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Career

Bassem graduated from " Studio el fan" in 1996 winning a gold medal. He has performed at many shows, festivals and television programs since then. A standard part of his act is to sing comic versions of popular songs while dressed with elaborate wigs, costumes and cosmetics and imitating the manners of the singer who made the song popular originally—usually a female singer. He can sing in a high-pitch voice. His act also includes other kinds of costume comedy. Bassem Feghali started his comedy career by impersonating the famous singer

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. He then went on to impersonations and mimicry of many other Lebanese and world celebrities, primarily singers, such as Nawal Al Zoughbi,

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, Fairouz,

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, Elissa, and Mariam Nour. He has also impersonated historical figures such as Ivette Sursok, Maggi Farah and Miss Lebanon pageant contestants, such as

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. Bassem Feghali is known for his ability to imitate the voices of personalities he impersonates without lip synching. When imitating female singers, he has to diet and exercise his voice so that he could impersonate the idols well. During the month of Ramadan, Bassem had a daily show on the

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(LBC). The show was called "Alf Wayle Bi Layle". He imitated a different Arab artist each day for the full month. Some people he imitated were Sabah, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Fifi Abdo, Assala,

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, etc.

Awards

He was a laureate of the "Murex d'Or" awards in 2000The first night of the Golden Murex Award 2000
as ''Best Monologist of the Year''.

References

External links

Official Site Biography
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