Chico Slimani
Chico Slimani was born in Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom on April 2nd, 1971 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 53, Chico Slimani biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Yousseph "Chico" Slimani (born 1971) is a British singer who rose to prominence in the United Kingdom after winning the quarter-finals of the 2005 series of The X Factor.
He had a number one hit on the British charts in 2006: "It's Chico Time" was a hit.
He appeared on the reality TV show CelebAir in 2008, where he ranked third.
Early life
Yousseph Slimani was born in Bridgend, Wales. When his father asked him to live on the family farm, he went to live in Morocco from the age of two. At the age of 14, he and his father returned to the United Kingdom with his father. After leaving school, he joined the Youth Training Scheme as an electrical engineer.
Slimani, who wanted to work in theatre and spectacle, performed in "Extreme Force" for a decade and then became a singer/compere with Lapattack. He also worked as a stripper for a while. He began writing and recording songs from a young age. Slimani appeared, starred, produced, and wrote the soundtrack for BAFTA-nominated short film Winner Takes All with actor JC Mac in 2004.
Personal life
Slimani is married to Daniyela Rakic-Slimani, the niece of 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion Nenad Zimonji. They have a daughter named Lalla-Khira and a son Zacharia.
Slimani has appeared at anti vaping and anti lockdown demonstrations with Piers Corbyn.
Slimani had a stroke on September 21, 2018, age 47, according to the newspaper.
Slimani appeared on ITV's coverage of The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday Concert on May 20, 2006. He performed well in a Blind Date themed skit, being chosen over Roger Moore and Richard E Grant by Dame Edna Everage.
Slimani established the Rainbow Child Foundation with his partners Daniyela and JC Mac, and appeared in a commercial film announcing the foundation's opening of an orphanage in Cambodia.
He was involved in another Rainbow Child Foundation project in Malawi and South Africa with the charity One Water to see the installation of Play Pumps. Slimani went to Malawi in 2011 and opened Play pumps there.
Chico's single "Curvy Cola Bottle Body" is a cry against the "size zero" phenomenon. Chico joined the British Eating Disorders Association (BEAT) charity as part of its promotion. The single's proceeds were donated to the charity.
The Rainbow Child Foundation helped African children in need of assistance. Slimani's 2010 single "It's England Time" went to the Rainbow Child Foundation to assist impoverished children in Africa.
Slimani volunteered as one of the panel judges at the Dancing Strictly 2015 live charity exhibition at the ArtsDepot in North Finchley, London, on Friday, February 7, 2015. The annual festival, which is now in its third year, raised over £20,000 for the North London Hospice Foundation.
Career
Judge Simon Cowell walked out of Slimani's initial X Factor audition after fellow judges Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne voted him through to the second round after he performed "If I Ever Fall in Love" (from Shai) / "Kiss" (from Prince and the Revolution).
His category ("Over 25s") was mentored by Osbourne, who put him through to the live television phase after a particularly memorable performance at the Osbournes' "home", in which he jumped into a shallow pool and danced in the water (still holding a live microphone).
Slimani was at first mocked in the press, but after changing the style of his performances, to become slightly more self-mocking, he began to win voters over. He also became the first contestant in a Simon Cowell show (Pop Idol, American Idol, The X Factor) to sing an original song (co-written with X Factor vocal coach Mark Hudson), the camp and iconic "It's Chico Time", named after his catchphrase (Chico: "What time is it?" Audience: "It's Chico Time!")
Cowell was converted during the series, commenting that Slimani was a 'born entertainer', even if he was not the recording artist the show was looking to discover. In the quarter-final, Slimani was voted out of the competition, which was won by Shayne Ward in December 2005.
The performances by Slimani during X Factor included:
Slimani had originally planned to release "It's Chico Time" as a single before Christmas 2005, but for contractual reasons he had to wait. Slimani was stated as saying "I'm absolutely loving every minute of it, and looking forward to releasing the single at last". The single was eventually released in February 2006; it entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 5 March 2006, toppling Madonna from the top spot. It remained at number one for two weeks. In early 2006, Slimani took part in the nationwide X Factor tour.
Slimani's follow-up single to No. 1 hit "It's Chico Time" was a cover of the song "D.I.S.C.O.", entered the chart at number 24 in August 2006 in the British Singles Chart. Slimani's single was an alternative version of the Ottawan hit with considerable changes in lyrics where Slimani sings: "C.H.I.C.O. on D.I.S.C.O.". He also amended the actual lyrics to "D dynamic // I incredible // S supersonic // C Chicolicious (alluding to his own name) // O oh, oh, oh".
His next single, "Curvy Cola Bottle Body", was released on 8 October 2007 and reached No. 45 in its first week in the chart. X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy Osbourne appeared in the official video. Proceeds went to the British Eating Disorders Association.
Since his X factor appearance, Slimani has made many public appearances all over the UK. He toured at Butlins, performing full 45-minute sets along with a live band and dancers as part of The Chico Experience.
He also appeared in 2006 and on later occasions under his original name Yousseph Slimani in Muslim events singing Islamic songs including "Moulana", a song he composed, dedicated to Prophet Muhammad and the Awliya' (the Men of God).
The Slimani songs "I Wanna Dance With U" and "You Take My Breath Away" were written by Roachie and produced by Danny Kirsch. "Good Day" Another Roachie / Kirsch production was used as part of the 2007 Butlins TV adverts.
The video for Slimani's fourth single, "Are You in It For Love", was premiered on his official website. It is a cover of a Ricky Martin hit. His debut album titled Lights, Camera, Action was released beginning of 2009.
In 2010, Slimani recorded a single in support of the English Football Team to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Aptly entitled "It's England Time", a play on "It's Chico Time", it uses the same tune of his previous No. 1 hit with amended lyrics. The song was first played on The Chris Moyles Show. Slimani recorded the single after having a 'vision' that England won the 2010 World Cup and that in the celebrations, commentators made reference to his Chico Time song. The music video was shot in Pinewood Studios and the official release date of the single was 7 June 2010. Proceeds went to Rainbow Child Foundation to help underprivileged children in Africa.
Slimani is involved with a production company called Unity Films, and his daughter appeared in one of their short films, Left Holding Baby, for which Slimani composed the music. He also stars in the BAFTA-nominated 2004 short film Winner Takes All, along with his brother actor JC Mac . In 2005, he played a male stripper in Roberto Gomez Martin's Hell to Pay, a London underworld gangster film. In 2009, Slimani also appeared in 45, a psychological thrilling boxing movie also alongside JC Mac.