Jan Bendig

Jan Bendig is a Czech singer of Roma origin. He has been singing since he was a child, and from 2006 to 2009 he lived with his family in Liverpool, UK, where he performed as a singer with his father's musical group, the Gypsy Brothers. In 2008, he took part in the Academy Idol singing competition for young talents, which he also won. In 2009, Bendig entered the Česko Slovenská SuperStar singing competition on Nova and Markíza televisions. Thanks to his very mature singing performances, which were appreciated by music experts, musicians and the audience, he advanced to the seventh final round and was thus placed in fourth place. After ending his participation in the competition, he started to devote himself to his solo music career, where he organizes concerts and performs as a performing singer at social events. He is openly gay and strives for equal rights for sexual minorities in the Czech Republic.