Dancing Stars (Bulgarian TV series)

Dancing Stars
Presented by	Aleksandra Raeva (2024) Krasimir Radkov (2024) Stanislava Gancheva (2024) Aleksandra Sarchadjieva (2013-2014) Kalin Sarmenov (2014) Magi Zhelyaskova (2014) Krasimir Rankov (2013) Nikol Stankulova (2013) Elena Petrova (2009) Dimitar Pavlov (2009) Radost Draganova (2008) Todor Kolev (2008)
Judges	Galena Velikova (2008, 2013-2014, 2024) Iliana Raeva (2009, 2013-2014, 2024) Frantsiska Yordanova - Papkala (2024) Tomas Papkala (2024) Hristo Mutavchiev (2014) Alfredo Tores (2013-2014) Kalin Sarmenov (2013) Maria Gigova (2009) Pambous Agapiu (2009) Vera Marinova (2009) Vladimir Bozhilov (2008) Neshka Robeva (2008)
Country of origin	Bulgaria
No. of seasons	5
Production
Producers	Old School Productions (2008, 2013-2014) 7/8 (2009) FX Camera (2024-present)
Production locations	Sofia, Bulgaria
Original release
Network	bTV (2008-2009, 2024-present) Nova Television (2013-2014)
Release	22 September 2008 (2008-09-22)
Related
VIP Dance

Dancing Stars is the Bulgarian version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The first season of the show started on 22 September 2008 and was aired on bTV. ^{[1] [2]} The first season of the show was hosted by Radost Draganova and Todor Kolev. It aired from Monday to Thursday with two live shows, on Monday (main show) and Thursday (results show) and two background episodes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dancing Stars 1 was produced by Old School Productions and proved to be a huge success reaching an average audience share of over 40%, beating Nova Television's Big Brother 4 .

It is also called Dancing Stars on Austrian television and draws a comparable audience.

Seasons overview

Season	TV channel	Episodes	Start	Final	Winner
1	bTV	52	22 September 2008	15 December 2008	Orlin Pavlov
2		26	27 September 2009	14 December 2009	Bianka Panova
3	NOVA		11 March 2013	7 June 2013	Angel Kovachev
4			11 March 2014	5 June 2014	Albena Denkova
5	bTV		20 February 2024	14 May 2024	Nedelya Shtonova

Cast

Host

Backstage host

Contestant

Judge

Cast member	bTV		NOVA		bTV
	1	2	3	4	5
Radost Draganova
Todor Kolev
Elena Petrova
Dimitar Pavlov
Aleksandra Sarchadjieva
Krasimir Rankov
Kalin Sarmenov
Aleksandra Raeva
Krasimir Radkov
Nikol Stankulova
Magi Zhelyazkova
Stanislava Gancheva
Galena Velikova
Vladimir Bozhilov
Neshka Robeva
Pambous Agapiu
Maria Gigova
Iliana Raeva
Vera Marinova
Alfredo Tores
Hristo Mutavchiev
Frantsiska Yordanova – Papkala
Tomash Papkala

Line-up of judges

Season	Judges
1	Galena Velikova	Vladimir Bozhilov	Neshka Robeva
2	Pambous Agapiu	Maria Gigova	Iliana Raeva	Vera Marinova
3	Galena Velikova	Kalin Sarmenov		Alfredo Tores
4	Hristo Mutavchiev	Galena Velikova
5	Frantsiska Yordanova – Papkala	Tomash Papkala	Galena Velikova	Iliana Raeva

Professional dancers and their partners

Professional dancers	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5
Alexander Dokulevski	Antoaneta Dobreva-Neti	—
Alexander Popov	Elena Yoncheva	—
Ani Doncheva	Andrey Batashov	—		Darin Angelov	Papi Hans
Atanas Gendov	Alisia	—
Atanas Mesechkov	Violeta Markovska	—	Stella Angelova	Neli Atanasova	Nedelya Shtonova
Elena Dobrikova	Georgi Mamalev	—	Deyan Slavchev-Deo	Uti Buchvarov	—
Irena Dimitrova	Niki Kanchev	—
Lili Velichkova	Bozhidar Iskrenov-Gibona	—	Itso Hazarta	—
Petya Dimitrova	Georgi Kostadinov	Todor Kirkov	Lyusi Ilarionov	Encho Danailov	—
Rangel Spirov	Anya Pencheva	—
Svetlin Dimitrov	Galena	—	Gloria	Mihaela Fileva	—
Trendafil Surmov	Iliana Raeva	—	Latinka Petrova	—
Valentina Nedeva	Kostadin Georgiev-Kalki	—
Yana Akimova	Orlin Pavlov	—	Petko Dimitrov	—
Alexander Vachev	—	Madlen Algafari	—
Elena Ilieva	—	Krasimir Radkov	—
Georgi Mihov	—	Stanislava Gancheva	—
Iliyan Chakurov	—	Veneta Harizanova	—
Iva Grigorova	—	Etien Levi	—
Maria Agapiu	—	Krum Savov	—
Nikolay Manolov	—	Kristina Dimitrova	—
Pavlina Vulcheva	—	Miodrag Ivanov	—
		Georgi Milchev-Godji
Stoyan Stoyanov	—	Aksinia Chenkova	—
Svetoslav Vasilev	—	Bianka Panova	—
Yulia Andonova	—	Grafa	—
Dorina Stoyanova	—		Angel Kovachev	Anton Kasabov	Valeri Grigorov
Ekaterina Draganova-Keti	—		Detelin Dalakliev	—
Georgi Ganev	—		Kapka Georgieva	—
Jivko Ivanov	—		Natalia Kobilkina	—
			Andrea
Kaloyan Ivanov	—		Elen Koleva	Albena Denkova	Boryana Batashova
					Emanuela
Petyo Stefanov	—		Zeyneb Madzhurova	Albena Mihova	—
Ralitsa Merdzhanova	—		Rumen Lukanov	Venzy	Filip Bukov
Dean Stefanov	—			Elena Georgieva	—
Elena Merdzhanova	—			Milko Kalaidjiev	Daniel Peev-Dundi
Mihaela Pavlova	—			Marian Kyurpanov	Viktor Stoyanov
Miroslav Milev	—			Nana Gladuish	—
Simeon Timov	—			Aleksandra Zhekova	—
Todor Atanasov	—			Mika Stoichkova	Ivet Goranova
Daniel Denev	—				Nona Yotova
Dimitar Georgiev-Jimmy	—				Dara
Dimitar Stefanin	—				Natali Trifonova
Ivan Karastoyanov	—				Emanuela
Kristian Yordanov	—				Mila Robert
Tanya Baltova	—				Serafim Todorov
Veselina Daneva	—				Emrah Storaro
Yovita Georgieva	—				Svilen Noev

Key:

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Third place

  Fourth place

  Fifth place

  First elimination of the series

  Withdrew from the series

Season 1

Judges

• Vladimir Bozhilov
• Galena Velikova
• Neshka Robeva

Contestants

• Orlin Pavlov – Pop singer & Actor (Winner)
• Violeta Markovska – Actress (Runner-up)
• Neti – Actress & Pop singer (Third place)
• Iliana Raeva – Ex-gymnast (Fourth place)
• Elena Yoncheva – Journalist
• Anya Pencheva – Actress
• Georgi Mamalev – Actor
• Bozhidar Iskrenov – Former football player
• Alisia – Pop-folk singer
• Andrey Batashov – Actor
• Galena – Pop-folk singer
• Niki Kunchev – TV host
• Kostadin Georgiev-Kalki – Musician & Dentist
• Georgi Kostadinov – Winner of Survivor BG 2

Season 2

Judges

• Iliana Raeva
• Pambous Agapiu
• Vera Marinova
• Maria Gigova

Contestants

• Bianka Panova – World Gymnastics Champion (Winner)
• Krasimir Radkov – Actor (Runner-up)
• Georgi Milchev-Godji – Musician (Third place)
• Etien Levi – Singer & Music teacher (Fourth place)
• Madlen Algafari – Psychologist (Fifth place)
• Aksinia Chenkova – Pop singer
• Stanislava Gancheva – TV host
• Grafa – Pop singer
• Veneta Harizanova – Model
• Todor Kirkov – Sport journalist & TV anchor
• Krum Savov – Sport journalist & TV host
• Kristina Dimitrova – Pop singer
• Miodrag Ivanov – Showman

Season 3

Judges

• Alfredo Tores
• Kalin Sarmenov
• Galena Velikova
• Iliana Raeva

Contestants

• Angel Kovachev – Hip-hop singer (Winner)
• Stela Angelova – Stunt man & Former competitor in rhythmic gymnastics (Runner-up)
• Elen Koleva – Actress (Third place)
• Deo – Singer & TV host (Fourth place)
• Petko Dimitrov – Businessman
• Gloria – Pop-folk singer
• Rumen Lukanov – TV host
• Lyusi Ilarionov – Director & Singer
• Latinka Petrova – Actress
• Itso Hazarta – Rap singer
• Andrea – Pop-folk singer
• Detelin Dalakliev – Boxer
• Kapka Georgieva – Politician
• Natalya Kobilkina – Sexologist
• Zeyneb Madjurova – Co-host

Season 4

Judges

• Alfredo Tores
• Hristo Mutavchiev
• Galena Velikova
• Iliana Raeva

Contestants

• Albena Denkova – Former competitor in figure skating (Winner)
• Mihaela Fileva – Pop singer (Runner-up)
• Darin Angelov – Actor (Third place)
• Neli Atanasova – TV Host & former rhythmic gymnastics
• Anton Kasabov – Actor & martial arts
• Elena Georgieva – Decorator & participant in Big Brother 2
• Nana Gladuish – TV host
• Aleksandra Zhekova – Snowboarder
• Venzy – Rap singer
• Albena Mihova – Actress
• Uti Bachvarov – TV host
• Mihaela (Mika) Stoichkova – Sport journalist & fashion designer. Daughter of Hristo Stoichkov.
• Marian Kyurpanov – Model & Actor
• Milko Kalaidjiev – Pop-folk singer
• Encho Danailov – Actor & TV host

Season 5

Judges

• Francisca Yordanova – Papkala
• Iliana Raeva
• Galena Velikova
• Tomas Papkala

Contestants

• Nedelya Shtonova – TV host (Winner)
• Dara – Pop singer (Runner-up)
• Natali Trifonova – TV host (Third place)
• Ivet Goranova – Olympic karate champion (Fourth place)
• Papi Hans – Pop singer & Writer
• Valeri Grigorov – Stuntman & participant in Desafío
• Viktor Stoyanov – Fitness instructor & participant in The Bachelor
• Emrah – Pop-folk singer
• Mila Robert – Pop singer
• Emanuela – Pop-folk singer
• Daniel Peev – Dundi – Actor
• Filip Bukov – Actor
• Svilen Noev – Musician
• Nona Yotova – Actress & Politician
• Serafim Todorov – Boxer
• Boryana Batashova – Actress & Singer

See also

• Dancing with the Stars

References

1. "Glamorous Show Marks Beginning of Dancing Stars in Bulgaria". novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. 2008-09-23.
2. "Dancing Stars opens in Sofia". www.sofiaecho.com. 2008-09-22. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2016-12-29.

External links

• Official Site