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Slavin Slavchev | |
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| Birth name | Slavin Slavchev |
| Born | March 7, 1991 Provadia, Bulgaria |
| Origin | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Genres | Rock, Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Slavin Slavchev ( Bulgarian: Славин Славчев, born 7 March 1991) is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter currently a lead vocal and bass guitarist in Julian's Laughter. He is the winner of the 2014 season of Bulgarian X Factor. [1]
Career
2014–2015:X Factor Bulgaria
Slavchev was part of the third season of X Factor and won it. In the first week of the show he performed Cryin' by Aerosmith. Zaki said that after this performance he believed that Slavchev could give a new life to the rock music in Europe. [2] He moved on to week 2 by being among the highest number of vote winners. Second week was a Halloween night where he performed Love Runs Out by OneRepublic. In the next week's show he performed " Give in to Me" and the Bulgarian song " Блус за двама". After his performance of Queen's hit " Who Wants to Live Forever" the judges called it the best performance of the season and that they see him as a potential winner. At the final show he presented a duet with Joe Lynn Turner performing the Rainbow's song " Street of Dreams" [3] He won the show after this being on the final with Mihaela Marinova (third) and Nevena Peykova (runner-up).
| The X Factor performances and results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Theme | Song | Result |
| First audition | Free choice | " Hold the Line" | Through to bootcamp |
| Bootcamp – stage 1 | Group performance | " Sweet Child o' Mine" | Through to stage 2 |
| Bootcamp – stage 2 | Solo performance | " Rosanna" | Through to judges' houses |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | " Love of My Life" | Through to live shows |
| Live show 1 | Heroes | " Cryin'" | Safe |
| Live show 2 | Halloween | " Love Runs Out" | Safe |
| Live show 3 | Number-ones | " Give in to Me" | Safe |
| Live show 4 | Hits from Balkans and Eastern Europe | " Блус за двама" | Safe |
| Live show 5 | USA vs. Europe | " Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Live show 6 | Movie Soundtracks | " Eye of the Tiger" | Safe |
| Live show 7 | Love songs | " Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Safe |
| Live show 8 | Boys sing girls songs and girls boys | " Listen" | Safe |
| Christmas show | Christmas edition | " Happy Xmas" | No eliminations |
| Live show 9 | Love is everything | " Can't Let You Go" | Safe |
| " Close My Eyes Forever" (with Mihaela Marinova) | |||
| Live show 10 | Tears and laughter | " I Want to Break Free" | Safe |
| " I Want to Know What Love Is" | |||
| Semi-final | One English and one Bulgarian song | " Satisfaction" | Safe |
| "Уморени крила" | |||
| Final | One solo and one duet song | " Cryin'" | Winner |
| " Street of Dreams" (with Joe Lynn Turner) | |||
| Songs of the series | " Високо" | ||
2015–2017: Debut singles
Exclusive in the final of X Factor he performed him first solo single "Ela" (Come). Lately it was released and a video of the song which had scenes from all performs of Slavin on X Factor's stage. In the summer of 2015 he released and him 2nd single "Losh Sum za Teb" (I'm bad for you) by Wow Productions. The Bulgarian model Queenie-Alice Nicolova took part in the video. [4]
2017–present: Julian's Laughter
In 2017 Slavin, together with Miloslav Petrov, Tihomir Vasilev and Nikolay Nikolaev established the alternative/art rock band Julian's Laughter. [5]
Discography
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUL [6] |
US | CAN | IRE | NZ | SV | UK | ||||||
| Ела | 2015 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Лош съм за теб | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Personal life
Slavchev studied law in Veliko Tarnovo University. He is a member and front-man of the hard-rock/progressive/alternative band Century (formed in Varna, Bulgaria in 2012). During the show he announced that he broke up with his girlfriend.
External links
References
- ^ "Кои са финалистите в X Factor?". novanews.bg. 17 October 2014.
- ^ "X FACTOR КОНЦЕРТ 21.10.2014". novanews.bg. 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Джо Лин застава до Славин, Артър до Михаела в X Factor". dnes.bg. n.d.
- ^ "Славин – Лош съм за теб". slusham.com. n.d.
- ^ Славин Славчев и Julian's Laughter представят нов проект
- ^ "Slavin Slavchev - Music Charts". αCharts.