The jury

Kevin MсCoy

Member of the International jury of the XXVI International Pop Song Performers Contest "Vitebsk-2017"

Singer, composer, ex-soloist of "Bad Boys Blue" band

Kevin MсCoy was born on 21 January 1971 (USA, Virginia)

His music career began in 1997. He collaborated with the company "EMI MUSIC GERMANY", signing a contract in 1997.

MсCoy wrote music, performed in clubs. During one of his performances he met with Eric Singer and Andrew Thomas, the founder of "Bad Boys Blue", who offered Kevin to join the popular band.

Touring extensively, giving concerts in the best Europian concert halls, MсCoy continued to write songs.

In 2009, after the death of Andrew Thomas, Kevin MсCoy became the producer of "Bad Boys Blue". Soon, however, with his friend and producer Igor Sanger, he launched a new project - "Kevin McCoy ex Bad Boys Blue".

Currently, Kevin McCoy is one of the most sought-after artists internationally.

He frequently gives concerts in the countries of the former USSR and the CIS. He performed in Minsk (Belarus) and Moscow (Russia), participates in the Russian television projects.

His new compositions "Just to see your Smile" and "Little Things" (with the Belarusian TV presenter Yana Shipko) are of special popularity. The video for the song "Do What you Do" with the Armenian singer SONA had more than a million online viewings by people from around the world.

Kevin MсCoy lives in Spain. He appears in commercials of Vodafone company (Spain).

The singer is taking part in the International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" for the third time. In 1999, he came as part of "Bad Boys Blue" band. In 2014, he performed solo on stage of the Summer Amphitheatre in the concert program "Golden Hit" and at the gala concert of the Opening Ceremony of "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" sang a duet with People's Artist of Russia Nadezhda Kadysheva.

This year Kevin McCoy is to take part in the concert "Golden Hit" and the gala concert of the Closing Ceremony of "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk".