Samir Gustav Badran ( ar, سمير غوستاف بدران; born May 25, 1990) is a Swedish television personality and singer. Since 2022 he has been working as a

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Career

In 2013, Badran participated in the reality series ''

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'' broadcast on TV3. He also took part in ''Paradise Hotel'' again in the 2014 season for one week. Along with the fashion blogger

Viktor Frisk Carl Viktor Andersson Frisk (born 2 March 1995) is a Swedish fashion blogger and singer. Along with Samir Badran, he is part of the musical duo Samir & Viktor. Career In May 2014, the duo released their first music single called "Success". The s ...

, Badran started the music duo

Samir & Viktor Samir & Viktor or Samir och Viktor was a Swedish music duo that consists of '' Paradise Hotel'' contestant Samir Badran and fashion blogger Viktor Frisk. Samir & Viktor participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song " Groupie", which finis ...

. In May 2014, the duo released their first single, "Success". The song peaked at number one on the Swedish iTunes chart during its first week. Samir & Viktor participated in

Melodifestivalen 2015 Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song " Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2 ...

with the song "

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", in a bid to represent Sweden in the

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, Austria. They went for it a second time in 2016 with the song " Bada nakna", reaching twelfth place in the competition but hitting the number one spot on the Swedish

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sales chart in February 2016. Badran then competed in the celebrity dance show ''

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'', which was broadcast on TV4 and he finished in fifth place. He also participated in Farmen VIP 2018, which was broadcast on TV4. He was furthermore the co-presenter of ''

Talang 2019 ''Talang 2019'' was the ninth season of '' Swedish Talang'' and was broadcast on TV4 between 11 January 2019 and 15 March 2019. Presenters for this season are Pär Lernström along with Samir Badran, the jury consists of Alexander Bard, Davi ...

'' and

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Personal life

Badran's father is a Palestinian and was born in the

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; he has relatives in the area and visits them when it is possible. In August 2014, a nine-year-old cousin of Badran was killed after the

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i bombing of the UN school in

Jabalia Jabalia also Jabalya ( ar, جباليا) is a Palestinian city located north of Gaza City. It is under the jurisdiction of the North Gaza Governorate, in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a popu ...

, Gaza. He dated with Mikaela Samuelsson 2015. In 2020, he confirmed that he was studying to become a real estate agent. As of 2022, he works as a real estate agent at Mäklarhuset in Stockholm.

Discography

Singles

Solo as

*2014: "Success" *2015: "

*2015: "

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" *2016: " Bada nakna" *2016: " Fick Feeling" *2017: "

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" *2017: " Vi gör det ändå" *2017: "

Rakt in i kaklet "Rakt in i kaklet" is a song by the Swedish duo Samir & Viktor Samir & Viktor or Samir och Viktor was a Swedish music duo that consists of ''Paradise Hotel'' contestant Samir Badran and fashion blogger Viktor Frisk. Samir & Viktor participated ...

" *2018: "

Shuffla "Shuffla" is a song performed by Swedish music duo Samir & Viktor. The song made it to the final of Melodifestivalen 2018 in Friends Arena Nationalarenan, currently known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-p ...

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* Living people 1990 births Swedish television personalities Melodifestivalen contestants Swedish people of Palestinian descent 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{europe-tv-bio-stub