Editing No Angels (section)

===2006–2008: First reunion and Eurovision Song Contest===
In spring 2006, [[Ludmilla Diakovska|Lucy Diakovska]] reconnected with her former bandmates with the intention of reviving the group.<ref name="Viva Live">{{cite web | title=No Angels @ ''Viva Live''| work=[[VIVA (German TV channel)|VIVA Live]]|via=[[YouTube]]| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqOt22N7R0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603124417/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqOt22N7R0| archive-date=3 June 2007 | url-status=dead| access-date=1 February 2007}}</ref> While [[Vanessa Petruo]] rejected her offer to re-join the band in favour of her solo career in music and film,<ref name="welt"/> Benaissa, Mölling and Wahls agreed upon Diakovska's request to reunite for a musical comeback, and the band eventually took action to prepare their next album in secrecy from public.<ref name="Viva Live"/> While their former manager and ''Popstars'' producer Holger Roost-Macias offered to work with them again, the newly reunited quartet rejected his offer, and instead, they acquired the name rights that had remained with Roost-Macias and signed an artist contract with the Domestic Division of [[Universal Music|Universal Music Germany]].<ref name="Viva Live"/> In summer 2006, Benaissa, Diakovska, Mölling and Wahls appeared as guest judges on ''[[Popstars – Neue Engel braucht das Land]]'', the fifth season of ''Popstars''.

[[File:No Angels - ESC 2008.jpg|thumb|No Angels during their performance at the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] finals on 24 May 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia]] 
Following weeks of public rumors about a reunion of the band, an official press conference on 31 January 2007 announced that No Angels had reformed and were working on a new studio album with producers [[Boogieman]], Tobias Gustafsson, [[Steve Mac]], [[Adrian Newman (producer)|Adrian Newman]], and the Redfly team.<ref name="Alles über">{{cite web| title=Alles über 'No Angels'| work=Webkatalog| url=http://www.webkatalog.us/noangels.php| access-date=25 March 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501041316/http://www.webkatalog.us/noangels.php| archive-date=1 May 2007}}</ref> Although acclaimed and distinguished by the media, the reunion widely failed to link previous successes. The band's first commercial release in years, ''[[Destiny (No Angels album)|Destiny]]'', received a lukewarm reception from music critics,<ref name="cdstarts">{{cite web|title=''Destiny'' review |work=CDStars |url=http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/No%20Angels%20-%20Destiny.html |access-date=12 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235536/http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/No%20Angels%20-%20Destiny.html |archive-date=26 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and debuted at number 4 in Germany, number 14 in Austria and number 22 in Switzerland, making it the band's first regular studio album release neither to reach the top position on the German ''[[Media Control Charts]]'' nor the top ten in Austria and Switzerland respectively. It eventually sold 30,000 copies domestically during its run on the charts, also making it No Angels' lowest selling album to date.<ref name="sales">{{cite web|title=Die ''Popstars'' gehen am Donnerstag bei ProSieben in die sechste Runde|work=Sat & Kabel|url=http://www.satundkabel.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20182&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0|access-date=12 June 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927101908/http://www.satundkabel.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20182&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> While the album's lead single "[[Goodbye to Yesterday (No Angels song)|Goodbye to Yesterday]]" still made it to the top five, follow-up "[[Maybe (No Angels song)|Maybe]]" and double A-single "[[Amaze Me]]"/"[[Teardrops (Womack & Womack song)|Teardrops]]" became No Angels' lowest-charting singles to date, never making it to the top 20 of any chart. In March 2008, the album was re-released as ''[[Destiny (No Angels album)|Destiny Reloaded]]'', including previously unreleased songs, [[remix]]es and [[B-sides]]. In fall 2007, No Angels produced the theme song, "[[Life Is a Miracle (song)|Life Is a Miracle]]" and a music video for the [[Warner Bros.]] animated feature ''[[Little Dodo (film)|Little Dodo]]''.<ref>[http://www.outnowmusic.com/productions/ Out Now Music - Productions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104213655/http://www.outnowmusic.com/productions/ |date=4 January 2016 }}</ref>

In January 2008, it was announced that the group had qualified for the [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008|Grand Prix Vorentscheid]], the German national pre-selection of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]].<ref name="nine">{{cite web|title=Grand-Prix-Kandidaten 2008 |work=[[Bild-Zeitung]] |url=http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/entertainment/musik/2008/01/10/grand-prix/kandidaten,geo=3443364.html |access-date=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111060131/http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/entertainment/musik/2008/01/10/grand-prix/kandidaten%2Cgeo%3D3443364.html |archive-date=11 January 2008 }}</ref> Following several weeks of promotional appearances, No Angels entered the competition in March with [[Remee]]-and-[[Thomas Troelsen|Troelsen]]-produced "[[Disappear (No Angels song)|Disappear]]", competing against all-male groups [[Marquess (band)|Marquess]] and [[Cinema Bizarre]], and singers Tommy Reeve and Carolin Fortenbacher. Widely considered as early favourites by the media, the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round.<ref name="forty">{{cite web|author=uq/dpa|title=No Angels singen für Deutschland|work=FOCUS Online|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/eurovision-song-contest_aid_264204.html|access-date=6 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="nine"/> Released on 29 February 2008, "Disappear" reached number four in Germany, where it became the band's biggest-selling single in years.<ref name="bb">{{cite web|title=European Hot 100|work=Billboard.biz|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=no angels|chart=European Hot 100}}|access-date=13 March 2008}}</ref> With Germany being one of the biggest financial contributors to the [[European Broadcasting Union]], No Angels were allowed to skip the contest's semi-finals and automatically qualified  for competition with 24 other countries in the finals of the ESC in May 2008.<ref name="eurovision">{{cite web|title=Germany's No Angels on the way to heaven?|work=Eurovision.tv|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/belgrade-2008?id=965|access-date=25 May 2008}}</ref> An estimated 100 million fans watched the final contest, and viewers from all 43 participating nations voted for their favourite performers via text message and telephone.<ref name="loc"/> No Angels eventually ranked 23rd place out of the 25 countries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. Only the United Kingdom and Poland placed below the four-member female band.<ref name="loc">{{cite web|title=Germany's No Angels tank at Eurovision|work=The Local|date=25 May 2008|url=http://www.thelocal.de/12073/20080525/|access-date=25 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="reuters">{{cite news|title=Germans fear no one likes them after Eurovision dud|work=[[Reuters]]|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL2559834020080525?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112110611/http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL2559834020080525?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2009|access-date=25 May 2008 | date=25 May 2008}}</ref>