Miroslav Kostadinov ( bg, Мирослав Костадинов; born 10 March 1976) is a

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singer and songwriter who represented

Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Angel si ti" written by Miroslav Kostadinov, Mihail Mihailov and Gordon Davis. The song was performed by Miro, which is the artistic name of singer Miroslav Kostadinov. In ...

with the song " Angel si ti".

Biography

Kostadinov was born in

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. He began playing the piano as a child. Years later, he joined an amateur singing group. After receiving awards from a number of festivals, he collaborated with some friends who were well-known musicians. Kostadinov has won two awards in Varna Discovery, and has also performed in

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and

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. Later, he became part of the pop duo KariZma. In 2007, he recorded his first two songs as a solo musician, entitled "Ever Before" and "Lose Control", the latter being the first single on his debut solo record ''Omirotvoren''.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

For the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, Bulgaria decided not to use the multi-heat selection system of previous years and select their artist internally. A panel of 51 music experts voted for a number of candidates; Kostadinov was the winner with ten votes, followed by

Poli Genova Poli Plamenova Genova ( bg, Поли Пламенова Генова; born 10 February 1987) is a Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. Genova began her career in 1991, at the age of four, as a member of the Bulgarian ch ...

with seven, and Nora in third place with three. Other artists in the running were

Slavi Trifonov Stanislav Todorov Trifonov ( bg, Станислав Тодоров Трифонов; born 18 October 1966), known as Slavi Trifonov ( bg, Слави Трифонов), is a Bulgarian TV host, musician and politician. Trifonov is mainly active i ...

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and Stoyan Yankoulov, the 2007 Bulgarian representatives. At a national final, Kostadinov performed five songs written especially for him, in five different music genres ranging from ethno to rock. The winning song, selected by televote, was " Angel si ti". It was performed in the second semi-final on 27 May 2010, but did not progress to the final.

Discography

Singles

Videography

KariZma

*Рискувам да те имам (Riskuvam da te imam) *Колко ми липсваш (Kolko mi lipsvash) *Ще избягам ли от теб? (Shte izbiagam li ot teb?) *Mr.Killer *Минаваш през мен (Minavash prez men) *All in Love (Ne sega)

Solo career

*Някога преди (Niakoga predi) *Завинаги (Zavinagi) feat.

Anelia Aneliya Georgieva Atanasova ( bg, Анелия Георгиева Атанасова, born 1 July 1982), better known mononymously as Anelia ( bg, Анелия), is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer. She gained popularity in Bulgaria with her secon ...

*Nirvana feat. Mike Johnson ( 2-4 family) *Губя контрол, когато (Gubia kontrol, kogato REMIX) *В едно огледало (V edno ogledalo) feat.

Krum Krum ( bg, Крум, el, Κροῦμος/Kroumos), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome ( bg, Крум Страшни) was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814. During his reign the Bulgarian territor ...

*Август е септември (Avgust e septemvri) *Убиваме с любов (Ubivame s lubov) *Ангел си ти (Angel si ti) *Mil Amantes feat.

Feminnem Feminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members. They represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 (with original members Ivana Marić, Neda Parmać and Pame ...

and Sir Jam *POWER

Personal life

Kostadinov married Elitza Zlatanova in 2016.

Awards

*2007 – Most Elegant Male *2008 – Fan TV award for Best Male Artist *2008 – Planeta TV award for Best Song ("Zavinagi" feat.

) *2008 – Planeta TV award for Best Video ("Zavinagi" feat.

) *2008 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Lyrics ("Niakoga predi") *2008 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Video ("Niakoga predi") *2008 – Nov folk Music Awards – Best Duet ("Zavinagi") *2008 – Romantika Radio – Best Song ("Zavinagi") *2008 – "Sing with me" reality show – 1st place (with Divna) *2009 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Male Artist *2009 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Song ("Gubia kontrol, kogato") *2009 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Album ("Omirotvoren") *2009 – Mad Video Music Awards – Best Bulgarian Video ("Gubia kontrol, kogato REMIX") *2010 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Male Artist *2010 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Song ("Ubivame s lubov") *2010 – BG Radio Music Awards – Best Video ("Ubivame s lubov")

References

External links

The official site of Miroslav Kostadinov
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