- Csaba Vastag
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The native form of this personal name is Vastag Csaba. This article uses the Western name order.
Csaba Vastag 
Background information Birth name Csaba Vastag Born 11 February 1982 Budapest, Hungary Occupations Singer Instruments Vocals Years active 2000–present Csaba Vastag (born in Budapest on 11 February 1982) is a Hungarian musician, who won the first ever series of the Hungarian X-Faktor broadcast on the RTL Klub Hungarian television station on 19 December 2010.[1]
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Early years
Csaba was one of three brothers, the others being Balázs and Tamás. At age 11 he became an acrobatic rock and roll dancer, and later became lead singer of rock band touring several European countries. In 2000 he graduated from Veszprém Secondary School and enrolled in Veszprém's University of Pannonia (Pannon Egyetem university). He also had vocal training under the supervision of Judit Kővári. In 2001 he took part in a Hungarian production of Hair directed by Mészáros Árpád Zsolt. Vastag played the role of Aquarius in the musical theater piece. His first chart break came in 2008 when he reached #4 on the Hungarian Singles Chart.
X-Faktor
In 2010, both Csaba Vastag and younger brother Tamás Vastag became Top 12 finalists on the first ever Hungarian X Factor series competition, both reaching Top 5 in week 8, when both became bottom two and Tamás was eliminated. In week 9, Csaba Vastag yet again was voted bottom two but was saved this time as well against opponent Veca Janicsák. But after coming bottom two in two consecutive weeks, he went on to win the contest in the 19 December 2010 final against the other two Top 3 finalists Nikolas Takács (runner-up) and Norbi L. Király (3rd)
References
- ^ Vastag Csaba nyerte az X-Faktort (in Hungarian)
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Preceded by
NoneX-Faktor (Hungary)
Winner
2010Succeeded by
IncumbentCategories:- Hungarian singers
- X Factor series winners
- 1982 births
- Living people
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