Gabriela comes from Kroměříž in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic. She rose to fame in 2011 when she took part in the second season of Czech & Slovak Idol, where she was praised for her rough and strong voice which suits rock as one of her preferred music styles and ended as the runner-up. In the same year, she also participated in Slovak version of Let’s Dance competition. There she finished on 7th place.
In 2013, Gabriela started her work woth Ken Tamplin at his vocal academy and was seen on some lecture videos on Ken’s YouTube channel. After graduating from Ken Tamplin’s vocal academy in 2014, Gabriela stayed in the United States where she toured with the famous Trans-Siberian Orchestra for one year. Then it was her time to shine at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm.
Gabriela released two solo albums. One right after her participation on Czech & Slovak Idol in 2011 (Dvojí tvář) while the second CD was released two years later in 2013 (Celkem jiná). Gabriela Gunčíková also performed in her career as a guest with another famous Czech singer Karel Gott, who represented Austria at Eurovision 1968.
It was a historical moment when this central European country reached the Eurovision final for the very first time in 2016. Gabriela Gunčíková then finished, unfortunately, only second-to-last in the final but was one of the fan favourites that year. Read more
