The Voice of Bulgaria
The Voice of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Гласът на България, transcribed as Glasat na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian reality singing competition and local version of The Voice of Holland. Its first season was held in the summer of 2011 on bTV. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
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Genre | Reality television |
Created by | John de Mol Roel van Velzen |
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Country of origin | Bulgaria |
Original language | Bulgarian |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 154 |
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Producers | Talpa Media Group (2011-2019) ITV Studios (2020-present) |
Production locations | Seven-Eight Productions (1-3) MediaPro Entertainment (2-3) bTV Studio (4-) |
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Original network | bTV |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original release | Original series: July 18, 2011 – December 21, 2014 Revived series: February 26, 2017 – present |
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Format
The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.
Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 24) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.
Coaches
Coaches' teams
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Season | Kiril Marichkov | Mariana Popova | Ivana | Miro |
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1 | Igor Shabov Valentina Dimitrova Ani Sarandeva Radoslav Gergov Rafaela Koseva Boyan Mihaylov |
Steliyana Hristova Nevena Koleva Georgi Dyulgerov Bogdana Mitova Gergana Ruseva Tsvetana Dicheva |
Antoaneta Linkova Gergana Koeva Nevena Peykova Aleksandar Baychev Nargiz Saidova Radina Atanasova |
Todor Gadzhalov Elitsa Naumova Melinda Hristova Sevinch Ibrahim Kristina Avramova Viktoria Gyurova |
Season | Yordan Karadjov | Victoria Terziyska | Preslava | Miro |
2 | Krasimira Ivanova Hristo Mladenov Miroslav Tsankov Stanislava Semova Gita Petkova Yanitsa Rageva Nikolina Atanasova Boryana Boneva |
Vasil Chergov Nina Ilieva Nikoleta Stanoykova Nadezhda Dimitrova Dilyana Yordanova Madlen Kovacheva Mariela Gosheva Teni Omede |
Todor Georgiev Sashka Aleksandrova Tsvetelin Nikolov Petar Rangelov Kristian Dimitrov Nyagoleta Zheleva Elena Katrankyovska Plamen Borisov |
Ivaylo Donkov Vasya Popova Ventsislav Katov Nevena Dimitrova Galina Makaveeva Emilia Valenti Hristo Mihaylov Margarita Incheva |
Season | Atanas Penev | Orlin Goranov | Desi Slava | Miro |
3 | Anna Pesheva Petar Rangelov Tyurkyan Ismail Sabina Doneva Dani Chukov Ivan Chenov Stanislav Georgiev-Siso Biserka Mladenova |
Ati Molova Stefani Ilieva Maria Marinova Yana Kamenova Krum Filipov Venetsia Netsova Marieta Petrakieva Dilyana Yordanova |
Kristina Ivanova Iveta Kostova Asen Mihaylov Viktoria Peneva Selim Mirov Svetoslav Vladimirov Tihomir Tsonev Mila Zheleva |
Nevena Tsoneva Zoya Mutisheva Hristiyana Dankova Svetlana Cheprazova Ivelina Dolapchieva Ogi Georgiev Lazar Kisyov Sonya Ivanova |
Season | Ivan Lechev | Poli Genova | Kamelia | Grafa |
4 | Radko Petkov Hristo Mladenov & Dimitar Atanasov Maria Dimova-Mia D |
Sarah Suzette Simona Zagorova Dea Maistorska |
Yana Sabanova Kristian Grancharov Ivaylo Filipov |
Kristina Kabadieva Paulina Goranov Elena Freymann |
5 | Nia Petrova Nikola Zdravkov Trio Trinity Simona Zaharieva |
Viktoria Dinkova Aleksandar Savov Anna Azatyan Anastasia Belyavskaya |
Rafael Pasamov Maria Pashalyska Yagoda Treneva Simeon Zhelyazkov |
Olivia Nikolova Nikola Chochev Nikol Todorova Gergana Velikova |
Season | Ivan Lechev | Mihaela Fileva | Kamelia | Grafa |
6 | Iva Georgieva Nikolay Vodenicharov-Niketsa Simona Simeonova |
Nadezhda Aleksandrova Hristian Nenov Veniamin Dimitrov |
Kiril Hadzhiev-Tino Maria Velichkova Todor Simeonov |
Atanas Kateliev Galina Krasimirova Ivana Mutskova |
7 | Georgi Shopov Plamen Bonev Kalina Velkovska |
Elena Sirakova Ilin Papazyan Svetoslav Georgiev |
Kerana Kristina Doncheva Hristo Vasilev |
Joana Sashova Alexandar Georgiev Alexandar Slavchev Ivan Lazarov |
Coaches' timeline
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Mariana | |||||||||||
Yordan | |||||||||||
Preslava | |||||||||||
Victoria | |||||||||||
Orlin | |||||||||||
Desi | |||||||||||
Atanas | |||||||||||
Ivan | |||||||||||
Kamelia | |||||||||||
Grafa | |||||||||||
Poli | |||||||||||
Mihaela | |||||||||||
- Coaches gallery
- Kiril Marichkov (2011)
- Mariana Popova (2011)
- Ivana (2011)
- Miro (2011-2013)
- Yordan Karadjov (2012)
- Viktoria Terziyska (2012)
- Preslava (2012)
- Orlin Goranov (2013)
- Desi Slava (2013)
- Atanas Penev (2013)
- Poli Genova (2017-2018)
- Ivan Lechev (2017-)
- Kamelia (2017-)
- Grafa (2017-)
- Mihaela Fileva (2019-)
Series overview
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Season | First Aired | Last Aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Hosts | Coaches (chairs' order) | ||||
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1 | July 18, 2011 | October 24, 2011 | Steliyana Hristova | Igor Shabov | Antoaneta Roxana | Todor Gadzhalov | Mariana Popova | Marten Roberto | Victoria Terziyska | Kiril | Ivana | Miroslav | Mariana |
2 | February 11, 2013 | May 27, 2013 | Ivaylo Donkov | Krasimira Ivanova | Vasil Chergov | Todor Georgiev | Miroslav Kostadinov | Yana Marinova | Yordan | Preslava | Victoria | Miroslav | |
3 | September 21, 2014 | December 21, 2014 | Kristina Ivanova | Ati Molova | Anna Pesheva | Nevena Tsoneva | Desi Slava | Victoria Terziyska | Orlin | Desi | Atanas | ||
4 | February 26, 2017 | June 11, 2017 | Radko Petkov | Sarah Suzette | Yana Sabanova | Kristina Kabadieva | Ivan Lechev | Pavell | Venci Venc' | Ivan | Poli | Kamelia | Grafa |
5 | February 18, 2018 | June 3, 2018 | Nia Petrova | Viktoria Dinkova | Rafael Pasamov | Olivia Nikolova | |||||||
6 | February 24, 2019 | June 9, 2019 | Atanas Kateliev | Kiril Tino | Iva Georgieva | Nadezhda Aleksandrova | Grafa Ampov | Mihaela | |||||
7 | February 23, 2020 | June 14, 2020 | Georgi Shopov | Joana Sashova | Kerana | Elena Sirakova | Ivan Lechev | ||||||
8 | TBA 2021 |
TBA 2021 |
TBA | TBA | |||||||||
See also
- The Voice (TV series)