Overview
- Her parents traveled about 600 kilometers to the Schlagercafé in Düsseldorf to appear without notice at the show.
- Before the event she told RTL she did not expect them to come because her father faced upcoming chemotherapy.
- Onstage she addressed her father and dedicated the song “Komm spring mit mir ins Leben,” sharing a brief dance with him.
- Wendolin Woitschack, a trained puppeteer, said earlier chemotherapies had limited effect until a recent regimen improved his condition.
- Reports describe the disease as ongoing and being managed under treatment, with details drawn from family interviews rather than independent medical confirmation.