Samir Badran

Samir Badran
Samir Badran at Melodifestivalen 2016
Background information
Birth name Samir Gustav Badran
Born (1990-05-25) 25 May 1990
Linköping, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • television personality
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels
Associated acts

Samir Gustav Badran (Arabic: سمير غوستاف بدران‎; born 25 May 1990) is a Swedish television personality and singer.

In 2013 Badran participated in the reality series Paradise Hotel broadcast on TV3.[1] He also took part in Paradise Hotel again in the 2014 season for one week.

Along with the fashion blogger Viktor Frisk he started the music duo Samir & Viktor. In May 2014 the duo released their first music single "Success".[2] The song peaked at number one on the Swedish Itunes chart during its first week. [3]

Samir & Viktor took part in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Groupie" in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.[4] They went for it a second time in 2016 with the song "Bada nakna", reaching 12th place in the competition but hitting the number one spot in the Swedish Digilist sales chart February 2016.

Badran competed in the celebrity dance show Let's Dance 2017 which was broadcast on TV4. Placing fifth.

He participates in Farmen VIP 2018, which is broadcast on TV4.

Personal life

Badran's father is a Palestinian and was born in the Gaza Strip, and he has relatives in the area and visits them when it is possible.[5][6] In August 2014, a nine-year-old cousin of Samir Badran was killed during an Israeli bombing of the UN school in Jabalia, Gaza.[5]

Discography

Singles

Solo

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[7]
"Vet att du vill ha mig"
(feat. Kevin)		 2014 19
[8]		 Non-album single
"När jag ligger med nån annan"
(with Sigrid Bernson)		 2018 68
[9]		 TBA

as Samir & Viktor

References

  1. ↑ Samir Badran - Paradise Hotel 2013 Retrieved 4 January 2015
  2. ↑ "Paradise Hotel Samir gör sommarplåga "Success" - Rockbjörnen - Musik - Nöjesbladet - Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Här spelar Samir och Viktor in musikvideon". Expressen. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Här är artisterna i Melodifestivalen". DN.SE. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Samir: "Min kusin dödades i Gaza"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tv-profilens kusinbarn dödad i skolattack". Expressen. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Samir Badran". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  9. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 June 2018.



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