Victoria Georgieva

Victoria Georgieva (Bulgarian: Виктория Георгиева; born 21 September 1997), known professionally by the mononym Victoria (stylised in all caps), is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. She began her career after participating in season four of X Factor Bulgaria.[1] It was revealed on 25 November 2019 that Georgieva would have represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.[2] Due to the 2020 contest's cancellation, it was announced that Georgieva will represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[3]

Victoria Georgieva
Background information
Born (1997-09-21) 21 September 1997
Varna, Bulgaria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsLigna Studios

Career

Early career

Georgieva started singing at age of eleven. After some time she enrolled in the vocal studio "Angel Voices" where her music teacher was Atanaska Lipcheva.[1] Georgieva auditioned for the first 3 seasons of X Factor Bulgaria, but she never made it past the judges, mostly because of her age.[4]

2015:X Factor Bulgaria

In September 2015 at the fourth season of X Factor (Bulgaria), after three attempts, Victoria finally finally made it past the judges and to the live shows. She entered the females team mentore by the rapper Krisko. She remained on the show until week nine, when she was eliminated and ultimately placed sixth.[5] She left the show on week 9.

2016–2018: Debut single and various record deals

Despite failing to win X Factor, Victoria received an offer to join Virginia Records, which she declined. Instead, in 2016, she joined Monte Music and released her first single titled "Nishto Sluchayno", accompanied with a music video directed by Bashmotion and featured VenZy and Niki Bakalov.[6] She then released two other songs MonteMusic - “Nezavurshen Roman” in 2016 and “Chast ot Men” in 2017. After mutual conflicts, Georgieva left the label in late 2017.

In 2018, Georgieva spent ten days in Los Angeles, California, where she wrote and filmed her first English song “I Wanna Know”, released in June 2019, with a music video directed by Dimitry Stefanov, and produced by Velina Ilieva.

2019–present: Eurovision and international debut

On 25 November 2019, it was revealed that Victoria, now using the mononym VICTORIA, would represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. She and her sponsor Ligna Group created the song “Tears Getting Sober“, which tells about the inner difficulties in the people, a topic which is very close to Georgieva. Unfortunately, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eurovision 2020 contest was canceled, however, Victoria was still chosen as the Bulgarian act of the Eurovision contest in 2021.

In June 2020, the singer released her new song titled “Alright.” The song was created at one of the Eurovision camps and carries a message of hope and a new beginning. A few weeks later, in August, she and her team spent ten days in a Eurovision song writing camp held in Burgas and Primorsko, where they managed to create a few potential songs that she could use. In November, she released her third single, "Ugly Cry", which was just as successful as her previous two.

In January 2021, Georgieva announced that she would release her debut EP, "A Little Dramatic", some time in February, which will contain five potential songs that could represent Bulgaria the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[7] The EP will include the single "Ugly Cry".[7]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BUL
[8]
"Nishto Sluchayno"
(featuring Niki Bakalov and VenZy)
2016 Non-album singles
"Nezavarshen Roman" 15
"Chast Ot Men" 2017 28
"Stranni Vremena" 2018 28
"I Wanna Know" 2019
"Tears Getting Sober" 2020 2 TBD
"alright."
"Ugly Cry" 1 A Little Dramatic
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or were not released.

References

Preceded by
Equinox
with "Bones"
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 (cancelled)
2021
Succeeded by
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