In 2013, Badran participated in the reality series
Paradise Hotel broadcast on
TV3. He also took part in
Paradise Hotel again in the 2014 season for one week. Along with the fashion blogger
Viktor Frisk, Badran started the music duo
Samir & Viktor. In May 2014, the duo released their first single, "Success". The song peaked at number one on the Swedish
iTunes chart during its first week. Samir & Viktor participated in
Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "
Groupie", in a bid to represent Sweden in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. They went for it a second time in 2016 with the song "
Bada nakna", reaching twelfth place in the competition but hitting the number one spot on the Swedish
DigiListan sales chart in February 2016. Badran then competed in the celebrity dance show ''
Let's Dance 2017, which was broadcast on TV4 and he finished in fifth place. He also participated in Farmen VIP 2018, which was broadcast on TV4. He was furthermore the co-presenter of Talang'' from 2019 to 2021. Samir did the "Vasaloppet" in 2025. ==Personal life==