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Sofia, Bulgaria. After
months of intensive work, Bulgaria's national broadcaster BNT has
revealed that Kristian Kostov will represent the country in 2017 with Beautiful Mess. Kristian follows in the footsteps of Poli Genova who represented the country with If Love Was A Crime, achieving Bulgaria's best ever placing in the Eurovision Song Contest. Born in Moscow on 15 March 2000, Kristian is the youngest
performer in the Eurovision Song Contest this year. The selection of
Kristian follows the theme of the contest this year, Celebrate Diversity, since his father is Bulgarian and his mother is from Kazakhstan. In 2014 he was one of the finalists of The Voice Kids in
Russia where he reached the final. Eurovision winner Dima Bilan was his
mentor in the show. Kristian recalled the experience fondly; "Dima is a
great guy and he was the one who inspired me to reach the final and
give my best week after week. Without him it would have been impossible
for me to do it". The project for Kyiv marks the second year of BNT’s reinvigorated
efforts to take the Bulgarian participation at Eurovision to a new
level. The composers of the song are Borislav Milanov from Bulgaria,
Sebastian Armann from Austria, and Joacim Bo Persson from Sweden, all of
whom were part of last year’s successful entry If Love Was A Crime. Eurovision Song Contest
