Slavi Trifonov

Stanislav Todorov Trifonov (Bulgarian: Станислав Тодоров Трифонов) (born 18 October 1966), known as Slavi Trifonov (Bulgarian: Слави Трифонов), is a Bulgarian musician and actor. Trifonov is mainly active in the folk music genres, but he has experimented with other genres such as hip-hop in collaboration with the Australian-based producer Yasen Subev, and pop-rock and punk as a part of Ku-Ku Band (Bulgarian: Ку-Ку Бенд). His name is associated mainly with the Slavi's Show, Exiles, Canaletto and KU-KU.

Slavi Trifonov
Born (1966-10-18) 18 October 1966
Pleven, People's Republic of Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
CitizenshipBulgaria
EducationNational Academy of Music
Occupation
  • singer
  • songwritter
  • actor
  • producer
  • Television presenter
  • politician
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1]

Biography

Early life

Stanislav Todorov Trifonov was born on 18 October 1966 in Pleven, Bulgaria. His father is from Gorna Mitropoliya, Bulgaria, and his mother, Zdravka, is from Todorovo. He is the youngest of three brothers and has a sister, Petya, three years older than him, who he has said is the person closest to him. He was named after his grandfather Stoyo.

He grew up in a strict family where his mother had a major role, and the value of a good education was upheld. Trifonov was an excellent student and enjoyed spending time reading books.

Trifonov enrolled in the music school in Pleven; during one of the school holidays, he went to Kaylaka Park with his class. Although uncomfortable, and feeling out of place there, he decided to sign up for the talent night. He performed some jokes he had memorized from comedian Dimitar Shkumbata's apocryphal audiotape. Trifonov was surprised by the audience's positive response and their request for an encore, which he defines as a turning point in his life.

In 1985 Trifonov graduated from SMU Panayot Pipkov in Pleven, and later graduated from the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Filmography

Slavi Trifonov voiced Red in the Bulgarian dub of The Angry Birds Movie.

Television career

Trifonov, along with Peter Kurumbashev and Lyuben Dilov Jr., was one of the first producers of private programming on Bulgarian National Television (BNT).

His first appearance was on the TV show KUKU in a sketch parody of heavy metal band, shot in Studio 4 of the National Television network.

In 1997, he actively participated in protests against the rule of Zhan Videnov on Canaletto.

In 1998, he became producer and host of Exiles. The programme was suspended from BNT after a single broadcast on 8 February 1998, before being broadcast by 7 Dni TV and other cable TV channels in the country after two years. It was distinguished by sharp political satire and strong participation by the group Ku-Ku Band. The main script writers of Exiles were writers Rosen Petrov, Toshko Yordanov, Ivaylo Valchev, Ivo Petrov, and Siromahov.

On 27 November 2000 Trifonov made the first episode of Slavi's Show on bTV. He is currently the director of the production company Seven-eight AD. The company produces programming mostly for bTV and the bTV Media Group such as 5 Stars and reality shows on license including Survivor BG, Music Idol 1, and Dancing Stars 2, and two mini-series Where is Brother? and Brandy and Sunrise.

As a singer he has released twenty-two albums, with Ku-Ku, Canaletto, Outcasts and Ku-Ku Band. He has gone on numerous tours throughout the country, as well as a tour in the United States and Canada. In 2004, he recorded a duet with the lead singer of Antique, Elena Paparizou, called "Why?"

In 2005, Trifonov participated in the Bulgarian national finals for the Eurovision duet with Sofi Marinova. When it was time to perform her song "Unity", Trifonov announced that they were withdrawing from the competition because the vote was manipulated using SIM cards.

In 2008, Trifonov was fined 500 leva (roughly $275 U.S.) for contempt. Trifonov has filed multiple lawsuits against so-called tabloid newspapers, won the majority of them, and donated the money to charity. In early 2013, Trifonov condemned the company Magardich Halvadjian and Judy Halvadjian for misusing excerpts from "Slavi's Show".

On 6 May in Slavi's Show, Trifonov announced that his show would end on 31 July 2019, and after 15 September Slavi and his team will create their own television, called 7/8 TV. In October 2019 on his Facebook profile Slavi announced when his television will start. The first television broadcast was on 4 November 2019.

Trifonov now produces 6 new shows on 7/8 TV. He is the host of the new show called Late Night Show with Slavi Trifonov.

Ku-Ku Band

Trifonov is the frontman of the Bulgarian music band Ku-Ku established in 1993 by Trifonov, Evgeni Dimitrov, Maestro Evgeny Jotov, and Ilia Iliev. The band has played or plays a major role on the TV programmes KU-KU, Canaletto and Slavi's Show, and on other projects such as Fife Stars, Idols, Sing with Me, and The Voice of Bulgaria 1 and 2. It has released 21 albums, over 300 songs, performed at hundreds of concerts, and toured thirteen times, including once in the United States.

Political career

In 2019 he set up the populist ITN party,[2] which has been supportive of the 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests.

Stances on political and social issues

In March 2020, Trifonov donated 100,000 leva to go towards the salaries of the medical personnel in the Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia who are battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria,[3] but has also been criticized for initially downplaying the extent of the pandemic and publicly opposing many of the pandemic control measures.[4]

Albums (different music styles through the years – punk, folk, folk rock, chalga)
  • Ръгай чушки в боба (Prod Peppers in the Bean Soup) (1993)
  • Шат на патката главата (Rip off the Head of the Duck) (1994)
  • Рома ТВ (Roma TV) (1994)
  • Жълта книжка (Certificate for Mental Disorder) (1995)
  • Хъшове (Hajduks) (1996)
  • Каналето – The Best (Canaletto – The Best) (1997)
  • Едно Ферари с цвят червен (A Ferrari in Color Red) (1997)
  • Франция, здравей (Hello, France) (1998)
  • Девети трагичен (The Tragic Ninth) (1998)
  • Вавилон (Babylon) (1998)
  • Няма "не искам", няма "недей" (Don't Say "I Don't Want to", Don't Say "Don't Do It") (1999)
  • Часът на бенда (The Hour of the Band) (2000)
  • Новите Варвари (The New Barbarians) (2001)
  • The Best (2001)
  • Vox Populi (2002)
  • Прима патриот (Prima Patriot) (2004)
  • И оркестъра да свири (Let the Orchestra Play) (2005)
  • Ние продължаваме (We Keep on Going) (2007)
  • No Mercy (2009)
  • Македония (Macedonia) (2010)
  • Един от многото (One of the Many) (2012)
  • Има такъв народ (Such People Do Exist) (2017)
  • Песни за българи (Songs for/about Bulgarians) (2018)

References
  1. "Профил на Слави Трифонов" (in Bulgarian). slava.bg. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. Cholakov, Petar (22 January 2020). ""Има такъв народ": новият план на Слави Трифонов" (in Bulgarian). dw.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. "Слави Трифонов дарява 100 000 лева за медицинските сестри и санитарите от Александровска болница" (in Bulgarian). sedemosmi.tv. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. "Слави Трифонов видя лошия коронавирус в страшния филм" (in Bulgarian). bpost.bg (citing actualno.com). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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