Kristian Kostov
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| Birth name | Kristian Konstantinov Kostov |
| Also known as | Kris |
| Born | 15 March 2000 Moscow, Russia |
| Origin | Bulgaria |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Virginia |
Kristian Konstantinov Kostov (Template:Lang-bg, born 15 March 2000) is a Russian singer and songwriter of Bulgarian and Kazakh origin. He was a finalist in season one of the The Voice Kids Russia and a runner-up in the fourth season of X Factor Bulgaria.[1] He will represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess".
Early life
Kostov was born in Moscow to a Bulgarian father and Kazakh mother.[2] As a child, he learned Bulgarian and English from his father, and is known for his fluency and almost native proficiency in English.
Career
2014–2016: The Voice Kids Russia & X Factor Bulgaria
Kostov participed in the Russian version of The Voice, Golos. He was part of the first season of the kids version of the show where his mentor was Dima Bilan and Kostov got to the finals.[3] After his success in Russia, Kristian decided during his visit to Bulgaria to audition for X Factor Bulgaria as he is of Bulgarian origin.[4] He made it to the final of the show after he was on elimination with the group A.V.A. but was chosen by the judges to go to the final.[5] On the final of season 4 he performed solo the Lyube's song "Позови меня" and made a duet with Vasil Naydenov performing the song "Сбогом, Моя Любов". For the final song he chose Emil Dimitrov's song "Ако си Дал", but he finished in seсond place as Christiana Louizu won the show.[6]
| The X Factor performances and results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Theme | Song | Result |
| First audition | Free choice | "When I Was Your Man" | Through to bootcamp |
| Bootcamp | Group performance | "Chandelier" | Through to Judge's houses |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | "If I Ain't Got You" | Through to live shows |
| Live show 1 | Number one's | "Thinking Out Loud" | Safe |
| Live show 2 | Halloween | "Take Me to Church" | Safe |
| Live show 3 | First love | "I'm Not The Only One" | Safe |
| Live show 4 | Bulgarian hits | "Невидим" | Safe |
| Live show 5 | Movie Soundtracks | "Wild Wild West" | Safe |
| Live show 6 | Divas and Heroes | "Болката отляво" | Safe |
| Live show 7 | Disco hits | "Treasure" | Safe |
| Live show 8 | International hits | "Позови меня" | Safe |
| Christmas show | Christmas edition | "Mistletoe" | No eliminations |
| Live show 9 | Love is everything | "Story of My Life" | Safe |
| "Крадена любов" (with Darina Yotova) | |||
| Live show 10 | Tears and laught | "I See Fire" | Safe |
| "The Lazy Song" | |||
| Semi-final | One old and one new song | "Yesterday" | Bottom two (3rd) |
| "Sorry" | |||
| Final showdown | "Jealous" | ||
| Final | One solo and one duet song | "Позови меня" | Runner-up |
| "Сбогом, моя любов" (with Vasil Naydenov) | |||
| Songs of the series | "Ако си дал" | ||
2016–present: Virginia Records, debut single and Eurovision
On 7 October 2016 his debut single "Ne si za men" was released by Virginia Records. The song was writen by Venci Venc' and music and arrangement by Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler and Isaac Evans.[7] The song peaked to number 13 on the Bulgarian Singles Chart. He featured on Pavell & Venci Venc's single "Vdigam Level". The song was released on 25 November 2016 and peaked to number 13 on the Bulgarian Singles Chart. On 13 March 2017 (2 days before his 17th Birthday), it was announced that he will represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song "Beautiful Mess".[8] He will be the first singer at Eurovision to have been born in the 2000s decade.
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| BUL [9] | ||||||||||||
| "Ne si za men" | 2016 | 13 | Non-album singles | |||||||||
| "Beautiful Mess" | 2017 | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| BUL [9] | |||
| "Vdigam Level" (Pavell & Venci Venc' featuring Kristian Kostov) |
2016 | 13 | Non-album singles |
References
- ^ "Вижте и чуйте нашия 15-годишен Кристиян от Москва - голямата музикална сензация!". trud.bg. 21 October 2015.
- ^ Mamsikashvili, Rezo (13 March 2017). "KRISTIAN KOSTOV WILL REPRESENT BULGARIA AT EUROVISION 2017 WITH "BEAUTIFUL MESS"". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
- ^ "Участники детского "Голоса" готовятся к новым выступлениям". nnews.nnov.ru. 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Кои са финалистите в X Factor?". trud.bg. 21 October 2015.
- ^ Христиана Лоизу, Дарина Йотова и Кристиан Костов са финалистите в “Х Фактор”
- ^ НОВИЯТ X Factor на България е Християна Лоизу
- ^ Младият музикален идол Кристиан Костов с дебютна песен
- ^ Jordan, Paul (13 March 2017). "Bulgaria is a 'Beautiful Mess' in 2017". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Kristian Kostov - Music Charts". acharts.co. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
External links
- Kristian Kostov profile at Virginia Records Template:Bg icon
- Kristian Kostov at IMDb
- Kristian Kostov on Facebook
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Moscow
- Bulgarian male singers
- Russian male singers
- X Factor (Bulgarian TV series)
- Bulgarian Eurovision Song Contest entrants
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2017
- Bulgarian people of Kazakhstani descent
- Russian people of Bulgarian descent
- Russian people of Kazakhstani descent
- The Voice Kids contestants