20-year-old Dushanbe resident Daniel Rustamov took part in the first stage of the seventh season of the popular Ukrainian vocal show"X Factor". For the performance, the young singer chose a difficult composition - the song Radioactive by the American rock band imagine Dragons.
All four jury members - Konstantin Meladze, Yulia Sanina, Andrey Danilko, Anton Savlepov - were pleasantly surprised by the performance young man and gave the go-ahead for his further participation in the show.
In his profile, Rustamov wrote that he came to the show to raise the status of Tajikistan and to show that there are talented guys in the country.
“People are used to the fact that Tajiks come only to earn money, like guest workers, and this is sad,” the singer admitted, speaking from the stage.
To perform on stage at such a large-scale competition and meet his idol Konstantin Meladze, according to him, was a long-time dream.
During Daniel's performance, the audience sang along with him, and some members of the jury danced along.
“A colorful character,” commented Konstantin Meladze on the participant’s performance.
“Daniel, as you understand, it’s not that difficult to move the jury members. The main thing is to choose good song and not spoil it. You did it,” said another member of the show’s jury, Yulia Sanina.
“It seems like nothing special at first, but then you sit and can’t take your eyes off this person. Some kind of magic and some kind of hook grabs you and drags you,” Konstantin Meladze praised his fan.
“This is probably called charisma. You had a blast - and so did we. It turned out to be such a universal holiday. Well done!" - Meladze added.
The performance was recorded back in July, and Ukrainian television it was shown on Saturday, October 8th. In a couple of days, a video with Daniel Rustamov’s performance spread throughout social networks and collected a thousand likes and comments. Tajiks in the comments to this video thank their fellow countryman for such a bright performance, wish him victory in the competition and further success in his work.
X-Factor is the Ukrainian version of the British musical project The X Factor, the main goal of which is to find and develop the song talent of the contestants. All contestants are selected through public auditions. The selection of participants is divided into four stages: casting of producers (these auditions provide an opportunity to perform in front of the judges), telecasting (the judges select best performers), training camp (contestants perform the tasks of the judges, the judges select 12 performers - 3 performers in each category), live broadcasts where the finalist of the competition is selected.
Especially in order to take part on television music show X-factor Dushanbe resident Daniel Rustamov came to Ukraine. According to Daniel, this is his first time visiting Kyiv. He also admitted that in his homeland his grandmother worries about him and is sick.
He felt great excitement, because Konstantin Meladze was among the jury members. And the Tajikistani had a long-standing dream - to sing for the famous Russian producer.
The singer performed the song "Radioactive" American group Imagine Dragons .
The Tajikistani energized the X Factor audience
Daniel's performance charged with energy not only the jury members, but the entire hall. The audience stood up and moved to the beat of the music. And after the performance, the jury admitted that the Tajikistani managed to stir them up, which is very good.
The singer’s favorite producer, Konstantin Meladze, called him a colorful character and noted that it is impossible to take your eyes off the singer.
After such a performance, all members of the jury said their approving “Yes” and wished him good luck.
We congratulate Daniel on his first success on the show and look forward to further outstanding performances.
A source of information:For the first time, a Tajik guy took part in the X-Factor competition, and his video of his performance on the Internet is accompanied by dozens of comments. Daniel's performance was shown on Ukrainian television on the evening of October 8th.
On October 9, in a telephone conversation with Radio Ozodi from Moscow, he said that the first stage of the competition was recorded in July and was only broadcast after editing. He said that he went to Ukraine only to test his singing abilities and raise the authority of Tajikistan and wanted to show everyone that Tajiks are not only labor migrants and should not be underestimated. The X Factor judges also said that Daniel is close to his goal.
« When I first arrived in Moscow to study, my classmates asked where I would be from? When I told them that I was from Tajikistan, they somehow looked at me askance,” said Daniel. He also said that he had previously tried several times to participate in various talent competitions in Russia, but each time his application was ignored. “By chance, one day they wrote to me, would I like to show my abilities on the X-Factor program in Ukraine? I agreed, and that’s how the dream brought me to Kyiv", he added.
Rustamov has been studying at the Moscow State Institute of Arts for the second year. At the X-Factor competition he sang the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. One of the jury members of this program Konstantin Meladze said, at first he thought this was a simple performer, but “then the wonderful performance lures you in.” Daniel noted that he dreamed of singing a song in the presence of Konstantin Meladze and such an opportunity came.
This twenty-year-old Tajik boy, having heard the praise of the X-Factor jury members, declared on Ukrainian television that he happy man. Dozens of netizens wrote praising comments on his performance video and encouraged him to further hone his talent. One of the users encouraged him to also sing a song in Tajik, and believes that such an experience will be successful.
Shahzodayi Samarkandi, a writer and journalist living in Holland, wrote on her Facebook page on October 9, “ Daniel Rustamov proved that there are many talented youth in Tajikistan. If economic problems do not create obstacles for them, then they will go towards their dreams. On this path there will be a cultural revolution, and I feel it in my gut».
Daniel Rustamov was born in November 1995 into a family of doctors in Dushanbe and, as he writes on his Facebook page, speaks Tajik, Russian, Korean and English languages. He says that they don’t have a singer in the family, but he has been in love with singing since childhood and will go with it to the end.
