Azis was interviewed in the second episode of Michael Palin's New Europe.Azis left the house voluntarily after nineteen days. In 2007, Azis and Kitaetsa appeared in the VIP Brother 2 edition of Big Brother Bulgaria.
In 2021, Azis was scheduled to perform at the Balkan Fair in Kestel, Bursa, Turkey, but the performance was cancelled after a campaign by Islamists targeting Azis' LGBT identity. The picture was then censored in other cities in Bulgaria. In late November 2007, Boyko Borisov, then mayor of Sofia, censored billboards of Azis kissing Niki Kitaetsa, which pictured both men shirtless on the basis they were too graphic in nature. In 2008, Azis and Parvanov separated amicably. Her mother is Azis' longtime friend, Gala. Azis' daughter was born on 5 August 2007 and was named Raya. Their marriage is not legally recognized under Bulgarian law. Azis married Nikolay "Niki Kitaetsa" Petrov Parvanov on 1 October 2006. There, his sister, Matilda, and brother Ryan were born. In 1989, after the fall of communism in Bulgaria, he moved with his family to Germany. Īzis remains a prominent figure in the Bulgarian music scene.Īzis was born Vasil Troyanov Boyanov in Sliven, although his childhood was spent in Kostinbrod and Sofia. Other than his acclaimed career as a vocalist, he competed unsuccessfully in the 2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election as a member of the Euroroma party. Other than that, his repertoire includes duets with former Yugoslav singers, including Indira Radić, Marta Savić, Jelena Karleuša and Severina.īoyanov performed " Let Me Cry" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Mariana Popova, staying in the semi-finals. Azis initially rose to prominence in Eastern Europe performing songs mostly in chalga, a genre which can be described as the Bulgarian rendition of pop-folk.Īzis has collaborated with other Bulgarian pop-folk singers, such as Gloria, Malina, Sofi Marinova, Toni Storaro, and with Bulgarian rap artists – Kur v Ustata and Vanko 1. Vasil Troyanov Boyanov ( Bulgarian: Васил Троянов Боянов born 7 March 1978), professionally known as Azis ( Bulgarian: Азис), is a Bulgarian recording artist, of Romani ethnicity. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.