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.
Viki Gabor | |
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 Gabor in 2021 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Wiktoria Gabor |
| Also known as | Viki Gabor |
| Born | 10 July 2007 Hamburg, Germany |
| Origin | Kraków, Poland |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, deep house |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Polska, Sony Music Entertainment Poland |
| Website | https://www.vikigaborofficial.com |
Early life
editGabor 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
edit2019–present: The Voice Kids Poland, Junior Eurovision, and breakthrough
editIn 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
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL [18] | ||||
| Getaway (Into My Imagination) |
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6 |
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| ID |
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24 | ||
| Terminal 3 |
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— | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
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| Time (Remixes) |
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| Getaway (Live Acoustics) |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL Air. [21] | |||||
| "Time" | 2019 | — | Getaway (Into My Imagination) | ||
| "Superhero" | 1 |
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| "Ramię w ramę" (with Kayah) |
2020 | 4 |
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| "Getaway" | 6 |
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| "Forever and a Night" | — | ||||
| "Not Gonna Get It" | 46 | ||||
| "Wznieść się chcę" | — | Over the Moon | |||
| "Afera" | 15 | Getaway (Into My Imagination) | |||
| "Moonlight" | 2021 | — | ID | ||
| "Toxic Love" | — | ||||
| "Napad na serce" | 2022 | 24 | |||
| "Could Be Mad" | — | ||||
| "So What" | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Barbie" | 16 | ID | |||
| "Cute" (featuring Margaret) |
— | ||||
| "Stop Playing Games" | 2023 | — | Terminal 3 | ||
| "Daj mi znak" | 2024 | — | |||
| "Wizja" | — | ||||
| "Kiss and Fly" | — | ||||
| "Usuń strach" (with Alberto) |
— | Non-album singles | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Promotional singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "What Christmas Means to Me" | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Silent Night" | ||
| "Cicha noc" | ||
| "Still Standing"[A] | 2020 | Getaway (Into My Imagination) |
| "That's What She Said" | ||
| "3:30" | 2022 | ID |
| "15 lat" | ||
| "Last Christmas" (Valentina featuring Viki Gabor and Petar Aničić) |
2023 | Non-album singles |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Fryderyki 2020 | New Face of Fonography | Nominated |
| Song of the Year ("Superhero") | Nominated | ||
| Video of the Year ("Superhero") | Nominated | ||
| Kid's Choice Awards | Favorite Polish Artist | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Kid's Choice Awards 2021 | Favorite Polish Artist | Won |
Notes
edit- ^ "Still Standing" also appears on the compilation album of Śpiewajmy razem.
References
edit- ^ a b Dereszyński, Tomasz (2019-05-01). "Szansa na sukces: Wiktoria Gabor wygrała drugi odcinek programu. Finalistka Voice Kids Poland zaśpiewała "You May Be In Love"". Portal I.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Viki Gabor z Nowej Huty – finalistka "The Voice Kids 2"". gazetakrakowska.pl (in Polish). Gazeta Krakowska. 2019-03-10.
- ^ Królak, Sergiusz (2019-09-29). "Eurowizja Junior 2019: Polska wybrała reprezentantkę! Viki Gabor zaśpiewa w Gliwicach!". eurowizja.org (in Polish). OGAE Polska.
- ^ Grabska, Paulina (2019-04-15). "Rewelacyjny "Time" Viki Gabor w trzech remiksach". media.universalmusic.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Top of the Top Sopot Festival 2019, dzień 4. Roksana Węgiel laureatką Young Choice Awards! Na scenie m.in. gwiazdy "The Voice Kids"!". telemagazyn.pl (in Polish). 2019-08-17.
- ^ Prętnicka, Beata (2019-09-15). "Viki Gabor zwyciężczynią drugiego odcinka "Szansy na sukces"!". eurowizja.org (in Polish). OGAE Polska.
- ^ Kurdupski, Michał (2019-09-29). "Wiktoria Gabor reprezentantką Polski na Eurowizję Junior 2019". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Wirtualne Media.
- ^ Herbert, Emily (24 November 2019). "Poland: Viki Gabor wins Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.
- ^ Muldoon, Padraig (24 November 2019). "Junior Eurovision 2019 results: Poland's Viki Gabor is the winner with "Superhero"". Wiwibloggs.
- ^ "Viki Gabor wins Junior Eurovision 2019 for Poland!". EBU. 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Viki Gabor zapowiada zmiany. Kiedy premiera singla "Moonlight"? - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL". 2021-08-26. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ ""Znajdź swoją scenę" – kampania ING z udziałem Viki Gabor | Informacja prasowa". 2021-10-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Viki Gabor prezentuje nowy utwór "Toxic Love". Zobacz teledysk! - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL". 2022-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Viki Gabor i "Napad na serce". Posłuchaj nowej piosenki i sprawdź tekst - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL". 2022-02-04. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ ""Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo". Wszyscy uczestnicy 16. edycji. On jest największym zaskoczeniem". plejadapl (in Polish). 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Viki Gabor & Maléna - Girls Need Love || Europejski Stadion Kultury 2022, retrieved 2022-09-13
- ^ "Wyglądają jak siostry bliźniaczki. Wystąpią na jednej scenie!". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Peak chart positions for studio albums in Poland:
- Getaway (Into My Imagination): "OLiS – sales for the period 04.09.2020 – 10.09.2020". OLiS. ZPAV. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ID: "OLiS – sales for the period 18.11.2022 – 24.11.2022". OLiS. ZPAV. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Certification criteria" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Albums and singles certified Gold in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "Superhero": "AirPlay Top: 14.12 – 20.12.2019" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- "Ramię w ramię": "AirPlay Top: 29.02. – 06.03.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "Getaway": "AirPlay Top: 13.06. – 19.06.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- "Afera": "AirPlay Top: 28.11. – 04.12.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Not Gonna Get It": "AirPlay Top: 05.12. – 11.12.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "Napad na serce": "AirPlay Top: 26.03. – 01.04.2022" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- "Barbie": "AirPlay Top: 26.11. – 02.12.2022" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
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