Kayrat Tuntekov

Kayrat Tuntekov (Kaz: Қайрат Түнтеков) (born February 14, 1986 in Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakh singer who rose to popularity after winning "SuperStar KZ 2", the Kazakh version of "Pop Idol", shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya. Kayrat won in his semi final group with highest votes of 26.1% of the total vote to advance to the finals of SuperStar KZ 2. During the entire series Kayrat sang in no less than five languages - English, Russian, Kazakh, Spanish and Italian.

Kayrat was famous for being in the same semi final group as first SuperStar KZ - Almas Kishkenbayev in 2003, but did not advance. This is the first Idol series where two or more eventual Idol winners have been in the same semi final group.

uperStar KZ 2 performances

Auditions: "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake Theatre Round: "One In A Million" by Bosson Semi Finals: Top 12: "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake Top 11: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith Top 10: "Смуглянка" from the film "В Бой Идут Одни" Top 9: "In the Army Now" by Status Quo Top 8: "Obsésion (No Es Amor)" by Aventura Top 7: "Бакыт Кушагында" by Shamshi Kaldayakova Top 6: "Tellement 'N' Brick" by Faudel Top 5: "Voglio D'Anima" by Toto Cutugno Top 4: "Alive" by P.O.D. Top 4: "(Go To) California" by Rob Zombie Top 3: "It's Gonna Be Me" by 'N Sync Top 3: "Eray" by Faudel Grand Final: "Позови Меня" Grand Final: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith

Discography

2005:Кайрат Тунтеков

Other recordings

2006: Сенсің Әнім

External links

* [http://finalist.superstarkz.com/tuntekov Kayrat Tuntekov] - Bio (In Russian)