George Papagheorghe (born 22 June 1982, in

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) a.k.a. Jorge and at times GEØRGE is a

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n singer, dancer and TV host, specially for the talent competition ''România dansează'' on

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starting 2013.

Career

Beginnings

George Papagheorghe was born in Constanța on the

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in an artistic family as his father was a well known celebrity performing in social gatherings, bars and at weddings in Macedonia. He performed at school while 11 in classical opera pieces accompanied by piano. After graduation, he specialized in management at

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in Bucarest.

Musical career

In band Cocktail

He was cast by

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Music when he was 20 to be in a musical band called Cocktail in 2002 with other members being Mihai Dăscălescu, Sandrina Agape, Raluca Coman, și Teodora Vasu and in 2003 took his band to the Romanian version of ''Popstars'' broadcast on

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. They won the series with their song "Până-n zori" collecting 212 points. The band released the self-titled album ''Cocktail'' with the hit "Ei și ce" gaining them more popularity. The band also released the hit "Lumea-i a mea". and "Prietenii". The album was produced by Bogdan Popoiag, Dan Griober and Marius Moga. But facing financial difficulties and unstable political conditions in Romania, Cocktail folded in 2005.

Stage and acting career

In 2007-2008 he appeared in the stage production "Micul Paris" with Aurelian Temișan and Maria Buză and in the show "3007-Terra Maimuțelor" at

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theatre. He collaborated with the blind Romanian singer star

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having a charting hit "Îndrăgostit" in 2008. In April 2009, he took part in an operatic role in a musical version of ''

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'' in partnership production between Budapest State Opera and Bucharest-based Theater National Operetta "Ion Dacian". Papagheorghe had the lead role as Romeo and Simona Nae the lead role as Juliet. He also made voice-overs in Romanian with Disney films like in the role of Flynn Rider in ''O poveste încâlcită'' (''

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'' in English) (2010) and in ''Regatul de gheață'' (Romanian version of '' Frozen'', 2013).

Solo music career

In 2014, he had a major hit with "Nu ne potrivim" featuring CRBL. In 2015 he had another hit "Nimeni nu-i perfect" featuring singer JO. This was followed by "Detector de minciuni" featuring

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in 2016.

Television career

With the demise of Cocktail in 2005, Papagheorghe moved to television presenting ''Fete de gașcă'' on

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. He also took part in the Romanian dance competition ''

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'' without making it to the final. In 2010, he was offered by channel

, to co-present with Alina Crișan, a former member of the band ASIA, in a musical competition show ''Cântă dacă poți!'' (meaning Sing if you can!) which followed 8 competitors, in groups of two, competing in four rounds to win the title. He appeared in ''

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'' (the Romanian version of ''

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'') in the first 2 seasons of the show in 2012 and 2013 winning season 2. Papagheorghe is best known however for hosting the danse show ''

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'' on Antena 1. In 2017 he hosted the emission Super Potriveala on

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Discography

Albums

;As part of Cocktail

Singles

In band Cocktail *"Până-n zori" *"Ei și ce" *"Lumea-i a mea" *"Prietenii" Solo

Filmography

* 2016- Trolls- Branch (Romanian version)

References

External links

Jorge official website

Jorge official Facebook

Jorge Profil Original pe Discogs.com

Jorge YouTube
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