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Kristian Kostov
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Kostov in 2017
Background information
Native name
Кристиан Костов
Birth name Kristian Konstantinov Kostov
Born (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 24)
Moscow, Russia
Origin Bulgaria; Kazakhstan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • actor
  • model
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active 2014–present
Labels
  • Holistic Monkeys
  • Xuman
  • Symphonix
  • Universal
  • Virginia

Kristian Konstantinov Kostov (Bulgarian: Кристиан Константинов Костов; born 15 March 2000) is a Bulgarian-Russian singer. He was a finalist in season one of The Voice Kids Russia and a runner-up in the fourth season of X Factor Bulgaria. He represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess", finishing in second place (first in bets). In January 2018, Kostov won the EBBA Public Choice award. In January 2019, he was one of seven singers who performed in the seventh season of Singer (previously I Am a Singer).

Personal life

Kostov was born in Moscow to a Kazakh mother and a Bulgarian father. He has an older brother, Daniel, and a younger sister, Sofia. As a child, he learned Bulgarian from his father, English from his brother, and Kazakh from his grandfather.

On 5 May 2019, he witnessed the Aeroflot Flight 1492 accident at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia.

Career

2014–2016: The Voice Kids Russia & X Factor Bulgaria

Kristian Kostov at Bitva Talantov (2)
Kostov in 2016

Kostov participated in the Russian version of The Voice. He was part of the first season of the kids version of the show where his mentor was Dima Bilan, who chose Kostov to advance to the finals. After his success in Russia, Kristian auditioned for the fourth season of X Factor Bulgaria as he is of Bulgarian origin. He was selected as one of the three male contestants who advanced to the live shows and became one of the finalists. During the finals, he performed the Lyube's song "Позови меня" solo, a duet with Vasil Naydenov for "Сбогом, Моя Любов", and Emil Dimitrov's song "Ако си Дал" as his winning song on the second night. When the final results were revealed, he was runner-up.

2016–2018: Virginia Records, debut single and Eurovision

Kristian Kostov (Bulgaria). Photo 366
Kostov during one of rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

On 7 October 2016, his debut single "Ne si za men" was released by Virginia Records. 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 the Bulgarian Singles Chart. On 13 March 2017, it was announced that he would represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess". He finished in second place.

2019–present: Singer

On 11 January 2019, Kostov was revealed as the last of the seven first-round performers competing on the seventh season of China's long-running singing competition, Singer, whose cast consisted of veteran Chinese singers Liu Huan, Chyi Yu, Yang Kun, Wu Tsing-fong, Zhang Xin, and Escape Plan. Kostov was also the youngest contestant in Singer's history at 18.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Shower Thoughts
  • Released: 10 August 2018
  • Label: Symphonix
  • Formats: Digital download
Prologue
  • Released: 15 March 2019
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Mood:

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
FRA
NLD
SCO
SWE
SWI
"Ne si za men" / "You Got Me Girl" 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"
(with Jowst)
"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.

As featured artist

Title Year Album
"Ready to Fly"
(MaxiGroove & Kristian Kostov)
2015 Non-album single
"Vdigam Level"
(Pavell & Venci Venc' featuring Kristian Kostov)
2016 SeTaaBrat
"Live It Up"
(B-OK featuring Roxie 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.

Other collaborations

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CIS
"Mir bez voyny"
(Deti Zemli featuring Open 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 -

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Kristián Kóstov para niños

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