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	'''Kevin James Borg''' (born 9 June 1986, Floriana, Malta) is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to musical fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2008. He was the third male winner and the first in the show's history to be born outside of Sweden, having moved there exactly one year before he was declared winner.		'''Kevin James Borg''' (born 9 June 1986, Floriana, Malta) is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to musical fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2008. He was the third male winner and the first in the show's history to be born outside of Sweden, having moved there exactly one year before he was declared winner.

	Borg was born and raised in Floriana, Malta. He discovered his love for singing as a child when he performed the lead role in the school musical [["Oliver Twist"]]. His collaboration with composer [[Jason Paul Cassar]] has led him to participate twice in both the Maltese selection for Eurovision Song Contest [2] and the Malta International TV Song Festival [3] in 2006 and 2007. He was a resident singer in the television programme [[Kalamita]] (2006–2007). Borg has also performed songs with noted Maltese singers [[Claudia Faniello]] and [[Olivia Lewis]].		Borg was born and raised in [[Floriana]], Malta. He discovered his love for singing as a child when he performed the lead role in the school musical [["Oliver Twist"]]. His collaboration with composer [[Jason Paul Cassar]] has led him to participate twice in both the Maltese selection for Eurovision Song Contest [2] and the Malta International TV Song Festival [3] in 2006 and 2007. He was a resident singer in the television programme [[Kalamita]] (2006–2007). Borg has also performed songs with noted Maltese singers [[Claudia Faniello]] and [[Olivia Lewis]].

	He was also a rather talented footballer, playing for [[Floriana FC]]. Borg's grandfather, [[Lolly De Battista]], was the first Maltese footballer to win the prestigious [[Footballer of the Year Award]].		He was also a rather talented footballer, playing for [[Floriana FC]]. Borg's grandfather, [[Lolly De Battista]], was the first Maltese footballer to win the prestigious [[Footballer of the Year Award]].

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'''Kevin James Borg''' (born 9 June 1986, Floriana, Malta) is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to musical fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2008. He was the third male winner and the first in the show's history to be born outside of Sweden, having moved there exactly one year before he was declared winner.

Borg was born and raised in Floriana, Malta. He discovered his love for singing as a child when he performed the lead role in the school musical [["Oliver Twist"]]. His collaboration with composer [[Jason Paul Cassar]] has led him to participate twice in both the Maltese selection for Eurovision Song Contest [2] and the Malta International TV Song Festival [3] in 2006 and 2007. He was a resident singer in the television programme [[Kalamita]] (2006–2007). Borg has also performed songs with noted Maltese singers [[Claudia Faniello]] and [[Olivia Lewis]].

He was also a rather talented footballer, playing for [[Floriana FC]]. Borg's grandfather, [[Lolly De Battista]], was the first Maltese footballer to win the prestigious [[Footballer of the Year Award]].

In December 2007 Borg moved to Arvidsjaur in the north of Sweden to live with his Swedish girlfriend. During the fall 2008 he auditioned for the fifth season of the Swedish singing contest Idol. Although he made it through to the final 12 live finals, Borg was not originally among the competition's front-runners. However, his strong performances caused a rapid growth in his popularity with viewers week by week. After making it to the final 2 and performing at [[Stockholm's Globen Arena]] before a live audience of 16,000 people, Borg was declared the fifth Swedish Idol on December 12, 2008, defeating Alice Svensson with 82% of the votes. Throughout the live finals, Borg had never fallen into the bottom three contestants.

After having won the [[Swedish Idol 2008]] Borg signed a recording contract with [[Sony BMG]]. Borg's coronation song With Every Bit of Me was released one week after he had won the contest. The song was a hit in Sweden, where it debuted at no. 1 and stayed on top of the charts for two consecutive weeks.

On March 4, 2009, Borg officially released his album [[The Beginning]] in Sweden. The album reached no. 3 in the charts in Sweden and was certified gold. Borg also released his second single from the album, entitled Street Lights. The single reached no. 10 in Sweden.

The album was originally slated for release in February, but since Borg was at that time working on his music video for Street Lights the album was pushed back by a week. Borg made a nation-wide tour in the spring and summer of 2009 in Sweden.

In October 2011, Borg released his new single [["Unstoppable"]], in support of the ''Breast Cancer Foundation'' in Sweden.

In November 2012 Borgs music single [["Christmas Time"]] placed number one on the Maltese Itunes chart.

Kevin has also widened his career as a songrwiter /producer having written and produced the hit song Mental Breaker for K-Pop group in South Korea Block B . The song written by Borg and Marcos Ubeda made it all the way to number 10 on the world albums Billboard Charts + many otgher charts.

Borg participated again in the Maltese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song [["Needing You"]] which he wrote and produced together with Simon Gribbe , Danne Attlerud, Thomas thörnholm and Michael Klauss" coming in second place.

Kevin has written and composed the song Storyline co-written with Simon Gribbe and Aidan O Connor and sng by Alin Vaduva who made it untill the Semi Finals of the Romanian Semi Final of Eurovision2013.

In July 2011, Kevin Borg married his Swedish fiance Sofia Lundgren in a ceremony held in Arvidsjaur. And he is living in Stockholm.

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===
* The Beginning [2009]

=== Singles ===

* Riflessi [2006] [[Malta International TV Song Festival]]- 4th place
* You're My Dream [2006] [[Malta Song for Europe]] - 8th place
* Jasal il-Jum [2007] [[Malta International TV Song Festival]]
* Whenever [2007] [[Malta Song for Europe]] - 4th place
* Needing You [2013] [[Malta Eurovision Song Contest]] - 2th place

* With Every Bit of Me [2008]
* Lyssna till ditt hjärta [2008]
* Living on a Prayer [2008]
* If Tomorrow Never Comes [2008]
* In The Shadows [2008]
* Higher and Higher [2008]
* The Way You Make Me Feel [2008]
* Hot in Here [2008]
* Living La Vida Loca [2008]
* You're the Voice [2008]
* Street Lights [2009]
* The Last Words [2009] (Digital only)
* Unstoppable [2011]
* Christmas Time [2012]
* Needing You [2013]

===External Links===

* Official site
* Kevin Borg Myspace

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