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Kristian Kostov

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameKristian Konstantinov Kostov Born15 March 2000 Nationality🇷🇺 Russian National SelectionInternal selection 2017 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv SongBeautiful mess (2017) Biography Kristian Kostov is a Russian/Bulgarian singer. Kristian Kostov was born in Moscow. His mother, Zaure, is Kazakh, and his father, Konstantin Kostov, is Bulgarian. From early childhood, Kristian was interested in music, and his parents decided to send him to the Neposedy studio. In 2006, he was cast in the Neposedy group and began his studies there . In the same year, he performed at the Kremlin together with Yulia Nachalova, participated in numerous concerts at various venues in Moscow. Together with the group he went on tour in Russia and abroad. Neposedy repeatedly participated in various competitions. In 2009 they opened Eurovision in Moscow. In 2011, Kostov won the Grand Prix at the international children’s competition “Sound Kids”. In 2012 he became a resident of the production center Jazz Parking. Kostov also represented Bulgaria at the Children’s New Wave 2012, where he took seventh place. In October of the same year, he was invited to become a member of the new children’s television project “Shkola muzyki” by Lina Arifulina, where he took the third place. At the age of 13, Kristian took part in the Russian television project Golos. Deti (The Voice Kids), where he reached the final. In 2014, as part of the combined choir “Deti Zeml” (which united the Open Kids group, students of the school-studio “Respublika KIDS”, Sofia Tarasova and other famous children) recorded the song “Mir bez voyny”. In the summer of 2015, at the age of 15, Kristian Kostov took part in the 4th season of the X-Factor Bulgaria. He was the youngest participant in the fourth season. Kristian reached the 2nd place in the contest. In 2016, Kostov signed a contract with the Bulgarian music label Virginia Record. On October 7, 2016, he released his debut single with the song “Ne si za men” (“Not for me”). For two weeks the song was at the top of the national hitparade of the most frequently aired Bulgarian songs on radio and television. In addition, as a guest artist, Kristian Kostov recorded the song “Vdigam Level” (“Leveling Up”) with the duo Pavell & Venci Venc’, which spent 14 consecutive weeks at the top of the same hitparade. Later, on January 13, 2017, “You Got Me Girl” was released – the English version of the song “Ne si za men”. On March 13, 2017, it was officially announced that Kristian Kostov would represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv in May. Kostov performed the song “Beautiful Mess”. He took 2nd place, which was a record for Bulgaria in the entire history of performances at the competition. At the beginning of 2019, he participated in the Chinese Singer Professional Singer Television Competition, but did not reach the finals. At 18, Kostov became the youngest participant in this show. On March 15, 2019, the EP album “Prologue” was released on Chinese music platforms. It consists of five songs: two covers of famous Chinese songs, “Beautiful mess” (Inspired by China), “Live it up” with Chinese singer Tifa Chen, and an instrumental version of “Live it up”. The album was ranked among the top ten albums by Western artists of 2019 on the Chinese music platform QQ. In February 2020, the single “Honest” was released. On 10 July of the same year, his EP “Mood” came out, followed by the music video “Thinking” on 8 August. In January 2021. the project VOSTOK released an EP on all the Chinese platforms: “Time”. Kristian released several songs, but a music video came out in August 2022: “Intentional”. Entries Beautiful Mess Country🇧🇬 Bulgaria Year2017 LanguageEnglish LyricsBorislav MilanovSebastian ArmanJoacim Bo PerssonAlex OmarAlexander V. Blay MusicBorislav MilanovSebastian ArmanJoacim Bo PerssonAlex OmarAlexander V. Blay BackingsVlado MihailovCesár SampsonBorislav Borisov Dimitrov Results Semi Points: 403Position: 1Running order: 15 Results Finals Points: 615Position: 2Running order: 25 https://youtu.be/OMmm-G078LM

Srbuk

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameSrbuhi Sargsyan Born03 April 1994 Nationality???????? Armenian National SelectionInternal selection 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongWalking out (2019) Biography Srbuhi Sargsyan (April 3, 199, Yerevan, Armenia) is better known as Srbuk, an Armenian pop singer-songwriter. She received her musical education at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Srbuhi Sargsyan appeared in the music industry after participating in the first season of the Armenian X Factor, where she took the second place. In 2012, Srbuk formed her own band called Allusion. In 2014, she and Garik Papoyan performed the song “Boat”, which is one of the soundtracks of the Russian film Ljogok na mogine. In 2016, Srbuk released his debut single “Yet’e karogh yes”. In 2018, she participated in the eighth season of the TV show Voice of Ukraine, getting the fourth place. On November 30, 2018, it was announced that he would represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. She represented Armenia with the song “Walking out”, a song that unfortunately did not reach the final in the Eurovision Song Contest. In the same year, Srbuk released a single called “Na na na”. Two singles were released in 2020, both collaborations with other artists: “Hagtelu enq” with Gor Sujyan, Mavr Mkrtchyan and Gevorg Hakobyan, “Mez vochinch chi haghti” with Iveta Mukuchyan, Gor Sujyan, Sevak Amroyan, Sevak Khanagyan and Sona Rubenyan. Entries Walking Out Country???????? Armenia Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsGarik Papoyan MusicLost Capital(Hovhannes Hovhannisyan& Ashot Petrosyan)tokionine BackingsJujo GrigoryanArevo GrigoryanSaro GevorgyanDavid Badalyan (tokionine) Results Semi Points: 49Position: 16Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/avBwSUYlTtI

Oto Nemsadze

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameOto Nemsadze Born18 June 1989 Nationality???????? Georgian National SelectionGeorgian Idol 2019Georgian national final 2017 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongKeep on going (2019) Biography Oto Nemsadze is a Georgian singer, born in Gori, in those days in the Soviet Union. Nemsadze is best known for winning season five of Geostar in 2010. After this, he created his own jazz band. They performed in Georgia but also in Kiev. It was the start of his performances in Ukraine. He won the Ukrainian/Georgian contest 10+10 in a duet with Marietta. He participated in season three of The Voice of Ukraine, finishing second. In the same year, 2013, he released his debut album and had a solo concert in Kiev. Nemsadze even had a hit in Ukraine, “Oy, chyy to kin stoyit”. He took part in several contests. He was even invited to participate in “Brittain’s Got Talent”, but due to visa problems he had to withdraw. In 2017 he participated in the Georgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with his band Limbo. The song “Dear God” reached a 10th place. Two years later, he participated in Georgian Idol in order to be the Georgian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. He won and represented Georgia with the song “Keep on going”. Unfortunately, Nemsadze didn’t manage to reach the final. In may 2022, Oto and Limbo published a song called “Ukraine”, a song that was made as an ode to the country were he felt welcome, and that is now involved in a war. Entries Keep On Going Country???????? Georgia Year2019 LanguageGeorgian LyricsDiana Giorgadze MusicRoman Giorgadze BackingsGiorgi KananadzeGiga ChigogidzeDato TsintsadzeSpartak SharikadzeMikheil Javakhishvili Results Semi Points: 62Position: 14Running order: 11 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/vu4nHsaAJwU