Early life Zhana was born in
Sofia, Bulgaria under the name Zhana Vladimirova Brankova, adopting the father and family name of her husband. 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.
2013: X Factor Bulgaria 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. In December, a collaboration between Zhana and Kristo was released, with the name
"Igraem S Teb Do Kraya". Few months later, on 9 May 2015, her second single was released, titled
"Nevazmozhni Sme Sami". 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. Her last record with Virginia Records, called
"Dokrai", was released on 7 January 2017 and she announced her departure from the company in mid–August when her contract wasn't renewed.
2018: Eurovision Song Contest 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. ==Personal life==