Tamás Vastag (born 28 June 1991,

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) is a

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-winning Hungarian singer and actor. He is most well known for coming 5th on the first season of the Hungarian version of X-Factor.

Personal life and career

Tamás Vastag was born on 28 June 1991 in the town of

, near

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, the son of Sándor Vastag, a university professor, and Márta, a teacher. His two brothers are Balázs and fellow X-Faktor contestant and winner

Csaba Vastag Csaba Vastag (born 11 February 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian musician, who won the first ever series of the Hungarian ''X-Faktor'' in 2010.

. On 22 June 2016, he had a son, Sándor Samu Vastag.

Career

In 2010, he and his brother Csaba participated in the first season of the Hungarian counterpart of

X-Faktor ''X-Faktor'' is the Hungarian version of ''The X Factor'', a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show premiered in 2010 and it contin ...

. Tamás came 5th, while his brother Csaba won the contest. In autumn of 2011, fellow Hungarian singer Ildikó Keresztes featured Tamás in her song ''Hátha lehet még'' in the album ''A démon, aki bennem van'', along with Norbert L. Király and Nikolas Takács.

A Dal

In late 2012, Tamás Vastag was announced to participate in the 2013 edition of A Dal, the Hungarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. With the song ''Holnaptól'', he was able to get to the final of the contest (from the 2nd heat, to the 2nd semi-final, and finally to the final), and was chosen by the judges to be eligible into the superfinal of the contest, where, if chosen by the televote, would have represented Hungary at the

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. However, ByeAlex was chosen to be representative of that year. In late 2013, Tamás was announced to participate again in the 2014 edition of A Dal, this time he attempted to represent Hungary in the

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with the song ''Miss One Smile''. While the song was initially in English, Tamás decided to perform the Hungarian version of the song, entitled ''Állj meg világ''. Chosen to sing again in the 2nd heat, Tamás was eliminated, with only 35 points, being beat out by fellow contestant

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. He will participate in A Dal again for the 2018 edition with the song '' Ne hagyj reményt''. He was eliminated in the semi-finals.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vastag, Tamas 21st-century Hungarian male singers Hungarian pop singers Hungarian male actors 1991 births Living people People from Veszprém Masked Singer winners