Olivér Berkes (born 13 August 1992,

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) is a Hungarian singer-songwriter. Born in Germany, at the age of 5, he moved with his family to Hungary and is currently an International Business School student. While playing competitive tennis for a long time, his music career was launched in 2012 by competing in the Hungarian version of The Voice, ''

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'', where, as a member of

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's team, he reached the semi-finals. Since then, he regularly performs and is a permanent member of the club Orpheum Pest, where he most notably acts in an adaptation of

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, where he performed the role of

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. His first solo song was titled ''Első érintés'', created along with DJ Newikkel, and Goodbye in 2014 has been on popular domestic music radio stations. In 2015, he published his first solo album and EP titled ''Don't Be Anxious''. He has thrice participated in

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, the Hungarian national selection for

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in the

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: First in

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, in a duet with

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and titled ''Seven Seas'', and reached the final. He also competed in

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, in another duet, this time with Zävodi, titled ''#háttérzaj''. They progressed to the final. He also competed in

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, this time as a solo artist with the song ''Viágítótorony'', where he failed to qualify past the heat.

Discography

Singles

*Give Me Some *Goodbye *Don't Be Anxious *Seven Seas (with

;

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) * #háttérzaj (with Zävodi;

) *Viágítótorony (

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berkes, Oliver 1992 births Living people German emigrants Immigrants to Hungary 21st-century Hungarian male singers German people of Hungarian descent