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 KajÃÂnek and the television series Zoo.
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. As a child, he learned to play the recorder, piano, clarinet, guitar, bass, and drums.
In 1999, Bárta cofounded the nu metal band Dolores Clan with friends. They released five studio albums, including the major-label Prwotnàstrach in 2004, and they opened for Limp Bizkit in Prague the same year. 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, 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".
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, going on to record their latest studio album with them, titled V Dobrým I Zlým, in 2024.
In the 2024 ÃÂeský slavÃÂk poll, Bárta won third place in the category Best Male Singer. A year later, he won the poll again, this time in first place.
Bárta got his first acting role in the 2010 Petr Jákl film, KajÃÂnek. 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.
In 2006, Bárta married Czech pop singer Lucie BÃÂlá, and they announced their separation on 1 September 2008. After a well-publicized affair with 2008 ÃÂeská Miss pageant winner Elià ¡ka BuÃÂková beginning in 2010, the couple were engaged but broke up in January 2013. Later that April, Bárta began dating model Gabriela Dvoà Âáková; the couple married on 7 July 2014. They have one daughter. They divorced in 2018. In 2022, he married dancer Elià ¡ka Grabcová. They have two daughters.
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