Amir El-Falaki (born 12 August 1973) is a Danish vocalist, dance instructor, and member of the bubblegum dance group

Toy-Box Toy-Box is a Danish bubblegum pop group, consisting of vocalists Anila Mirza and Amir El-Falaki. Mirza was born on 8 October 1974 in Frederiksværk, Denmark to Indian-Iranian-Pakistani parents. El-Falaki was born 12 August 1973 in Copenhagen, ...

. He is of Moroccan descent and speaks

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, English, Arabic, and French. Amir wanted to be a doctor, but became a dance teacher instead. He met

Anila Mirza Aneela Mirza (born 8 October 1974) is a Danish singer based in the United Kingdom. She has found success as a member of the pop group Toy-Box and as a solo artist performing mononymously as Aneela. She was part of the Danish pop group Toy-Box ...

at a New Year's Eve party and they decided to form Toy-Box. The group is known for songs such as "Best Friend" and "

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Career outside of Toy-Box

Amir has worked as a dance teacher, music video choreographer, and trainer to

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's cheerleading team. Amir performed a rap and danced in

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's song, ''Merhaba'', at the Danish national

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semi-final,

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. However, their song came last (out of eight) in the Semi-Final 2, and was subsequently eliminated in the Wildcard round with 11% of the vote, and so did not progress into the national final. In 2009, Amir founded the award-winning Danseplaneten dance studio in

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Amir El-Falaki
* 1973 births Living people Danish people of Moroccan descent English-language singers from Denmark Danish male dancers 21st-century Danish male singers {{Denmark-singer-stub