Isabel Varell participated in various talent shows as a singer before she was discovered and supported by German producer Jack White in 1981 . She released several singles in German and English language from 1981 on . From 1989 to 1991 she was married to German singer Drafi Deutscher . He also wrote her single '' Melodie d'amour '' with which she participated in the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 and finished sixth . Varell played in various musicals ( e.g. '' Hammerfrauen '' from 2015 on in Berlin ) and comedy TV shows , most notably alongside Hape Kerkeling . She has also presented TV shows for different broadcasters ( '' Aktuelle Schaubude '' for NDR in 1997 ; '' Ganz in weiß '' for Sat .1 in 2016 ) . From 2009 on she has written almost all the lyrics for her own albums as well as some for other artists such as Claudia Jung ( '' Mein Plan für 's nächste Leben '' , 2012 ) . Since 2008 she has lived together with television director Pit Weyrich whom she married in 2015 . Her autobiographic book '' Mittlere Reife '' will be published in April 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Isabel Varell