Christiana Louizu

Christiana Louizu
Birth name Christiana Louizu Hadjiordanous
Born (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990
Larnaca, Cyprus
Genres pop, opera, soft rock
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2005–present
Labels Virginia Records

Christiana Louizu Hadjiordanou (Greek: Χριστιάνα Λοΐζου Bulgarian: Христиана Лоизу, born 19 January 1990) is a Cypriot singer and the winner of the 4th season of X Factor Bulgaria.[1] She is competing under the name Christiana Loizou from 2015, which is considered simpler for non-Greek speakers.[2]

Career

Early career

She grew up in Larnaca, Cyprus with her parents Louis and Sotirula. In 2005, she competed in her first concert in Veliko Tarnovo, winning it. Two years later she moved to Bulgaria, furthering her studies in opera singing at the Sofia National Academy of Music and working in the National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria.[2][3] In 2014, she attempted to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 alongside Mariana Moskofian, with the song "Sailing Ships, Pirates and Dragons", but didn't qualify for the final.[4]

2015–2016: X Factor Bulgaria

Living with her boyfriend in Leeds, England, she participated in Bulgarian X Factor over the British X Factor.[3] After successfully avoiding elimination, she made it to the final. On the final she performed Lara Fabian's song "Je t'aime" and had a duet with B.T.R. vocalist Atanas Penev, performing the English version of the song "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. For her final song she chose "Осъдени души" by Lili Ivanova. She won the show over Kristian Kostov and Darina Yotova.[5]

2016–present: After X Factor

After winning X Factor she was considered to represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2016.[6]

List of singles as main artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BUL
"Phoenix" 2016 — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ НОВИЯТ X Factor на България е Християна Лоизу (СНИМКИ) Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Cypriot wins Bulgaria’s X Factor contest
  3. 1 2 Християна Лоизу от Кипър е в "Х Фактор", след като се отказа да пее в британския Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Who will participate in fourth episode of Eurovision Song Project?
  5. ↑ НОВИЯТ X Factor на България е Християна Лоизу Archived 2016-01-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Кой трябва да ни представя на евровизия
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