Kevin Bazinet
Kevin Bazinet (born June 14, 1991) is a Canadian pop singer, who won the third season of the reality television series La Voix in 2015.[1]
Background
[edit]Originally from Mont-Laurier, Quebec,[2] he is the younger brother of singer Bobby Bazini.[2] In the late 2000s, he became a popular performer on YouTube,[2] performing both original songs and covers, and received a recording contract offer from EMI France in 2009.[2] However, the contract fell through as Bazinet battled anxiety disorder.[2]
La Voix
[edit]After taking time away from the business to look after his physical and emotional health, he reemerged in 2015 as a competitor on La Voix, auditioning with a take on Sam Smith's acoustic version of "Latch".[2]
In the finale on April 12, he performed "Jusqu’où tu m’aimes", a song written by his coach Marc Dupré and Alex Nevsky.[1] He was named the winner at the end of the episode, with 46 per cent of the audience vote.[1]
Recording career
[edit]On May 12, "Jusqu'où tu m'aimes" was released as his first radio single.[3] The song peaked at #2 on Quebec's French language pop charts.
In June, Bobby and Kevin performed together on Quebec's Opération Enfant Soleil telethon, duetting on a version of The Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody".[4]
He released the album Talk to Me in fall 2015,[5] and toured to support it. However, he did not release any followup recordings in the next several years, and instead became a music teacher,[6] although he continued to perform occasional concerts.
In 2024 he released the EP Unfinished, his first new recording since Talk to Me.[7] He also made a number of television appearances, performing a stunt audition for Dupré on the 10th anniversary special episode of La Voix,[8] and appearing on the debut season of Quel talent!, the Quebec version of the international Got Talent franchise, with Harmonix, a vocal group comprising several of his students.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He was romantically linked with his fellow La Voix competitor Alicia Moffet in the 2010s.[10] They later broke up, with Bazinet subsequently announcing that he was in a new relationship with Charlie Cormier.[11]
Bazinet and Moffet remained close friends, however; after Cormier suffered a miscarriage in 2019, Bazinet noted in a television interview that Moffet was an important part of their support system.[12]
In 2021, Cormier gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Madeline who was the subject of one of the songs on Unfinished.[13]
Discography
[edit]- Mystery Love - 2009
- Talk to Me - 2015
- Unfinished - 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kevin Bazinet grand gagnant de La Voix 2015". Huffington Post, April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "La Voix’s Kevin Bazinet’s second chance at music pays off" Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Montreal Times, April 2, 2015.
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet lance Jusqu'où tu m'aimes". La Presse, April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Les frères Bazinet-Bazini en duo". TVA Nouvelles, June 7, 2015.
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet dévoile la pochette de son album et son premier single en anglais!". HollywoodPQ, October 20, 2015.
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet fonde son école de chant". TVA Nouvelles, March 13, 2017.
- ^ Arianne Lebreux-Ebacher, "8 ans après son dernier album, Kevin Bazinet effectue son grand retour musical". 7 Jours, January 15, 2024.
- ^ " Marc Dupré fait grandement réagir à son retour à La Voix". Vedette Québec, January 14, 2024.
- ^ Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Un gagnant de La voix se présente à Quel Talent!". Showbizz, September 21, 2024.
- ^ Constance Cazzaniga, "Alicia Moffet et Kevin Bazinet ne forment plus un couple". HollywoodPQ, June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet est en couple!". Hollywood PQ, October 30, 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet se confie sur la fausse couche de sa conjointe". HollywoodPQ, July 27, 2019.
- ^ Patrick Delisle-Crevier and Vanessa Hébert, "Un bébé miracle pour Kevin Bazinet et sa conjointe". 7 Jours, January 21, 2021.
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