Pop singer Vicky Leandros (71) stumbled and fell off the stage at a concert in Hanover on Friday. Towards the end of the event, during the song “I love life”, she came too close to the edge of the stage in her glittering dress and high-heeled shoes and fell into the audience. Several people in the sold-out dome hall immediately rushed to her aid. “I was very lucky that I didn’t get injured and I thank my guardian angel,” said the native Greek, according to a statement from organizer Semmel Concerts on Saturday. After a few moments she was back on stage and continued her concert to great applause.
The next stop on her farewell tour is the sold-out Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin on Monday, she said she was looking forward to it.
The singer has been on stage for more than 50 years. Leandros is known, among other things, for songs like “Theo, we’re going to Lodz”. In 1972 she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg with “Après toi”.