Basic Information:
How tall is Mika?
Mika is around 6’3” (he jokes that it’s 6’4” counting his hair), or around 188-191 cm tall.
How much does Mika weights?
He weights around 161 lbs. or 73 kg.
What’s Mika’s full name?
His legal name is Michael Holbrook Penniman, but he was always called Mica.
Does Mika has brothers or sisters?
Mika has 3 sisters (Yasmine, Paloma and Zuleika) and 1 brother (Fortuné).
What’s Mika’s religion?
Mika says he was raised as a good Catholic boy, but we don’t know if he is actually a practising Catholic. He has also said he sometimes goes to church because he likes the ceremony.
How many languages does Mika speaks?
He speaks English and French fluently, some Spanish and Arabic, and he studied Mandarin Chinese in school but he has forgotten the language.
Where was Mika born?
He was born in Beirut, Lebanon on August 18, 1983. But he left Lebanon due to the civil war, Mika’s family moved to Paris, France (with a brief stopover in Cyprus) when he was just 1 year old. He lived in Paris until he was 9, at which point his family moved to London.
What’s Mika’s sexual orientation?
Mika refuses to discuss his sexual orientation with the media because he considers it irrelevant to his career as a musician, and considers it a part of his private life that he does not feel the need to publicly share.
Mika has also said that he prefers not to label himself in regard to sexuality. The closest he has come to applying a commonly accepted category to his sexual orientation was in September 2009. He was quoted in the Netherlands-based Gay&Night magazine as saying “Call me whatever you want. Call me bisexual, if you need a term for me.”
Is Mika dyslexic?
Yes, Mika has said that he’s been diagnosed with dyslexia, which caused him troubles in school and in reading, spelling, telling time, etc. However, he has dealt with his dyslexia and is now an avid reader, though he remains an unconventional speller.
He has also said that his dyslexia caused him to be incapable of reading sheet music, although medically it is a different issue and has nothing to do with dyslexia proper. It has also been questioned whether Mika’s learning disability was actually dyslexia and not something else, because according to him, he started having trouble reading and writing after a traumatic bullying experience, whereas dyslexia is a genetic condition and not caused by trauma.
What’s Mika’s vocal range?
Although others (including press sources) have claimed it to be anywhere from 4 to 5 octaves, Mika says it is really a little over 3.5 octaves.
Source: Mikafanclub and Interviews.
