Kristian Kostov Кристиан Костов | |
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 Kostov in 2017 | |
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| Born | Kristian Konstantinov Kostov (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (age 25) |
| Origin | Bulgaria;Kazakhstan |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Kristian Konstantinov Kostov (Bulgarian:Кристиан Константинов Костов; born 15 March 2000) is a Bulgarian-Russian singer.[1] He was a finalist in season one ofThe Voice Kids Russia and a runner-up in the fourth season ofX Factor Bulgaria.[2] He representedBulgaria in theEurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess", finishing in second place. In January 2018, Kostov won theEBBA Public Choice award.[3] In January 2019, he was one of seven singers who performed in theseventh season ofSinger (previouslyI Am a Singer).[4][5][6]
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Kostov was born inMoscow to aKazakh mother and aBulgarian father.[7] He has an older brother, Daniel, and a younger sister, Sofia.[8] As a child, he learnedBulgarian from his father, English from his brother, andKazakh from his grandfather.
On 5 May 2019, he witnessed theAeroflot Flight 1492 accident atSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia.[9]
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Kostov participated inthe Russian version ofThe Voice. He was part of thefirst season of the kids version of the show where his mentor wasDima Bilan, who chose Kostov to advance to the finals.[10] After his success in Russia, Kristian auditioned for the fourth season ofX Factor Bulgaria as he is of Bulgarian origin.[11] He was selected as one of the three male contestants who advanced to the live shows and became one of the finalists.[12] During the finals, he performed theLyube's song "Позови меня" solo, a duet withVasil Naydenov for "Сбогом, Моя Любов", andEmil Dimitrov's song "Ако си Дал" as his winning song on the second night. When the final results were revealed, he was runner-up.[13]
| The X Factor performances and results | |||
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| 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" (withDarina Yotova) | |||
| Live show 10 | Tears and laughs | "I See Fire" | Safe |
| "The Lazy Song" | |||
| Semi-final | One old and one new song | "Yesterday" | Bottom two |
| "Sorry" | |||
| Final showdown | "Jealous" | Saved by majority vote | |
| Final | One solo and one duet song | "Позови меня" | Runner-up |
| "Сбогом, моя любов" (withVasil Naydenov) | |||
| Songs of the series | "Ако си дал" | ||
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On 7 October 2016, his debut single "Ne si za men" was released by Virginia Records.[14] The song peaked to number 13 on the Bulgarian Singles Chart. He featured on Pavell and Venci Venc's single "Vdigam Level", which was released on 25 November 2016, and peaked to number 13 on theBulgarian Singles Chart. On 13 March 2017, it was announced that he wouldrepresent Bulgaria in theEurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess".[15] He finished in second place.
On 11 January 2019, Kostov was revealed as the last of the seven first-round performers competing on theseventh season ofChina's long-running singing competition,Singer, whose cast consisted of veteran Chinese singersLiu Huan,Chyi Yu,Yang Kun,Wu Tsing-fong, Zhang Xin, and Escape Plan. Kostov was also the youngest contestant inSinger's history at 18.[4][5]
| Singer 2019 performances and results | |||||
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| Episode | Song | Original Singer | Percentage | Rank | Result |
| Round 1 Qualifier | "Beautiful Mess" | Kristian Kostov | 14.34% | 4th | Safe (5th overall, with 12.42% combined) |
| Round 1 Knockout | "Hello" | Adele | 10.50% | 5th | |
| Round 1 Challenge | "Crazy" / "Don't" | Gnarls Barkley /Ed Sheeran | 10.69% | 6th | Safe |
| Round 2 Qualifier | "Remember" | A-Mei | 13.795% | 4th | Safe (4th overall, with 12.96% combined) |
| Round 2 Knockout | "In My Blood" / "Stitches" | Shawn Mendes | 12.125% | 5th | |
| Round 2 Challenge | "Spoiled Innocence" | Yoga Lin | 6.205% | 7th | Eliminated |
| Round 3 Qualifier | "I See Fire" | Ed Sheeran | — | Return Performance | |
| Breakouts | "Get It" / "Rift" | Kristian Kostov | 6.28% | 7th | Breakout Failure |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| AUT [18] | FRA [19] | NLD [20] | SCO [21] | SWE [22] | SWI [23] | |||||||
| "Ne si za men" / "You Got Me Girl"[24][25] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Beautiful Mess" | 2017 | 60 | 160 | 91 | 75 | 51 | 85 | |||||
| "Слушай дождь" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Глубина"(Depth) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Ты Мой Огонь"(You Are My Fire) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "The One (I Need You)" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Burning Bridges"[26] (withJowst) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Get It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shower Thoughts | |||||
| "Honest" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: | ||||
| "Better" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Things I Like" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Thinking" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Depressed On Wednesday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Take Me Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Psycho" (as VOSTOK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time | |||||
| "Welcome To The Show" (as VOSTOK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Time" (as VOSTOK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "2020" (as VOSTOK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Built Different" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Alice" (as VOSTOK) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Intentional" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mine | ||||
| "Iris" (as VOSTOK) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Mine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album | ||||||||||
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| "Ready to Fly"[27] (MaxiGroove & Kristian Kostov) | 2015 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Vdigam Level"[28] (Pavell & Venci Venc' featuring Kristian Kostov) | 2016 | SeTaaBrat | ||||||||||
| "Live It Up" (B-OK featuringRoxie and Kristian Kostov) | 2019 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Sorry" (Tra$h featuring YKEY and Kristian Kostov) | 2023 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| CIS [29] | |||
| "Mir bez voyny"[30] (Deti Zemli featuringOpen Kids, Respublika Kids,Sofia Tarasova, etc.) | 2014 | 313 | Non-album singles |
| "We Rock to Chengdu" (Han Geng featuring NICHKHUN, Park Boram and Kristian Kostov) | 2021 | - |
| Preceded by | Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | Succeeded by |
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