Amir El-Falaki (born 12 August 1973) is a Danish vocalist, dance instructor, and member of the bubblegum dance group

Toy-Box Toy-Box is a Danish bubblegum pop band, best known for their hit singles " Tarzan & Jane", " Best Friend", "E.T.", "Superstar", and " The Sailor Song". The group's members are vocalists Amir El-Falaki and Anila Mirza. History Toy-Box was fou ...

. He is of Moroccan descent and speaks Danish, English, Arabic, and French. Amir wanted to be a doctor, but became a dance teacher instead. He met Anila Mirza at a New Year's Eve party and they decided to form Toy-Box. The group is known for songs such as "Best Friend" and " Tarzan & Jane".

Career outside of Toy-Box

Amir has worked as a dance teacher, music video choreographer, and trainer to F.C. Copenhagen's cheerleading team. Amir performed a rap and danced in Julie Lund's song, ''Merhaba'', at the Danish national

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...

semi-final, Melodi Grand Prix 2007. However, their song came last (out of eight) in the Semi-Final 2, and was subsequently eliminated in the Wildcard round with 11% of the vote, and so did not progress into the national final. In 2009, Amir founded the award-winning Danseplaneten dance studio in

Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compr ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

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Amir El-Falaki
* 1973 births Living people Danish people of Moroccan descent English-language singers from Denmark Danish male dancers 21st-century Danish male singers {{Denmark-singer-stub