# Kristian Kostov

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. 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

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.
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 |
| Live show 9 | Love is everything | "Крадена любов" (with Darina Yotova) | Safe |
| Live show 10 | Tears and laughs | "I See Fire" | Safe |
| Live show 10 | Tears and laughs | "The Lazy Song" | Safe |
| Semi-final | One old and one new song | "Yesterday" | Bottom two |
| Semi-final | One old and one new song | "Sorry" | Bottom two |
| Semi-final | Final showdown | "Jealous" | Saved by majority vote |
| Final | One solo and one duet song | "Позови меня" | Runner-up |
| Final | One solo and one duet song | "Сбогом, моя любов" (with Vasil Naydenov) | Runner-up |
| Final | Songs of the series | "Ако си дал" | Runner-up |

### 2016–2018: Virginia Records, debut single and Eurovision

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.
Singer 2019 performances and results :
| 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 | Safe (5th overall, with 12.42% combined) |
| 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 | Safe (4th overall, with 12.96% combined) |
| 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 |

## 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: | Released: 10 July 2020 Label: Polydor Records Formats: Digital download |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | AUT | FRA | NLD | SCO | SWE | SWI | Album |
| "Ne si za men" / "You Got Me Girl" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Beautiful Mess" | 2017 | 60 | 160 | 91 | 75 | 51 | 85 | Non-album singles |
| "Слушай дождь" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Глубина" (Depth) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ты Мой Огонь" (You Are My Fire) | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "The One (I Need You)" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Burning Bridges" (with Jowst) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Get It" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shower Thoughts |
| "Honest" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Better" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Things I Like" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Thinking" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Depressed On Wednesday" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Take Me Back" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mood: |
| "Psycho" (as VOSTOK) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time |
| "Welcome To The Show" (as VOSTOK) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time |
| "Time" (as VOSTOK) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time |
| "2020" (as VOSTOK) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time |
| "Built Different" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Alice" (as VOSTOK) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Intentional" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mine |
| "Iris" (as VOSTOK) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mine |
| "Mine" | 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 | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |||

#### Other collaborations

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | CIS | Album |
| "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 | - | Non-album singles |