| Eddie Razaz | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ardalan Razaz Rahmati |
| Born | December 21, 1988 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, Model |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Associated acts | Rebound!, Rabih Jaber |
| Website | www.myspace.com/eddierazaz |
Eddie Razaz (in Persian ادى رزاز) (full name Ardalan Razaz Rahmati, in Persian اردلان رزاز رحمتى) born on 21 December 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish singer of Persian origin. He was a former participant of Swedish Idol 2009 and finished sixth. Eddie Razaz and Rabih Jaber, yet another Idol participant, became a duo pop boy band as Rebound! 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. He has done also modelling and featured in advertisements.
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Born in Stockholm to parents of Persian origin, he first auditioned for Swedish Idol in 2005[1] but was eliminated during the qualifying rounds. He also worked with a modeling agency.[2]
In 2009, he took part in TV4 Idol 2009, the sixth season of the Swedish version of Idol and finished 7th overall. This was his second, more successful shot at the competition after not qualifying in 2005. In 2009 edition of Idol, he reached Week 6 of the live shows before being eliminated and coming 6th overall.
He sang the following songs during the 2009 series:
After the end of the Idol, Eddie Razaz paired with Rabih Jaber, a Swedish singer of Lebanese origin and another contestant on sixth season of the Swedish Idol to form Rebound! (often stylized as REbound! with Capital R standing for Rabih and capital E for Eddie)[3] and ended up having a few hits, most notably the chart topping "Hurricane" that reached #1 of Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles chart on May 7, 2010. The band had follow up singles "Not Helpless" and "Psycho" before splitting up in April 2011.
After the split-up, Eddie Razaz is continuing as a solo artist. Razaz is signed with Sony Music Sweden.
He is preparing his debut solo album due in late 2011 or early 2012. He is cooperating in this regard with Kurdish-Persian-Swedish rapper and songwriter Rebstar.[4]
Razaz is also pursuing a modeling career. Many nude and semi-nude pictures[5] of his circulated around even before his appearances on Idol. They were taken by a modeling agency as he revealed in an interview with gay magazine QX.[6] Because of the pictures, he enjoyed notable interest in many lifestyle and gay forums internationally.[7][8][9][10][11] He recently modeled for Tom Ford Eyewear with photography by Bingo Rimér.[12]
In May 2010 issue of the Swedish gay magazine QX, Eddie Razaz came out as gay.[13][14][15] When asked about why he didn't come out 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. It [coming out] should never be forced. But now I do not feel compelled, I like it here."[3]
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