 United"

(project with Gracia Baur, Nektarios Bamiatzis and Stephanie Bruckmeyer)

Year Format Title Chart positions
GER[27] AUT[28]
2004 Single "Don't Close Your Eyes" 18 50

Filmography

Films

TV series

Bibliography
  • Küblböck, Daniel in collaboration with Julia Boenisch (2003). Ich lebe meine Töne. Munich: Random House, 223 pages. ISBN 3-8090-3021-X.
  • Küblböck, Daniel (2007). Daniel Küblböck - My Way: Konzertbildband August 2005 bis Dezember 2006. Positive Energie GmbH, 103 pages.

See also

References
  1. Daniel Küblböck weiter vermisst – 'Aidaluna' setzt Reise fort. In: tagesspiegel.de, 9. September 2018, abgerufen am 9. September 2018.
  2. Gufler, Philipp (2020). Lana Kaiser. Munich: Hammann Von Mier Verlag. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-3-947250-33-2.
  3. Gufler, Philipp (2020). Lana Kaiser. Munich: Hammann Von Mier Verlag. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-3-947250-33-2.
  4. "Neonazi-Bruder von Daniel Küblböck ist gestorben". Die Welt (in German). 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. "Ließ sich von Millionärin adoptieren: Das turbulente Leben von Daniel Küblböck". FOCUS Online (in German). 10 September 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. Daniel Küblböck ist Ökostrom-Millionär. In: spiegel.de, 2 April 2011.
  7. Duften wie Küblböck Spiegel-online, 25 August 2003, accessed 18 September 2018.
  8. "Küblböcks Herz "schlägt für Jungs", nicht für Uschi". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  9. "Daniel Küblböck vom Schiff gesprungen - 'DSDS'-Star wurde um 4 Uhr ausgerufen - dann ertönten Notfall-Signale". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  10. "Daniel Küblböck auf Kreuzfahrtschiff vermisst". Spiegel.de (in German). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  11. AIDAluna: Daniel Küblböck wird auf Kreuzfahrtschiff vermisst. In: abendblatt.de, 9 September 2018.
  12. Pressestatement. AIDA Cruises Press Release, 9 September 2018
  13. "Daniel Küblböck bei Kreuzfahrt vermisst: Sprung über Bord?". Augsburger-allgemeine.de (in German). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  14. Küstenwache stellt Suche nach Küblböck ein. In: faz.net, 10 September 2018.
  15. "News – Daniel bleibt vermisst..." Daniel-kueblboeck.de (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  16. Brauer, Markus (12 September 2018). "Wie und wann kann ein Vermisster für tot erklärt werden?". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  17. "Gericht erklärt Daniel Küblböck für tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  18. Wir erinnern uns an die mutige Lana (Daniel Kaiser-Küblböck) verschollen seit 09.09.2018, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 20 June 2021
  19. @Rosa_Luxem. "rosa_luxemburg/Instagram". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  20. Philippgufler (1 March 2021). "Philipp Gufler: Lana Kaiser film screenings". Philipp Gufler. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  21. gGmbH, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. "Lana Kaiser". www.kurzfilmtage.de. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  22. "Daniel Küblböck - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  23. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Daniel K." austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  24. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Daniel Küblböck". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  25. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Daniel Küblböck; 'Positive Energie')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  26. "Was macht eigentlich...? - Poparazzi". New.de.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  27. "4 United - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  28. Hung, Steffen. "4 United - Don't Close Your Eyes". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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