We like to thank Czech Republic and Martin Brož for the updates of their representative Gabriela Gunčíková.
About Gabriela Gunčíková
This young talented singer with the largest vocal range on the contemporary Czech pop music scene was born in Kroměříž twenty-two years ago. She has lived for music since her childhood, winning her first singing award at the age of thirteen. Five years later she was named Discovery of the Year in the Český slavík 2011 poll. She has released two albums and also appeared in Czech musicals. Today she is setting off for a tour across the United States.
From a young age she gravitated towards rock music. She played the guitar for six years and has sung and played in a number of bands. A milestone in her singing career was second place in the competition Česko Slovensko hledá Superstar (Czech Republic and Slovakia Search for a Superstar) in 2011. She has released two albums in which she also participated as a songwriter – DVOJÍ TVÁŘ (DOUBLE FACE - 2011), which had become the number ten top selling album in the Czech Republic after a week of being released, and CELKEM JINÁ (QUITE DIFFERENT - 2013). In mid-2013 she contacted one of the world’s most well-known vocal coaches Ken Tamplin. She traveled to meet him in California and under his leadership has filmed several videos and taken singing lessons across genres and vocal techniques. Thanks to her talent and voice she soon became, as one of his best students, the face of the Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy.
The videos, which have been seen by hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world, were also noticed by American band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which subsequently offered to collaborate with Gabriela. After a successful audition in Florida in 2014, at the end of the same year she went on tour with them, taking in almost sixty concerts along the USA’s entire West coast, and continues to perform with them today.
Gabriela is looking forward to the trip to Stockholm and it is a great honour and commitment for her to represent the Czech Republic. She grew up with bands such as Europe, Roxette and ABBA, is learning Swedish and loves Swedish cuisine.
I stand
I’ve worn the path
I’ve hit the wall
I’m the one who rose and fall
I’ve played my heart
When I played the part
But it got me through the rain
I have felt the strain
I’ve made mistakes
With the monsters in my head
But in the end
You’re standing there
You’re the one who always cares
Cause I stand
I stand
I am standing here
Just because of you
Every part of me is a part of you
I stand
I’m standing tall
I can hold it all
Now I see where I belong
The choice I made
helped me understand
Now this life is mine to play
I am thanking you, you made me
You are my air
I’ll always care!
I stand...
You never lose hold of me
You always trust and you see
I stand
I stand.
