Lorielle London

London was born in 1983 in Birkenfeld to a German fashion seamstress and an American soldier and grew up in nearby Baumholder.

From childhood until her television debut, she worked exclusively in various performing and visual artistic professions. London was discovered in a children's art school by an art professor and began to study painting at the university of Idar-Oberstein at the age of 12. In the following years, her works were displayed in various exhibitions for sale. Her mother acted as her agent.[16. http://www.bild.de/dsds/2009/macht-den-kandidaten-check-8124534.bild.html]

London discovered her love for singing in an American gospel choir. As a solo performer, she made several appearances at festivals, giving concerts, and was hired as lead vocalist for various bands.[3. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/dschungelcamp/lorielle-london-vom-schlangenmenschen-zur-supertranse_aid_361791.html]

In addition, she devoted herself to a form of acrobatics called 'contortion', which she trained and performed for 17 years. At that time, she was one of the very few professional male contortionists in Germany.[4. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/dschungelcamp/lorielle-london-vom-schlangenmenschen-zur-supertranse_aid_361791.html]

Due to a drastic voice change during puberty, she gave up her singing ambitions and decided to follow in her mother's footsteps to study fashion design.{{Cite web |url=http://www.les-artists.com/ll-stars/lorielle-london/ll-vita |title=Lorielle London · Vita | Stars | lesARTISTS |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324164731/http://les-artists.com/ll-stars/lorielle-london/ll-vita |archive-date=2016-03-24 |url-status=dead }}

Lorielle London entered as a contestant for the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (part of the Idol franchise) in 2003. After not advancing in the first season, she applied the following season with the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder and eventually finished in tenth place out of 40,000 applicants.[http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=2044076 Ohne ein Zeichen des Ekels], Sächsische Zeitung, 12. January 2009 Although her singing talent was prominent, she attracted attention with her androgynous appearance and gestures that were often discussed and ridiculed in satirical programs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dsds-diekandidaten.de/index.php?page=candidate&choosemember=21 |title=dsds-diekandidaten.de |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120143418/http://www.dsds-diekandidaten.de/index.php?page=candidate&choosemember=21 |archive-date=2015-01-20 |url-status=dead }} London says that she had to learn how to accept this new image very quickly that was contrary to her previous life as an artist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.les-artists.com/ll-stars/lorielle-london/ll-vita |title=les-artists.com |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324164731/http://les-artists.com/ll-stars/lorielle-london/ll-vita |archive-date=2016-03-24 |url-status=dead }}

After leaving Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the interest in London as an entertainer remained. She appeared in different series, shows and numerous celebrity and lifestyle-news broadcasts. In 2004, London, among others, entered the reality TV show Die Alm ("The Farm"). Die Alm, which, after initial airing received low ratings, increased its viewership dramatically once London was hired.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} The television network ProSieben then decided to extend the series by an extra week and London remained until the final.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shortnews.de/id/528647/die-alm-lorenzo-sorgt-fuer-traumquoten-so-viele-haben-noch-nie-zugesehen |title='Die Alm': Lorenzo sorgt für Traumquoten – So viele haben noch nie zugesehen |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093346/http://www.shortnews.de/id/528647/die-alm-lorenzo-sorgt-fuer-traumquoten-so-viele-haben-noch-nie-zugesehen |url-status=dead }} Following the program, she regularly appeared on various tabloid shows on Sat.1, such as Das Sat.1 Frühstücksfernsehen ("Sat.1 Breakfast Show").[http://www.club-aktiv.de/home.php?p=includes/pages/_news.php club-aktiv.de] She made her acting debut in 2006, in a comedy remake of Little Red Riding Hood. The film was released under the title Die ProSieben Märchenstunde: Rotkäpchen – Wege zum Glück.{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0768231/ |title="Die ProSieben Märchenstunde" Rotkäppchen - Wege zum Glück (2006) |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928092717/http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0768231/ |url-status=dead }}

In autumn of 2006, London publicly came out as transgender and announced that her artist name for the future would be 'Lory Glory'. In addition, she underwent sex reassignment surgery.[http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=7410 queer.de] American gospel singer Lori Hölzel with the artist name 'Lori Glori' procured a court order that forbade London from using that particular choice of name due to likelihood of confusion. The transgender entertainer then became 'Lorielle London'.[http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/dschungelcamp/von-dsds-lorenzo-bis-zur-dschungelcamp-transe-11066954.bild.html bild.de]

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In January 2009, London entered as a contestant on the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on RTL.[https://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article2986739/Dieses-Dschungelcamp-wird-richtig-schlimm.html This jungle camp is really bad ], The World, January 7th 2009 Despite all preconceptions, one of the most respected German newspapers, FAZ, described her performance as "human, vulnerable and real".[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/dschungelcamp-die-maden-und-die-medien-1757373.html faz.net] London eventually finished second behind actress Ingrid van Bergen.

Since then, she has been active as a television host, reporter and co-anchor. RTL hired London as a red carpet correspondent for the Echo Award ceremony (the biggest German music award ceremony). She interviewed celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie, among others.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/musik/echo-verleihung-als-die-volksmusik-den-pop-versenkte-655590.html|title=Als die Volksmusik den Pop versenkte|date=22 February 2009 }} For the Deutschland sucht den Superstar final 2009, London returned for the special "Night of the Superstars", this time as a backstage reporter.[http://www.bild.de/dsds/2009/making-the-candidate-check8124534.bild.html bild.de]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As a celebrity guest and co-host on Big Brother Germany, she co-hosted with TV presenter Miriam Pielhau and later made two more celebrity-guest appearances on Big Brother in 2010.[http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv/besuch-im-big- brother-house-7836180.bild.html bild.de]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The television production company Norddeich TV hired London in 2011 for a show called Die Schulermittler ("the school investigators") to mentor a young transgender. The show aired on 19 October 2011 on RTL.[http://www.clipfish.de/special/schulermittler/video/3687220/die-schulermittler-lorielle-london-zu-besuch/ clipfish.de]

In the same year, she moved to London, England with her partner.[http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/dsds-kandidaten/den-dsds-stars-der-letzten-staffeln-31982066.bild.html Whatever happened to the other DSDS Stars?] Bild.de

In 2012, London appeared on the RTL show Total Blackout, where she won against candidates like Roberto Blanco and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, and eventually became "Queen of Dark"[http://www.promiflash.de/total-blackout-der-bachelor-schreit-vor-angst-12081839.html promiflash.de]

She also worked as a reporter on the RTL Nitro show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus – Das Magazin in 2013, where she reported daily on current events.[http://www.promiflash.de/neuer-look-lorielle-london-hat-jetzt-dunkle-haare-13012227.html promiflash.de]

London has been in several television productions as both a contestant and actress:

• 2003–2004: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (RTL)
• 2004: Die Alm – Promischweiß und Edelweiß (ProSieben)
• 2006: Die ProSieben Märchenstunde – episode "Rotkäppchen: Wege zum Glück" (as 'Mieser Barde') (ProSieben)
• 2008: DSDS – Das große Wiedersehen (RTL)
• 2009: Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (RTL)
• 2009: Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (VOX)
• 2009: Promi Kocharena (VOX)
• 2009: Mrs. Hankey's Christmas Special{{cite web |url=http://presse.comedycentral.de/node/20145 |title=Merry Shitmas - Lorielle London präsentiert COMEDY CENTRAL Weihnachtsspecial | Comedy Central Pressecenter |accessdate=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713155159/http://presse.comedycentral.de/node/20145 |archivedate=2012-07-13 }}
• 2009–2010: Big Brother (RTL II)
• 2010: Der große deutsche Führerschein-Test (RTL II)
• 2011: Die Schulermittler (as Herself) (RTL)
• 2013: Promi Shopping Queen (VOX)
• 2014: Frauendingsbums (Sixx){{cite web |url=http://www.sixx.de/tv/frauendingsbums/episoden/frauendingsbums-attraktives-halbwissen |title=Frauendingsbums - FRAUENDINGSBUMS - Attraktives Halbwissen - sixx |accessdate=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150118041648/http://www.sixx.de/tv/frauendingsbums/episoden/frauendingsbums-attraktives-halbwissen |archivedate=2015-01-18 }}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190525071945/http://www.lorielle-london.de/ Official website of Lorielle London] (archived)

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