Tomáš Bezdeda is a Slovak

Slovaks

The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Slovensko Hľadá SuperStar

Slovensko hladá SuperStar

Slovensko hľadá SuperStar is a casting television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Slovakia and is shown by the national TV network STV from season 1 & 2...

, the Slovak version of Pop Idol

Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...

, shown by STV

Slovak Television

Slovak Television is a state-owned public television network in Slovakia. It was created in 1991 from the Slovak part of the former Czechoslovak Television...

. He worked as a moderator of the music program XXL in STV

Slovak Television

Slovak Television is a state-owned public television network in Slovakia. It was created in 1991 from the Slovak part of the former Czechoslovak Television...

. In 2006 Bezdeda took part in 'Let's Dance' on TV Markíza.

In 2009 Bezdeda attempted to represent Slovakia at the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 and to be the first Slovak entry in the contest since 1998. Bezdeda performed at the Eurosong

Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Slovakia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 after an 11-year absence in the Eurovision Song Contest.After withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest after three poor results from 1994 to 1998, Slovenská Televízia was reluctant to return to the contest due to budget problems in the...

 contest, and in the final came second in the televoting with the song "Každý z nás", beaten by Kamil Mikulčík

Kamil Mikulčík

Kamil Mikulčík is a Slovak singer and actor who was the Slovakia entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with Nela Pocisková. The song, Leť tmou was chosen after a national final. They were the first singers to represent Slovakia at the contest since the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. However,...

 and Nela Pocisková

Nela Pocisková

Nela Pocisková is a Slovak singer and actress who was the Slovakian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with Kamil Mikulčík. The song Leť tmou was chosen after a national final...

. In 2010 he will once again try to win the Eurosong contest, this time performing the song "Na strechách domov".

Discography

Albums

• Slovensko hľadá Superstar Top 11 (April 2005)
• Obyčajné slová (August 2005)
• Ostrov (November 2006)

Singles

• Únos

Slovensko hľadá SuperStar Performances

Semi Finals: "Malý princ" by AYA

AYA (band)

AYA is a Slovak rock band formed in the fall of 1992 in Žilina, Slovakia best known for the hits Malý princ, Baby kakavové, So mnou, Teším sa na teba, Lietaj, dýchaj, buď.... The classic lineup consisted of Boris Lettrich, Mário Tománek, Vlado Kubala, Rado Pažej...

Top 11: "Dnes" by Tublatanka

Tublatanka

Tublatanka is a Slovak rock band formed in the fall of 1982 in Bratislava, Slovakia best known for the hits Pravda víťazí and Dnes. The classic lineup consisted of Maťo Ďurinda , Palo Horváth, and Ďuro Černý from 1982-1992. In 1992, Palo left the band leaving Martin and Ďuro to record their 1993...

Top 10: "Tears in Heaven

Tears in Heaven

"Tears in Heaven" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain and loss Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor. Conor fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother's friend on March 20, 1991. Clapton, who arrived at the...

" by Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

Top 9: "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a popular single by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama....

" by Dr Hook

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show was an American pop, country and soft rock band, formed around Union City, New Jersey in 1967 as The Chocolate Papers. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including "Sylvia's Mother", "The Cover of the Rolling Stone", "A Little Bit...

Top 8: "Hľadám" by No Name

No Name (Slovak band)

No Name is a Slovak rock band. It was formed in Košice on August 26, 1996 by Viliam Gutray and three Timko brothers - Igor, Roman and Ivan. Today, the band has six members....

Top 7: "Reklama na ticho" by Team

TEAM (Slovak band)

TEAM is a contemporary Slovak rock music band.They are most famous for a single from their third album which was called "Držím ti miesto", which was included in the soundtrack of the 2005 American film Hostel.- Discography :*Team 1...

Top 6: "Stumblin' In

Stumblin' In

"Stumblin' In" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, performed by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman from the album If You Knew Suzi....

" by Chris Norman

Chris Norman

Chris Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s....

 & Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro

Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor.She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.-Music:Quatro began her...

Top 6: "Ó Maňo" by Vidiek & Věra Bílá

Vera Bílá

Věra Bílá is a Romani musician and singer of Romani folk and pop songs. She is the lead singer of Kale, and has performed songs in Romani, Czech, and Slovak....

Top 6: "V slepých uličkách

V slepých uličkách

"V slepých uličkách" is a duet by Miro Žbirka and Marika Gombitová released on OPUS in 1980.The song, written by Žbirka and Kamil Peteraj was originally issued as B-side of the Žbirka's solo single "Klaun z domu č. 6", taken also from his debut studio album Doktor Sen...

" by Miro Žbirka

Miroslav Žbirka

Miroslav "Meky" Žbirka is a Slovak pop music singer and songwriter. He performs in Slovak, Czech, and English ....

 & Marika Gombitová

Marika Gombitová

Marika Gombitová is a female singer-songwriter. Having sold one million albums at least, she is considered as the most popular female vocalist in Slovakia. Her vocal range - falsetto excluding - overpasses two octaves; from e to fis2...

Top 5: "She Loves You

She Loves You

"She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the...

" by The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

Top 5: "Always on My Mind

Always on My Mind

"Always on My Mind" is an American country music song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972.Allmusic lists over 300 recorded releases of the song in versions by dozens of performers...

" by Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

Top 4: "Poďme sa zachrániť" by Peter Nagy

Top 4: "Voda, čo ma drží nad Vodou" by Elán

Elán (band)

Elán is a Slovak pop-rock band, founded in 1969 by Jožo Ráž, Juraj Farkaš, Vašo Patejdl and Zdeno Baláž. It became one of the most popular Czechoslovak bands during the 1980s. In 1993, the group represented Slovakia in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest but having finished in...

Top 3: "They Can't Take That Away from Me

They Can't Take That Away from Me

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Shall We Dance....

" by Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...

Top 3: "New York, New York

Theme from New York, New York

"Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...

" by Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

Top 3: "Blue Moon

Blue moon

A blue moon can refer to the third full moon in a season with four full moons. Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly. In addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains roughly eleven days more than the lunar year of 12 lunations...

" by Billy Vaughan

External links

• Official Site www.tomas-bezdeda.com
• Official Forum www.bezdedoland.sk