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==Origins== The character was first developed for the purpose of short skits on ''[[F2F (TV series)|F2F]]'' on [[Granada Talk TV]] that Baron Cohen presented in 1996β1997; at this time, the character was known as Alexi Krickler.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18105176 |title=Sacha Baron Cohen on mocking 'hilarious' Gaddafi |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 May 2012 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326150300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18105176 |url-status=live }}</ref> The character, now known as Kristo Shqiptari,<ref name="Early Borat Video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xphVAkhSo|title=The Proto 'Borat' β Christo meets Lady Colin Campbell|last=Woodfall|first=Ashley|date=22 April 2011|access-date=5 January 2012|via=YouTube|archive-date=8 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108161512/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xphVAkhSo&feature=plpp_video|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Early Sasha Baron Cohen Video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9YCkRlB26E|title=Early Sasha Baron Cohen|last=Woodfall|first=Ashley|date=6 May 2012|access-date=6 May 2012|via=YouTube|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226212812/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9YCkRlB26E|url-status=live}}</ref> was picked by [[BBC Two]]'s ''[[Comedy Nation]]''. Alexi and Kristo were nearly identical in looks and demeanor to the later incarnation, although Alexi claimed to be [[Moldova]]n and Kristo claimed to be [[Albania]]n<ref name="Early Ali G and Borat video!">{{cite web|url=http://www.boyakasha.co.uk/borat/early-ali-g-and-borat-video|title=Early Ali G and Borat video!|website=Boyakasha.co.uk|date=19 December 2010|access-date=21 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315090732/http://www.boyakasha.co.uk/borat/early-ali-g-and-borat-video|archive-date=15 March 2011}}</ref> rather than coming from [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=978-0-7391-2336-2 |title=The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen: Politics, Parody, and the Battle over Borat |first=Robert A. |last=Saunders |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2008 |page=42 |isbn=978-0-7391-2336-2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928170146/http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB%2FCATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=978-0-7391-2336-2 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> The character remained dormant while Baron Cohen concentrated on his popular [[Ali G]] persona for [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[The 11 O'Clock Show]]'', but with the subsequent success of Ali G and the creation of ''[[Da Ali G Show]]'' (also on Channel 4) Baron Cohen revisited his Borat character.
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