Thomas Karaoglan

Thomas Karaoglan (born 20 March 1993 in Duisburg) also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.[1]

Thomas Karaoğlan
Background information
Also known asDer Checker
Born (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993
OriginDuisburg, Germany
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2010–present
LabelsAriola

Biography

Early life

Karaoglan is of Armenian descent.

DSDS

He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached fifth place.

Performances

Post-DSDS

In July 2010, Karaoglan published his first single Checker, der Vollstrecker. 2011 Karaoglan published his second single called Diskoking. In addition to this, Karaoglan and his dance partner Sarah Latton took part at the German Dance-Show Let's Dance where they reached 3rd place.[2] Karaoglan stated that he "make crap music"[2] and started to design jewelry with Harald Glööckler.[2] Karaoglan has been charged with two counts of sexually abusing a 12-year-old child in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia.[3] Karaoglan pleaded not guilty to the charges and the court case starts on 7 March 2013.[3]

Discography
Year Title Peak chart position[4] Album
GER AUT SWI
2010 Checker, der Vollstrecker 18 23 - - Year Title Peak chart position 2011 Discoking - - - -
gollark: Just... `while true do sleep(1) end` or something, the clock thing is insanely pointless and inefficient.
gollark: ???
gollark: That sounds like sleeping in a loop with extra steps.
gollark: There's probably not one for turtles receiving items. Though generally items don't magically appear in their inventory.
gollark: Also, if we're being nitpicky, he used two spaces after Abigail, which is heresy.

References
  1. http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-top-100-kw-28-2010-13/video/?start=20&clip=22
  2. Kylla, Denise (27 August 2012). "Das machen die ehemaligen DSDS-Stars heute". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. "DSDS-"Checker" soll Kind sexuell missbraucht haben". Die Welt (in German). 10 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. DE AT
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