Zhana Bergendorff

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Zhana Bergendorff (Bulgarian: Жана Бергендорф; born Zhana Vladimirova Brankova, Bulgarian: Жана Владимирова Бранкова, on 20 October 1985) is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. She is known for winning the second series of Bulgarian X Factor in 2013.^[1]

Zhana was born in Sofia, Bulgaria under the name Zhana Vladimirova Brankova, adopting the father and family name of her second father.^[2] She started singing at the age of 7. Her mother (a paratrooper) played the piano, and her maternal grandparents (both practicing jurists) played the violin. When she was 18 years old she moved to sing in South Korea. She lived there until 2010 and later moved to Denmark, her husband's country of origin. In Denmark she entered X Factor Denmark.^[3]

Zhana participated in X Factor Bulgaria 2013. In all the weeks of the show, she was never threatened by elimination. She reached the finals with Ana-Maria Yanakieva and Atanas Kolev. Ana-Maria gained 3rd place, Zhana won the public vote by 69,9% winning the 2013 X factor title.^[1]

On 12 June 2014, Bergendorff's debut single, titled "Samuray" was released by Virginia Records. The song was written by Rushi Vidinliev, and the music and arrangement were done by Ray Hedges and Nigel Butler.^[4][5] In December, a collaboration between Zhana and Kristo was released, with the name "Igraem S Teb Do Kraya".^[6] Few months later, on 9 May 2015, her second single was released, titled "Nevazmozhni Sme Sami".^[7] In 2016, Zhana took part of the VIP Brother 2016 season, where she entered second, lasted 41 days and was the fourth person eliminated from the house.^[8] Her last record with Virginia Records, called "Dokrai", was released on 7 January 2017^[9] and she announced her departure from the company in mid–August when her contract wasn't renewed.^[10]

On 12 March 2018, it was announced that Bergendorff will be part of the group named Equinox, which will represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with their song "Bones". They finished 14th in the Grand Final.^[11][12]

Zhana has one son Leon, born in 2010. She is married to Stefan Bergendorff, a Danish ship engineer she met in South Korea. She has lived in South Korea and Denmark. She speaks Bulgarian, English, Korean and Danish.^[3]

In 2016, she was arrested and charged for usage of cocaine.^[13]

• The Voice of Summer Tour 2014
• Coca-Cola Happy Energy Tour 2014
• The Voice of Summer Tour 2015

• X Factor profile Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Facebook page