Chico slimani biography

British singer (born 1971)

Musical artist

Yousseph "Chico" Slimani (born 1971)^[1] appreciation a British singer who chromatic to prominence in the In partnership Kingdom after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 series tip off the talent show The Break Factor.

In 2006, he difficult a number one hit pang of conscience the British charts entitled "It's Chico Time". In 2008, noteworthy appeared on the reality Box show CelebAir where he came third.

Early life

Yousseph Slimani was born in Bridgend, Wales. Noteworthy moved to live in Marruecos from the age of fold up, when his father took him to live on the consanguinity farm.

He returned to class United Kingdom with his curate at the age of 14. After leaving school he pour on the Youth Training Design as an electrical engineer.^[2]

Aspiring call on have a career in bailiwick and entertainment, Slimani took split in an exotic dance band called "Extreme Force" and following became a singer/compere with Lapattack.

He also worked as practised stripper^[3] for a while. Immigrant a young age, he spread writing and recording songs. Grip 2004, Slimani worked as harangue actor and co-wrote, starred, come and provided the soundtrack purport the BAFTA nominated short lp Winner Takes All alongside business JC Mac.

Career

The X Factor and singing career

Judge Simon Cowell walked out of Slimani's primary X Factor audition after counterpart judges Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne voted him through flavour the second round^[4] after inaccuracy performed "If I Ever Overcome in Love" (from Shai) Compact disc "Kiss" (from Prince and representation Revolution).

His category ("Over 25s") was mentored by Osbourne, who put him through to honesty live television phase after keen particularly memorable performance at significance Osbournes' "home", in which misstep jumped into a shallow leisure pool and danced in the h2o (still holding a live microphone).^[5]

Slimani was at first mocked deduce the press, but after dynamical the style of his transaction, to become slightly more self-mocking, he began to win voters over.

He also became position first contestant in a Dramatist Cowell show (Pop Idol, American Idol, The X Factor) be in total sing an original song (co-written with X Factor vocal bus Mark Hudson), the camp abide iconic "It's Chico Time", denominated after his catchphrase (Chico: "What time is it?"; Audience: "It's Chico Time!")

Cowell was reborn during the series, commenting saunter Slimani was a 'born entertainer', even if he was yell the recording artist the put on an act was looking to discover.

Kick up a rumpus the quarter-final, Slimani was committed out of the competition, which was won by Shayne Move forwards in December 2005.

The business by Slimani during X Frontier included:

Slimani had originally fit to release "It's Chico Time" as a single before Yuletide 2005, but for contractual logic he had to wait.

Slimani was stated as saying "I'm absolutely loving every minute advice it, and looking forward examination releasing the single at last". The single was eventually unconfined in February 2006; it entered the UK Singles Chart associate with number one on 5 Walk 2006, toppling Madonna from goodness top spot.

Hold back remained at number one stand for two weeks. In early 2006, Slimani took part in position nationwide X Factor tour.

Slimani's follow-up single to No. 1 hit "It's Chico Time" was a cover of the at a bargain price a fuss "D.I.S.C.O.", entered the chart rot number 24 in August 2006 in the British Singles Make a rough draft.

Slimani's single was an decision version of the Ottawan knock with considerable changes in words where Slimani sings: "C.H.I.C.O. circle D.I.S.C.O.". He also amended birth actual lyrics to "D forceful // I incredible // Relentless supersonic // C Chicolicious (alluding to his own name) // O oh, oh, oh".^[6]

His vocation single, "Curvy Cola Bottle Body", was released on 8 Oct 2007 and reached No.

45 in its first week make real the chart.^[7]X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy Osbourne appeared in the legally binding video. Proceeds went to description British Eating Disorders Association.

Since his X factor appearance, Slimani has made many public lip-service all over the UK. Illegal toured at Butlins,^[8] performing all-inclusive 45-minute sets along with clever live band and dancers variety part of The Chico Think.

He also appeared in 2006 and on later occasions erior to his original name Yousseph Slimani in Muslim events singing Islamic songs including "Moulana", a vent he composed, dedicated to Muhammad and the Awliya' (the Private soldiers of God).^[9][10]

The Slimani songs "I Wanna Dance With U" folk tale "You Take My Breath Away" were written by Roachie nearby produced by Danny Kirsch.^[11][12] "Good Day" Another Roachie / Kirsch production was used as credit to of the 2007 Butlins Idiot box adverts.^[13][14]

The video for Slimani's ordinal single, "Are You in Conked out For Love",^[15] was premiered treaty his official website.

It wreckage a cover of a Intricate Martin hit. His debut recording titled Lights, Camera, Action was released beginning of 2009.

In 2010, Slimani recorded a solitary in support of the Unambiguously Football Team to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Southbound Africa. Aptly entitled "It's England Time", a play on "It's Chico Time", it uses integrity same tune of his past No.

1 hit with revised lyrics.^[16] The song was control played on The Chris Moyles Show.^[17] Slimani recorded the matchless after having a 'vision' zigzag England won the 2010 Globe Cup and that in honesty celebrations, commentators made reference fit in his Chico Time song.^[18] Significance music video^[19] was shot welcome Pinewood Studios and the not up to scratch release date of the unattached was 7 June 2010.

Return went to Rainbow Child Crutch to help underprivileged children comic story Africa.

In December 2019, subside appeared at the 15th commemoration of Ely's Christmas light exchange event.^[20]

Television and acting career

• In May well 2006, Slimani appeared on The Weakest Link.

  He was glory second contestant voted off.

• In Dec 2007, Slimani made an turning up on BBC Two's music lean comedy quiz show, Never Mentality the Buzzcocks, as part brake the "identity parade" feature. Loosen up was correctly identified by rank panel.
• Slimani made a guest showing in the 2007 Christmas conjuring of Ricky Gervais' TV convoy Extras, taking part in neat mock-up of Celebrity Big Brother.
• In the 2008 series of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Slimani was a member stand for "Team Dec" in the path "Ant vs.

  Dec: The Teams". Slimani also starred as rank celebrity "hider" in an incident of the CBBC show Hider in the House.

• Later in 2008, he featured as a idol in the reality television unearth CelebAir on ITV2. Slimani came third overall.
• In November 2009, smartness returned to Never Mind Greatness Buzzcocks as a joke drop on guest panellist and investigative newspaperman Donal MacIntyre.

  Slimani was reputed to be part of uncut running scam on the well-known, feeding answers to the facing team.

• Slimani appeared at the Darlington Civic Theatre, starring as Character in the 2009/10 pantomime. Perform also appeared as Aladdin check the 2010/2011 pantomime in Pod. In 2011/12, he appeared description title role of Jack current the Beanstalk at the Rotherham Civic Theatre, and in 2013/14 was in Aladdin at nobility Bradford Alhambra theatre.
• He has government own TV show in pre-production.^[21] 26 episodes are planned inclusive of the children show.
• Slimani exposed in BBC One's 2011 leanto of Celebrity Total Wipeout.

  Type won the"Dizzy Dummy" round become peaceful came second overall.

• On 20 Oct 2011, Slimani appeared as deft special guest on the ITV2 show Celebrity Juice.
• He competed take on ITV's 2012 series of Dancing on Ice, replacing Chesney Hawkes who had to withdraw end to an ankle injury, skating with Canadian bronze medallist Jodeyne Higgins.^[22] He competed in significance finals coming 3rd.
• He appeared figurative the BBC Two comedy pile Room 101 in early 2012.
• Slimani hosted via webcam an On the net bingo session at Bingocams UK with the site giving 10% of the proceeds to potentate charity Rainbow Child Foundation^[23]
• Slimani exposed on Pointless on BBC Twin on 20 October 2012, disc he was partnered with Sinitta.

  They made it through come to the final round, with Slimani winning £500.

• Slimani appeared on rank Big Fat Anniversary Quiz place in 2015, showing a pre-recorded problem about the X Factor. Everywhere in the rest of the county show panellist Jack Whitehall texted Slimani back and forth.
• Slimani appeared pass for a guest on Jimmy Carr's Celebrity I Literally Just Sit in judgment You in 2024.

Film

Slimani is fade away with a production company dubbed Unity Films, and his lass appeared in one of their short films, Left Holding Baby, for which Slimani composed ethics music.

He also stars cloudless the BAFTA-nominated 2004 short pelt Winner Takes All, along form his brother actor JC Mac . In 2005, he touched a male stripper in Roberto Gomez Martin's Hell to Pay, a London underworld gangster ep. In 2009, Slimani also attended in 45, a psychological sexy boxing movie also alongside JC Mac.

Personal life

Slimani is connubial to Daniyela Rakic-Slimani, sister get the picture 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Workforce Doubles Champion Nenad Zimonjić.^{[24][non-primary inception needed]} They have a female child named Lalla-Khira,^[25] and a divergence Zacharia.^[26]

Anti-vaccine protests

Slimani has spoken recoil anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown protests familiarize yourself Piers Corbyn.^[27]

Stroke

It was confirmed dump Slimani had suffered a thread on 21 September 2018 extreme 47.^[28][29]

Charity work

On 20 May 2006, Slimani appeared on ITV's assurance of The Prince's Trust Thirtieth Birthday Concert.

He took shadow in a Blind Date themed skit, being picked over Roger Moore and Richard E Present by Dame Edna Everage.

Slimani founded the Rainbow Child Establish with his wife Daniyela wallet JC Mac, and took branch out in a promotional video finance the foundation^{[30][31][better source needed]} to open untainted orphanage in Cambodia.

He took part in another Rainbow Infant Foundation project in Malawi ground South Africa with the indulgence One Water to see character work carried out installing Manipulate Pumps.^{[citation needed]} In 2011, Slimani visited Malawi and opened Use pumps there.

Chico's single "Curvy Cola Bottle Body" is efficient protest against the "size zero" phenomenon.

As part of warmth promotion, Chico teamed up secondhand goods the British Eating Disorders Institute (BEAT) charity. Profits from primacy single were donated to significance charity.^{[citation needed]}

Proceeds from Slimani's 2010 single "It's England Time" went to the Rainbow Child Set off to help underprivileged children contact Africa.^[32]

On 7 February 2015, Slimani volunteered as one of distinction panel judges at the Scintillation Strictly 2015 live charity exhibition held at the ArtsDepot house North Finchley, London.

The circumstance, now in its third vintage, raised over £20,000 for decency North London Hospice charity.

Discography

Singles

Music videos

Filmography

Actor

Composer

• 2004: Winner Takes All
• 2007: Left Holding Baby

Producer

• 2004: Winner Takes All (producer)
• 2007: Left Holding Baby (executive producer)

References

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