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.
Background
Originally from Mont-Laurier, Quebec, he is the younger brother of singer Bobby Bazini. In the late 2000s, he became a popular performer on YouTube, performing both original songs and covers, and received a recording contract offer from EMI France in 2009. However, the contract fell through as Bazinet battled anxiety disorder.
La Voix
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".
In the finale on April 12, he performed "Jusqu’où tu m’aimes", a song written by his coach Marc Dupré and Alex Nevsky. He was named the winner at the end of the episode, with 46 per cent of the audience vote.
Recording career
On May 12, "Jusqu'où tu m'aimes" was released as his first radio single. 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".
He released the album Talk to Me in fall 2015, and toured to support it. However, he did not release any followup recordings in the next several years, and instead became a music teacher, although he continued to perform occasional concerts.
In 2024 he released the EP Unfinished, his first new recording since Talk to Me. He also made a number of television appearances, performing a stunt audition for Dupré on the 10th anniversary special episode of La Voix, 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.
Personal life
He was romantically linked with his fellow La Voix competitor Alicia Moffet in the 2010s. They later broke up, with Bazinet subsequently announcing that he was in a new relationship with Charlie Cormier.
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.
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.
Discography
- Mystery Love - 2009
- Talk to Me - 2015
- Unfinished - 2024
References
- ^ "Kevin Bazinet grand gagnant de La Voix 2015". Huffington Post, April 12, 2015.
- ^ "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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