Balgariya tarsi talant

Balgariya tarsi talant
Bulgarian	България търси талант
Genre	Reality, Talent Show, Entertainment
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Maria Ignatova Alexandra Raeva Maria Silvestar Aleksandar Kadiev Daniel Petkanov Petar Antonov
Judges	Magarditch Halvadjian Hilda Kazasyan Krasimir Radkov Vanya Cvetkova Esil Duran Ivo Siromahov Darina Pavlova Iliana Benovska Desi Dobreva Nikolai Iliev Assen Blatechki Mihaela Fileva Lyuben Dilov Jr. Slavena Vatova Itso Hazarta Lyubomir Neykov Nikolaos Tsitiridis Katerina Evro Evelyn Kostova Todor Kantardzhiev Galena Julian Vergov
Country of origin	Bulgaria
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	117
Production
Producer	bTV
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Fremantle
Original release
Network	bTV
Release	1 March 2010 (2010-03-01) – present

Balgariya tarsi talant (English: Bulgaria Searches for a Talent) is the Bulgarian version of the Got Talent series. It launched on bTV on 1 March 2010. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of the show will receive 60,000 leva (about €30,000).

The first season of the show was produced by Global Films. ^[1] It competed with Nova Television's Big Brother Family.

Seasons

Season	TV channel	TV season	Episodes	Start	Final	Winner		Prize
						Name	Talent
1	bTV	2010 (Spring)	32	March 1, 2010	May 24, 2010	Bogdana Petrova	Singing	60 000 lev
2		2012 (Spring)	25	March 5, 2012	May 29, 2012	Kristina Arabadzhieva	Singing
3		2014 (Spring)		March 3, 2014	May 26, 2014	Thomas Tomov	Opera Singing
4		2015 (Spring)	21	March 15, 2015	May 31, 2015	Plamen Lubenov	Break Dance
5		2016 (Spring)	14	March 6, 2016	June 5, 2016	Vivo Montana	Folklore & Rock Instrumental Music	50 000 lev
6		2019 (Fall)		September 15, 2019	December 15, 2019	Andriyan Asenov	Imitations
7		2021 (Spring)	13	February 28, 2021	May 30, 2021	Kaloyan Geshev	Mental Calculation
8		2022 (Spring)	14	February 14, 2022	May 15, 2022	Stefan Ivanov	Bagpipe Playing
9		2025 (Fall)

Judges and hosts

Season		Hosts		Judges				Guests judges
1		Maria Ignatova	Alexandra Raeva	Lyuben Dilov Jr.	Hilda Kazasyan	Magarditch Halvadjian		Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Ani Salich и Stefan Danailov
2	until 1st semi-final							Encho Keryazov, Vanya Cvetkova и Kalin Surmenov
	from 2nd semi-final					Krasimir Radkov
3		Maria Silvestar		Assen Blatechki	Vanya Cvetkova	Esil Duran	Lyuben Dilov Jr.	Krasimir Radkov
4	until 4th semi-final		Aleksandar Kadiev	Ivo Siromahov	Darina Pavlova	Iliana Benovska	Nikolai Iliev
	from 5th semi-final					Desi Dobreva
5				Assen Blatechki	Itso Hazarta	Mihaela Fileva	Lyuben Dilov Jr.
6		Daniel Petkanov	Aleksandar Kadiev	Itso Hazarta	Katerina Evro	Slavena Vatova
7	auditions
	live shows						Lyubomir Neykov
8				Nikolaos Tsitiridis		Evelyn Kostova	Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev
9		Petar Antonov				Galena	Julian Vergov

Auditions

Auditions were held in the 5 biggest cities in Bulgaria - Varna, Plovdiv, Sofia, Rousse and Bourgas.

First Season Winner

The winner of the first season was visually impaired singer Bogdana Petrova. ^[2]

Second Season Winner

The winner of the second season was young singer Kristina Arabadjieva.

Third Season Winner

The winner of the third season was Bulgarian Pavarotti Thomas Tomov.

Fourth Season Winner

The winner of the fourth season was breaker cripple Plamen Lubenov.

Fifth Season Winner

The winner of the fifth season was music brass band Vivo Montana.

Sixth Season Winner

The winner of the sixth season was the blind imitator Adriyan Asenov.

References

1. "bTV обявява кастинг за новото шоу "България търси талант"" [bTV announced casting for the new show "Bulgaria's Got Talent"] (in Bulgarian). Btv.bg. 2009-11-27. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
2. "Богдана Петрова е победител в "България търси талант"" [Bogdana Petrova won the "Bulgaria's Got Talent"] (in Bulgarian). Btv.bg. Retrieved 2013-12-29.