Thomas Karaoğlan

Thomas Karaoglan (born 20 March 1993 in Duisburg) known professionally as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.

Biography Karaoglan is of Armenian descent.

He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached fifth place.

In July 2010, Karaoglan published his first single "Checker, der Vollstrecker". 2011 Karaoglan published his second single called "Diskoking". In addition to this, Karaoglan and his dance partner Sarah Latton took part at the German Dance-Show Let's Dance where they reached 3rd place. Karaoglan stated that he "make crap music" Karaoglan pleaded not guilty to the charges. On 7 March 2013 the charges were downgraded to insult on a sexual basis and Karagolan was ordered to pay the boy €5000 after Karaoglan admitted kissing him on the cheek.

Discography Year Title Peak chart position Album GER AUT SWI2010 Checker, der Vollstrecker 18 23 - - Year Title Peak chart position2011 Discoking - - - -