:Pavol Habera

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{{Infobox musical artist

| background = person

| name = Pavol Habera

| alias = Paľo Habera

| image = PavolHaberaKraus.jpg

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| alt = Pavol Habera wearing a white t-shirt with a lapel microphone, holding an object in both hands, grinning, and looking left of camera

| caption = Habera in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|04|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brezno, Czechoslovakia

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| genre = {{hlist|Rock|pop rock}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|actor}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals|piano}}

| years_active = 1982–present

| label = {{hlist|Tommü Records|PolyGram|Ebony|Studio|P&H}}

| current_member_of = TEAM

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Tristo hrmených|Burčiak|Avion}}

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Pavol Habera (born Pavel Habera in 12 April 1962), better known as Paľo Habera, is a Slovak singer, musician, composer, and musical actor. He gained popularity in the 1980s as the leader of the rock band TEAM and has since been known through his successful solo career, and most recently as a judge on the television shows SuperStar Search Slovakia and SuperStar, based on the British music competition television series Pop Idol.

Early life

Habera studied economics at school but eventually found his specialization in music. Before performing compulsory military service, he sang in the band Tristo hrmených,{{Cite news|title=Tímový hráč i sólista – Pavol Habera |url=https://kultura.sme.sk/c/3822408/timovy-hrac-i-solista-pavol-habera.html|newspaper=Sme|date=12 April 2008 |access-date=24 August 2020 |language=sk |trans-title=Team member and soloist – Pavol Habera}} which also included Andrej Šeban, and later in Burčiak, also with Šeban.{{Cite web|title=Biografia Paľa Haberu|trans-title=Biography of Paľo Habera|url=http://www.pavolhabera.info/old/Biografia.htm|website=pavolhabera.info|access-date=24 August 2020|language=sk}} After returning from the army, Habera played with the band Avion. In 1988, he joined TEAM, a pop rock band from the city of Martin, whose fame rose with the arrival of their new lead singer. He has remained the group's frontman to this day.

Career

In 1991, Habera won the Zlatý slavík and Anděl music awards. The following year, he launched a successful solo career.

Habera was a judge on the panel of the Slovak music competition television show SuperStar Search Slovakia, based on the British programme Pop Idol.{{cite web|title=Pavol Habera|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/12815-pavol-habera/|url-status=live|website=ČSFD|access-date=24 August 2020|language=cs|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200701193203/https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/12815-pavol-habera/|archive-date=1 July 2020}} Since 2009, he has been a judge on the show SuperStar, a Czech-Slovak co-production of the same format.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Habera has also written music for other artists, including Karel Gott, for whom he composed the 1992 hit "Když muž se ženou snídá" and the 1993 single "Svet lásku má", which he sang together with Gott and opera singer Peter Dvorský.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} Apart from his musical activities, Habera has also dabbled in acting. He played the lead role in the 1993 musical film Fontána pre Zuzanu 2, which also starred Malian-Slovak singer and actor Ibrahim Maiga and Czech singer Lucie Bílá.

Personal life

Habera lived in the United States for four years and now{{When?|date=February 2025}} resides in Prague.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} He is married to Czech model Daniela Peštová, with whom he has a daughter and a son.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} Habera also has a daughter, Zuzana, from a previous marriage.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Discography

=with Team=

Team 1 (1988)
Ora Team (also Team en Esperanto) (1989)
Team 2 – Prichytený pri živote (1989)
Team 3 (1990)
Team 4 (1991)
Team 5 (1993)
Team 6 – Voľná zóna (1996)
Team 7 – 7edem (2000)
Team 8 – Mám na teba chuť :-) (2002)
Team X (2004)
Team 11 (2007)

=Solo=

Studio albums

Pavol Habera (1991)
Habera 2 (1992)
Zhasni a svieť (1995)
Svet lásku má with Peter Dvorský, Karel Gott, and the Slovak Philharmonic, conducted by Ondrej Lenárd (1996)
Habera '97 (1997)
Vianočné koncerty with Peter Dvorský (1998)
Vianočná hviezda with Peter Dvorský (1999)
Boli sme raz milovaní (2000)
To sa stáva (2006)