Václav Noid Bárta
{{Short description|Czech singer-songwriter and actor (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Václav Noid Bárta
| image = 20150513 ESC 2015 Václav Noid Bárta 5454.jpg
| alt = close-up of Václav Bárta wearing an open-necked black shirt and black blazer, smiling broadly at camera
| caption = Bárta in 2015
| birth_name = Václav Bárta
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| other_names = Noid
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actor}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| known_for = Representing the Czech Republic in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest
Being the vocalist of Dymytry
| spouse = Lucie Bílá (m. 2006; div. 2008)
Gabriela Dvořáková (m. 2014; div. 2018)
Eliška Grabcová (m. 2022)
| partner = Eliška Bučková (2010–2013)
| parents = Václav Bárta (father)
Lenka Bártová (mother)
| website = {{url|noid.cz}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes
| background = person
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist|Rock|metal}}
| current_member_of = Dymytry
| past_member_of = Dolores Clan
}}
}}
Václav "Noid" Bárta (born 27 October 1980) is a Czech singer-songwriter and actor from Prague. He has released several solo albums, either under his own name or as Noid, and he is the vocalist and frontman of the psy-core band Dymytry, with whom he has issued one studio album.
Bárta has appeared in a number of musical theatre productions, including Carmen, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida, Mam'zelle Nitouche, Bonnie & Clyde, and Sestra v akci, as well as onscreen, such as in the 2010 film Kajínek and the television series Zoo.
Biography
=Early life=
Václav Bárta was born on 27 October 1980 in Prague, into a musical family. His father, Václav Bárta, is a lyricist and music director, and his mother, Lenka Bártová, is a singer.{{cite web|title=Václav Bárta |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215191215/http://zivotopis.osobnosti.cz/vaclav-barta.php |website=osobnosti.cz |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs}}{{cite web|title=Václav Noid Bárta: Neznám prohru |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215183919/http://www.primazena.cz/spolecnost/nej-celebrita/clanek/vaclav-noid-barta--neznam-prohru/ |website=primazena.cz |date=23 November 2009 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Václav Noid Bárta: I don't know defeat}} As a child, he learned to play the recorder, piano, clarinet, guitar, bass, and drums.
=Musical career=
In 1999, Bárta cofounded the nu metal band Dolores Clan with friends. They released five studio albums, including the major-label Prwotní strach in 2004, and they opened for Limp Bizkit in Prague the same year.{{cite web|title=Limp Bizkit aneb Když spustí výbušná pouťová atrakce |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/8591/limp-bizkit-dolores-clan-t-mobile-arena-praha-19-3-2004/ |website=musicserver.cz |date=21 March 2004 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Limp Bizkit or When the Explosive Amusement Ride Starts}} Dolores Clan split up in 2005, and Bárta formed his own group, called Noid Crew. In 2012, he released his debut studio album, titled Rány, under the name Noid,{{cite web|title=Rány |url=https://www.supraphonline.cz/album/70999-rany |website=supraphonline.cz |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs}} and followed it a year later with Václav Noid Bárta. In 2015, he issued the album Jedinej krok, again under the moniker Noid, which featured guest appearances by Marta Jandová and Daniel Landa, among others.
Also in 2015, Bárta represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest, alongside Marta Jandová, singing the song "Hope Never Dies".{{cite web|title=Marta Jandová a Václav Noid Bárta budou reprezentovat Česko na Eurosongu 2015|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11044216364-eurovision-song-contest-2015/215542150300001/|publisher=Czech Television|date=31 January 2015|access-date=31 January 2015|language=cs|trans-title=Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta will represent the Czech Republic at Eurovision 2015}}
In 2019, Bárta released the album Zem and followed with Hollywood in 2023.
Later in 2023, he became the vocalist of the metal band Dymytry,{{cite web|title=Glosa: Václav Noid Bárta vzkřísil Dymytry, jejich invence je ale stále v limbu |url=https://news.headliner.cz/novinky/glosa-noid-vzkrisil-dymytry-jejich-invence-je-ale-stale-v-limbu |website=headliner.cz |date=18 December 2023 |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Gloss: Václav Noid Bárta resurrected Dymytry, but their invention is still in limbo}} going on to record their latest studio album with them, titled V Dobrým I Zlým, in 2024.{{cite web|title=Recenze: DYMYTRY – V dobrým i zlým /2024/ vlastní vydání |url=https://www.metal-line.cz/articles/recenze-dymytry-v-dobrym-i-zlym-2024-vlastni-vydani-3868 |website=metal-line.cz |date=4 February 2025 |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Review: DYMYTRY – V Dobrým I Zlým /2024/ self-published}}
In the 2024 Český slavík poll, Bárta won third place.{{cite web|title=Český slavík: Zpěvačkou roku je Ewa Farna, skupinou Kabát, zpěvákem Marek Ztracený, objevem Sofian Medjmedj |url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/kultura-hudba-zacalo-udileni-ceskych-slaviku-zpevackou-roku-je-ewa-farna-40499354 |website=novinky.cz |date=29 November 2024 |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Český slavík: Singer of the Year is Ewa Farna, the group Kabát, singer Marek Ztracený, discovery Sofian Medjmedj}}
=Acting=
Bárta got his first acting role in the 2010 Petr Jákl film, Kajínek. He then became involved in musical theatre, obtaining roles in such productions as Carmen, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida, Mam'zelle Nitouche, Bonnie & Clyde, and Sestra v akci. He has also acted in the television series Svatby v Benátkách and Zoo.
=Personal life=
In 2006, Bárta married Czech pop singer Lucie Bílá,{{cite web|url=http://revue.idnes.cz/lucie-bila-a-vaclav-noid-barta-milovali-se-ale-lasku-podcenili-p5o-/lidicky.aspx?c=A080902_145458_lidicky_ved|title=Lucie Bílá a Václav Noid Bárta: Milovali se, ale lásku podcenili|date=2 September 2008|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|language=cs|trans-title=Lucie Bílá and Václav Noid Bárta: They loved each other, but they underestimated love|access-date=2 February 2015}} and they announced their separation on 1 September 2008.{{cite web|title=Lucie Bílá a Václav Noid Bárta se rozcházejí |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/vztahy-a-sex/lucie-bila-a-vaclav-noid-barta-se-rozchazeji.A080901_210129_lidicky_ved |website=idnes.cz |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Lucie Bílá and Václav Noid Bárta are separating}} After a well-publicized affair with 2008 Česká Miss pageant winner Eliška Bučková beginning in 2010, the couple were engaged but broke up in January 2013.{{cite web|title=Noid se těžce vyrovnává s rozchodem: Řeknu vám, co Eliška Bučková provedla s mým zásnubákem |url=https://www.super.cz/clanek/celebrity-noid-se-tezce-vyrovnava-s-rozchodem-reknu-vam-co-eliska-buckova-provedla-s-mym-zasnubakem-150131 |website=super.cz |date=13 February 2013 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Noid is having a hard time coping with breakup: I'll tell you what Eliška Bučková did to my engagement}} Later that April, Bárta began dating model Gabriela Dvořáková; the couple married on 7 July 2014.{{Cite web|title=Nejkrásnější nevěsta republiky? Marešova ex Gábina Dvořáková se v poledne vdala za Vaška Noida Bártu|url=http://www.super.cz/277047-nejkrasnejsi-nevesta-republiky-maresova-ex-gabina-dvorakova-se-v-poledne-vdala-za-vaska-noida-bartu.html|website=Super.cz|date=7 July 2014|access-date=3 January 2025|language=cs|trans-title=The most beautiful bride in the republic? Mareš's ex Gábina Dvořáková married Vašek Noida Bárta at noon}} They have one daughter.{{cite web|title=Václav Noid Bárta ist Vater geworden |url=https://www.tschechien-online.org/nachrichten/vaclav-noid-barta-ist-vater-geworden-03022015-11333 |website=tschechien-online.org |date=22 October 2014 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=de |trans-title=Václav Noid Bárta has become a father}} They divorced in 2018.{{cite web|title=Noid a jeho Gábina: Rozvedeni! Prokázaná nevěra a soud o otcovství |url=https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/574651/noid-a-jeho-gabina-rozvedeni-prokazana-nevera-a-soud-o-otcovstvi.html |website=blesk.cz |date=2 November 2018 |access-date=4 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Noid and his Gabina: Divorced! Proven infidelity and paternity lawsuit}} In 2022, he married dancer Eliška Grabcová.{{cite web|title=Václav Noid Bárta se potřetí oženil, ano řekl na mole u rybníka|url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/spolecnost/vaclav-noid-barta-treti-svatba-eliska-grabcova-lucie-bila.A220903_151101_lidicky_lf |website=idnes.cz |date=3 September 2022 |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Václav Noid Bárta got married for the third time, he said yes on the pier by the pond}} They have two daughters.{{cite web|title=Václav Noid Bárta je trojnásobným otcem. Pochlubil se fotkou z porodnice|url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/spolecnost/vaclav-noid-barta-dite-dcera-porodnice-eliska-grabcova.A220420_091505_lidicky_sub |website=idnes.cz |date=20 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2025 |language=cs |trans-title=Václav Noid Bárta is a father of three. He showed off a photo from the maternity ward}}
Selected filmography
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| 2010
| Kajínek | Venca Křížek | |
| 2014–2015
| Svatby v Benátkách | Milan Hrones | TV series – 49 episodes |
| 2022
| Tajemství staré bambitky 2 | Václav | |
| 2022–2023
| Zoo | Lukáš Sýkora | TV series – 43 episodes |
Theatre
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| 2012
| Carmen | Garcia |
| | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| | Aida
| Radames |
| | Lucie, větší než malé množství lásky
| Daniel |
| | Mam'zelle Nitouche
| Director |
| 2016 |
| | Madagascar: A Musical Adventure |
| | Sestra v akci
| Curtis Shank |
Discography
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=with Dolores Clan=
- Demo (1999)
- Promo (2000)
- When Rap Meets Rock (2001)
- Společney pohyb (2002)
- Prwotní strach (2004)
=with Dymytry=
Studio albums
- V Dobrým I Zlým (2024)
EPs
- Víc Než Bůh (split with Hämatom, 2023)
- Pin Me Down (split with Hämatom, 2023)
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=Solo=
Studio albums
- Václav Noid Bárta (2013)
- Zem (2019)
- Hollywood (2023)
As Noid
- Rány (2012)
- Jedinej krok (2015)
Singles
- "Hope Never Dies" (with Marta Jandová) (Eurovision Song Contest 2015 – official Czech Republic entry)
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References
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External links
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- {{official website|noid.cz}}
- {{Discogs artist|1639453}}
- {{Discogs artist|1278396|Noid}}
- {{imdb name|id=3297792}}
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|before=Gipsy.cz
with "Aven Romale"
|title=Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest
|years=2015
(with Marta Jandová)
|after=Gabriela Gunčíková
with "I Stand"
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Category:21st-century Czech male singers
Category:Male actors from Prague