Bobby Andonov (born 28 August 1996), known by his stage name BOBI, is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer.

Early life

Bobby Andonov was born on 28 August 1996 in Melbourne, Australia to Macedonian parents originating from

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, North Macedonia.Jonathon Moran and Elle Halliwell
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'' The Daily Telegraph'', 16 May 2010. He has performed since the age of six, when he started dancing and singing in his hometown of Melbourne. At the age of nine, he starred as Danny Zuko in a junior production of ''Grease'' the musical. He lived in North Macedonia from the age of 13 to 15. He was then selected to be one of four young Simbas in the Broadway production of ''The Lion King'' in Melbourne and Shanghai, China.

Music career

At the age of 14, Andonov represented North Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Cyprus. Out of 15 countries, he came in fifth with his song "Prati Mi SMS", which led to a European tour around the Balkans. In 2010 Andonov entered for ''

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''. His audition reached over 15 million views. He was a grand finalist on the show, performing covers of songs including Leonard Cohen's "

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'', 8 June 2010. In 2010, record producer and music critic Molly Meldrum flew Andonov to Sydney to meet R&B singer

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. In early 2014, Andonov wrote two songs for the Australian feature film ''The Dream Children'', directed by Robert Chuter. He also worked on Afrojack’s 2014 debut album '' Forget the World'', co-writing the track "Born to Run", which features Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees on vocals. Andonov co-wrote and co-produced the 2015 single "Stone", recorded by '' The X Factor Australia'' winner Cyrus Villanueva. In November 2015, Andonov was signed to a deal with

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and moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides. On 20 October 2017, he released his debut single "Apartment", along with a music video for the song which reached number 9 in the Top 50 global playlist on spotify.Jon Ali
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'', 1 November 2017.

Discography

Singles

* "Apartment" (2017) * "Faithful" (2018) * "Smoke" ft Son Lux (2018)

Production and writing credits

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andonov, Bobby 1994 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian pop singers Australian soul singers Australian child singers Australian singer-songwriters Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants Australia's Got Talent contestants Hollywood Records artists Australian male singer-songwriters