Mandy Grace Capristo (born 21 March 1990) is a
German singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. Born in
Mannheim,
Baden-Württemberg and raised in
Bürstadt,
Hessen, she was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions in 2001, when she won
Kiddy Contest, a
reality television singing competition for teens in
Austria, with her song “Ich wünsche mir einen Bankomat”. In the mid to late 2000s, Capristo rose to fame as a founding member of the girl band
Monrose, the result of the fifth season of the German television talent show
Popstars. Until their disbandment in 2011, the trio released four studio albums and eleven singles.