Nadja Benaissa on No Angels' Beginnings: 'I Didn't Have a Second for My Child'

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Suddenly on big stages, in the spotlight, and at home a little daughter waits who needs her mom. Nadja Benaissa, member of the "No Angels," looks back in the ARD documentary "No Angels – This Is Us" on a phase that looked glamorous and often felt very different to her.

Already when the band started, Benaissa was a mother of a daughter. In the documentary, she describes how the hype around the band and her role as a young mother collided – with the sentence now going through all media: "I didn't have a second for my child."

What's behind the quote, how does Benaissa classify her career start today – and what does the documentary tell about the time when the "No Angels" became one of the biggest pop phenomena in Germany overnight?

What Benaissa says about the first years

The "No Angels" became known in 2000 in the casting show "Popstars" and quickly developed into one of the most successful German girl groups. In the documentary, Benaissa speaks openly about how this rapid rise was compatible with her role as a mother – and what it did to her.

Both Bunte and Focus Panorama pick up on the singer's verbatim quote. Both reports understand the sentence as a central insight into a time when Benaissa had barely room to breathe between band routine, appointments, and responsibility for her child.

What is the ARD documentary about?

The documentary "No Angels – This Is Us" looks back at the history of the band and lets the members themselves have their say. Benaissa's account of the difficult beginnings is part of it – alongside what the other members of the group report about this phase.

I didn't have a second for my child.

How Benaissa talks about the time today

In the documentary, Benaissa takes a conscious look back at the early years. Both sources describe the appearance as a moment in which she makes clear what the early success of the band also cost – especially because she was catapulted as a young mother into a world in which there was little room for family between tours, appearances, and media hype.

What does this mean for fans and former companions?

Those who have followed the "No Angels" since the early 2000s know Benaissa's daughter today as a young woman. The fact that Benaissa now, many years later, speaks so openly in an ARD documentary about the difficult side of this time gives the retrospective a personal depth that is often missing in typical band documentaries.

According to both sources, the documentary is a current ARD project in which Benaissa describes her view of the first time with the "No Angels" – including the role as a mother that she was at the time.