Eddie Razaz (in

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ادى رزاز) (full name Ardalan Razaz Rahmati, in

اردلان رزاز رحمتى) born on 21 December 1988 in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden) is an Iranian-Swedish singer. He was a former participant of Swedish ''

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'' and finished sixth. Eddie Razaz and

Rabih Jaber Rabih Jaber (in Arabic ربيع جابر) (full name Rabih Mahmoud Jaber; born 5 August 1987, in Lebanon), also known by his mononym Rabih is a Swedish singer of Lebanese origin. He is a former participant of Swedish Idol 2009, where he finished ...

, yet another ''Idol'' participant, became a duo pop boy band as

REbound! Rebound! was a Sweden, Swedish boyband pop music, pop Musical ensemble, duo established in 2010. Rebound! (written many times as REbound!) was made up of Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, two contestants in Swedish ''Idol (Sweden), Idol''. The band w ...

in 2010 with a number of hits on the Swedish charts. After split-up of the band in April 2011, Eddie Razaz is continuing as a solo singer. In November 2012 he was signed to Warner Music Sweden. He has done also modelling and was featured in advertisements.

Beginnings

Born in Stockholm to Iranian parents who came from Iran, he first auditioned for Swedish ''Idol'' in 2005 but was eliminated during the qualifying rounds. He also worked with a modeling agency.

Idol 2009

In 2009, he took part in

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'', the sixth season of the Swedish version of ''

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''. This was his second, more successful, shot at the competition after not qualifying in 2005. In the 2009 edition of ''Idol'', he reached Week 6 of the live shows before being eliminated and coming sixth overall. He sang the following songs during the 2009 series: *Audition: "

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" by Rob Thomas *Qualifying semi-final: "

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" by

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*Qualifying final: " Hurtful" by

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*Week 1 (Club Idol): " Release Me" by

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*Week 2 (Michael Jackson): "

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" by

*Week 3 (Rock): "

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" by U2 *Week 4 (Las Vegas): "

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" by

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*Week 5 (International best track): "

If You're Not the One "If You're Not the One" is a song by New Zealand-British singer Daniel Bedingfield. It was released on 25 November 2002 as the third single from his debut studio album, '' Gotta Get Thru This'' (2002). The single entered the top 20 on the majori ...

" by

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*Week 6 (Topplisten hits): "

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" by

Takida Takida is a Swedish rock band from Ånge formed in 1999. The band's name comes from the character Gohei Takeda in the Japanese anime series '' Nagareboshi Gin''. Takeda's name was mispronounced as "Takida" in the Swedish voiceover of the anime s ...

as solo and "

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" (by

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feat. Therese) as a duo with Reza Ningtyas Lindh *Eliminated finishing 6th overall

In band REbound!

After the end of the ''Idol'', Eddie Razaz paired with

, a Swedish singer of Lebanese origin and another contestant on sixth season of the Swedish Idol to form

Rebound! Rebound! was a Sweden, Swedish boyband pop music, pop Musical ensemble, duo established in 2010. Rebound! (written many times as REbound!) was made up of Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, two contestants in Swedish ''Idol (Sweden), Idol''. The band w ...

(often stylized as REbound! with Capital R standing for Rabih and capital E for Eddie) and ended up having a few hits, most notably the chart topping "

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" that reached No. 1 of

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, the official Swedish Singles chart on 7 May 2010. The band had follow up singles "Not Helpless" and "Psycho" before splitting up in April 2011.

Solo music career

Razaz was reportedly preparing his debut solo album for release in 2012 and cooperating in this regard with Swedish rapper and songwriter

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of Kurdish-Persian origin. No such album materialized. ;Melodifestivalen Eddie Razaz took part in

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with the song "Alibi" written by

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and Thomas G:son in a bid to represent Sweden during

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to be held in

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, Sweden. He performed in the third semi-final held in

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on 16 February 2013, but did not qualify for the finals.

Other careers

Razaz is also pursuing a modeling career. Many semi-nude pictures of his circulated around even before his appearances on ''Idol''. They were taken by a modeling agency as he revealed in an interview with Swedish gay magazine ''QX''. Because of the pictures, he enjoyed notable interest in many lifestyle and gay forums internationally. He also modeled for

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Eyewear with photography by

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Personal life

In the May 2010 issue of the Swedish gay magazine '' QX'', Eddie Razaz came out as

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. When asked about why he didn't

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while on ''Idol'', he answered to QX's Anders Öhrman: "I have always lived openly and I have stood for it all my life. And my parents have really been a fantastic support and never had any problems with it. I am fortunate to have such good parents. But when you find yourself in the spotlight, questions like "coming out" comes up again. And I did not want to. It oming outshould never be forced. But now I do not feel compelled, I like it here."

Discography

Singles

;With Rebound! ;Solo

References

External links

Eddie Razaz Facebook

Eddie Razaz My Space

Eddie Razaz Twitter

Idol 2009 page of Eddie Razaz
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