El Ma

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El Ma
Born
Elmira Marinova

(2007-05-21) 21 May 2007 (age 18)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument
  • Vocals
Years active2023–present
Labels

Elmira Marinova (born 21 May 2007), known professionally as El Ma, is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter based in Italy.

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Early life and education

Born in 2007 in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, she is the daughter of a former Bulgarian national youth soccer player and a former model committed to supporting charitable foundations. [1] [2] Her brother is a drum and bass musician. [3] [4]

At the age of nine, she began taking singing lessons, joining a children's choir taught by Adelina Koleva. [5] At fourteen, she moved to Italy to pursue her musical career, and at fifteen, she released her first original song, recorded at Dariana Koumanova's Studio20 Milano. [6] [7]

Career

In 2023 she collaborated with MD DJ releasing the songs "Tired of Loving You (MD DJ Remix)" , "Stop This Flame" and "Say My Name". [8] In the same year she won the title of European Champion in the singing category, during the European Championship of Performing Arts, held in Rome. [9]

In 2024 she released the songs "Going Down", "Domino" and "Blow Your Mind", the latter two featuring MD DJ. [10] In the same year she decided to sign up for the casting of the eighteenth edition of the talent show X Factor , hosted by Giorgia, where she took part in Jake La Furia's team. [11] [12] She was then eliminated during the third episode on 26 September. [13] [14] In 2025 with MD DJ she released the singles "Blow Your Mind", "Beautiful Life", "Dilema" and "Sky" and the solo singles "Give it to me", [15] "Beats again" [16] and "Julie". [17]

El Ma joined a trio with Blind and Soniko, and together they were among the ten winning acts of the Area Sanremo contest on 12 December 2025. [18] The trio was selected to compete in the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2026. [19] [20] Their entry is titled "Nei miei DM". [21] [22]

Discography

Singles

List of singles and album name
TitleYearAlbum or EP
"Tired of Loving You (MD DJ Remix)"
(with MD DJ)		2023Non-album singles
"Stop This Flame"
(with MD DJ)
"Say My Name"
(with MD DJ)
"Going Down"2024
"Domino"
(with MD DJ)
"Blow Your Mind"
(with MD DJ)
"Beautiful Life"
(with MD DJ)		2025
"Give it to me"
"Beats again"
"Dilema"
(with MD DJ)
"Sky"
(with MD DJ)
"Julie"
"Nei miei DM"
(with Blind and Soniko)

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2024 X Factor Sky Uno Contestant (season 18)

References

  1. ↑ "X Factor, chi è Elmira Marinova in arte El Ma. Da Sofia a Milano per diventare una pop-star". Il Riformista (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "Chi è Elmira Marinova, talento di X Factor 2024". Donna Glamour (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Chi è El Ma di X Factor 2024? Età, vero nome e Instagram". Novella 2000 (in Italian).
  4. ↑ "X Factor 2024, la scheda di El Ma: intervista e biografia". Recensiamo Musica (in Italian).
  5. ↑ "Nuova puntata del podcast Moda&Lifestyle, dedicata alla cantante El Ma". Radio Eterea Digital (in Italian).
  6. ↑ "Chi è El Ma, protagonista di X Factor". Notizie Musica (in Italian).
  7. ↑ "Musica, X Factor mette in vetrina la giovanissima El Ma". vetrina tv (in Italian).
  8. ↑ "El Ma è la stella di X Factor! Sapete che origini ha e da dove viene? Conosciamo la sua famiglia". DonnaPOP (in Italian).
  9. ↑ "Chi è El Ma, in gara al Festival di Sanremo 2026 nelle Nuove proposte con Blind e Soniko". TAG24 (in Italian).
  10. ↑ "Alla scoperta di Elmira "El Ma" Marinova, il talento bulgaro che ha già conquistato X Factor". Euromusica (in Italian).
  11. ↑ "Elmira Marinova: il talento di X Factor che ha conquistato i giudici volando da Sofia a Milano". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  12. ↑ "Chi è El Ma Elmira Marinova concorrente X Factor 2024? / La cantante bulgara di 17 anni di Jake La Furia". ilsussidiario.net (in Italian).
  13. ↑ "X Factor 2024, El Ma eliminata: cosa è successo nella terza puntata dei Live Show". Fanpage.it (in Italian).
  14. ↑ "X Factor, El Ma eliminata. E sui social un po' di critiche per il "buonismo" dei quattro giudici". la Repubblica (in Italian).
  15. ↑ "El Ma celebra la bellezza della vita nel brano Give it to me". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  16. ↑ "El Ma, in arrivo il singolo estivo Beats again". Recensiamo Musica (in Italian).
  17. ↑ "El Ma racconta un'estate di passione e segreti nel suo primo singolo in italiano: Julie". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  18. ↑ "Area Sanremo 2025: scelti i dieci vincitori, da Albe a Tomasi. Tra loro i due che andranno al Festival". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  19. ↑ "Sanremo 2026: i finalisti di Area Sanremo e le altre novità". Rockol (in Italian).
  20. ↑ "Area Sanremo 2025, annunciati i due vincitori: Mazzariello e il trio Blind, El Ma & Soniko vanno al Festival". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  21. ↑ "Sanremo 2026: i titoli dei brani in gara. Definite le quattro Nuove Proposte". Eurofestival News (in Italian).
  22. ↑ Da Area Sanremo al Festival, Blind, El Ma & Soniko cantano Nei miei DM (in Italian) – via Rai News.
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