Viki Gabor

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Viki Gabor
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Gabor in 2021
Background information
Birth nameWiktoria Gabor
Also known asViki Gabor
Born (2007-07-10) 10 July 2007 (age 17)
Hamburg, Germany
Origin Kraków, Poland
Genres Pop, R&B, deep house
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2018–present
Labels Universal Music Polska, Sony Music Entertainment Poland
Website https://www.vikigaborofficial.com
Viki Gabor (2019) Viki Gabor 2019.jpg
Viki Gabor (2019)

Wiktoria "Viki" Gabor (born 10 July 2007) is a Polish singer. She began her career in 2019, as a runner-up on the second season of The Voice Kids Poland , and then later won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Superhero". She is the second Polish entrant to win the contest, and her win marked the first time a country had won the contest twice in a row, and on home soil.

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Early life

Gabor was born in Hamburg to a Polish Romani family. [1] After her birth, they returned to Poland, later moving to the United Kingdom, and then settling in Nowa Huta when she was seven. [2] Gabor has an elder sister named Melisa, who is a composer and songwriter. [1]

Career

2019–present: The Voice Kids Poland, Junior Eurovision, and breakthrough

In late-2018, Gabor competed in the auditions for second season of The Voice Kids Poland . She joined the team of Tomson & Baron, and proceeded to continue to advance through the competition, ultimately reaching the finals and releasing her debut single "Time". [3] [4]

After The Voice Kids, Gabor was selected to perform "Time" at Young Choice Awards of the Top of the Top Sopot Festival 2019. [5] Afterwards, she was selected to compete in the rebooted Szansa na sukces , which was being used to select the Polish representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Gabor advanced to the finals, where she ultimately was declared the winner with the song "Superhero". [6] [7] Junior Eurovision was held on 24 November in Gliwice. Gabor performed eleventh in the competition, and ultimately won the competition, placing second with the professional juries and scoring the highest with the online fan vote. This win marked Gabor as the second Polish entrant to ever win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the first time a performer representing the host-nation won Junior Eurovision, and made Poland the first country to win the contest twice in a row. [8] [9] [10]

Since Junior Eurovision 2019, Gabor has released several singles, including "Ramię w ramię" with Kayah and "Getaway" in late April 2020. As part of a collaborative album with other child singers Roksana Węgiel, Marcin Maciejczak, Zuza Jabłońska and group 4dreamers, Gabor released her song "Still Standing" (co-written by herself and her sister Melisa). Gabor also released her single "Forever and a Night" in July 2020. In August 2020, she released "Not Gonna Get It", the last single from her debut album to be released before its première.

On 10 July 2020, her birthday, Gabor announced her first album (available from 4 September 2020). This album is titled "Getaway (Into My Imagination)". Gabor has many views on YouTube, Spotify, and other platforms. She also has a Facebook page, with over 20,000 likes. She is frequently featured on playlists such as Spotify's 'Hity lata 2020' and Digster Polska's Spotify playlist 'POPSztos'.

At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, hosted in Poland for the second consecutive year following her win, Gabor performed the song "Arcade" as an interval act, together with previous Polish Junior Eurovision winner Roksana Węgiel and Eurovision 2019 winner Duncan Laurence.

In August 2021, she signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment Poland and announced the release of the single "Moonlight," which was released on 3 September. [11] In October, she became the face of ING Bank Śląski's advertising campaign titled Find Your Stage. [12] On 26 November she released a music video for the single "Toxic Love." [13] On 4 February 2022 she released the single "Napad na serce". [14] In the spring of 2022, she took part in the sixteenth edition of the Polsat television entertainment program Your Face Sounds Familiar; [15] after nine episodes, she reached the finals, where she placed fourth. On 21 May she performed during the Polsat SuperHit Festival 2022. On 24 June she performed a duet with Armenian singer and winner of Junior Eurovision 2021 Maléna, during the European Stadium of Culture in Rzeszów, singing Summer Walker's song "Girls Need Love". [16] [17]

On 11 May 2024, she was the spokesperson for Poland's jury votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
POL
[18]
Getaway (Into My Imagination)6
ID24
Terminal 3
  • Released: 21 June 2024
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays
TitleDetails
Time (Remixes)
  • Released: 12 April 2019
  • Label: Universal Music Polska
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Getaway (Live Acoustics)
  • Released: 27 May 2020
  • Label: Universal Music Polska
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsSales Certifications Album
POL
Air.
[21]
"Time"2019—Getaway (Into My Imagination)
"Superhero"1
"Ramię w ramę"
(with Kayah)		20204
  • ZPAV: 2× Platinum [22]
"Getaway"6
"Forever and a Night"—
"Not Gonna Get It"46
"Wznieść się chcę"— Over the Moon
"Afera"15Getaway (Into My Imagination)
"Moonlight"2021—ID
"Toxic Love"—
"Napad na serce"202224
"Could Be Mad"—
"So What"—Non-album singles
"Barbie"16ID
"Cute"
(featuring Margaret)		—
"Stop Playing Games"2023—Terminal 3
"Daj mi znak"2024—
"Wizja"—
"Kiss and Fly"—
"Usuń strach"
(with Alberto)		—Non-album singles
"Co z nami będzie?"
(with Sentino and Trueman)		—Business Nothing Personal
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of songs, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"What Christmas Means to Me"2019Non-album singles
"Silent Night"
"Cicha noc"
"Still Standing" [A] 2020Getaway (Into My Imagination)
"That's What She Said"
"3:30"2022ID
"15 lat"
"Last Christmas"
(Valentina featuring Viki Gabor and Petar Aničić)		2023Non-album singles

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryResult
2020 Fryderyki 2020 New Face of FonographyNominated
Song of the Year ("Superhero")Nominated
Video of the Year ("Superhero")Nominated
Kid's Choice Awards Favorite Polish ArtistNominated
2021 Kid's Choice Awards 2021 Favorite Polish ArtistWon

Notes

  1. ↑ "Still Standing" also appears on the compilation album of Śpiewajmy razem.

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References

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  16. ↑ Viki Gabor & Maléna - Girls Need Love || Europejski Stadion Kultury 2022, 25 June 2022, retrieved 2022-09-13
  17. ↑ "Wyglądają jak siostry bliźniaczki. Wystąpią na jednej scenie!". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  18. ↑ Peak chart positions for studio albums in Poland:
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Certification criteria" (in Polish). ZPAV . Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  20. 1 2 "Albums and singles certified Gold in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  21. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  22. 1 2 "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV . Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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Preceded by Poland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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