Glasat na Bulgaria (TV series)

Glasat na Bulgaria
Гласът на България
Genre	Reality television
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Presented by	Marten Roberto Victoria Terziyska Yana Marinova Pavell Venci Venc' Ivan Tishev Vladimir Zombori Boryana Bratoeva
Judges	Mariana Popova Kiril Marichkov Ivana Miro Preslava Yordan Karadjov Victoria Terziyska Atanas Penev Desi Slava Orlin Goranov Kamelia Ivan Lechev Poli Genova Grafa Mihaela Fileva Dara Galena Lubo Kirov Maria Ilieva
Country of origin	Bulgaria
Original language	Bulgarian
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	197
Production
Production locations	Seven-Eight Productions (1–3) MediaPro Entertainment (2–3) bTV Studios (4–)
Running time	150 minutes
Production companies	Talpa Media Group (2011-2019) ITV Studios (2020-present)
Original release
Network	bTV
Release	18 July 2011 (2011-07-18) – present (present)

Glasat na Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Гласът на България) 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 show's important premises is the singing talent's quality. Four coaches (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.

Format

The series consists of the following phases.

Blind auditions

In this stage, four coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, form a team of artists. Each coach has the length of the auditionee's performance to decide if they want that singer on their team. If more than one coach want the same singer, the singer decides which team they join.

In season 4, when the contestant fails to turn any chair, the contestant would leave the stage without having a conversation with the coaches.

Starting in season 6, a new element has been added: the block button. Three smaller buttons allow one coach to block any of the other three to prevent them from getting an artist. In season 7, when the blocked coach tried to turn around for the contestant, their chair did not turn around. In season 10, the super-block rule was applied - a coach can be blocked only after they turned around and the audition ended, then their chair will turn to the audience again.

In season 11 the Super Pass was introduced. Each coach can press this Button once in the Blind Auditions and while the other coaches get blocked, the contestants goes starlight to The Battles.

Final selection

From season 8 onwards, coaches have the freedom to select an unlimited number of contestants to form their respective teams. However, the number of contestants on the team will be finalized by cutting them down to a certain number (usually 12).

Battles

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the "battles", coaches pair their team members, who battle against each other directly by singing the same song together.

The coach chooses which artist advances into the next round. Nevertheless, starting in season 3, a new power is added during this phase: the steal. Each coach is given, usually, two "steals" to save an artist from another team who lost their respective battle. In season 9, the non-stop steal was featured. Each artist that is stolen will sit in a designated seat, on the backstage, but if a coach decides to steal another one, the former will be eliminated and replaced by the latter. Season 10 introduced a new rule for only this season. Each coach can save both his artists and advance them both to the knockouts.

Super battles

The "super battles" round was implemented in season 4. The participants who remained after the battles are grouped into trios. Each artist had to sing, a song of their choice, in order to convince their respective coach to pick them for the live shows.

Knockouts

In season 6, the "knockouts" replaced the "super battles". In this round, three chairs are placed on the stage to be seated by contestants. After the artist performs a song of their choice, the coach will decide if the artist will be going forward to the next round, by giving them a chair, or if the artist will go home, by not giving them a chair. If the three chairs are filled and the coach wants to give a chair to another artist, they are sitting on the given chair and the person previously sitting on the third and last seat is eliminated. At the end of this round, three artists per team will be moved to the live shows.

In season 10 the format of the round was changed. Each coach will divide their 8 singers into 4 pairs. The performers from each pair will compete against each other by performing a song of their choice one after the other on stage. At the end, it's the coach who decides the contestant, continuing to the Live shows.

In season 11 the rules were changed again: after each contestant's solo performance, the respective coach will have to decide either the artist qualify for the next round, is directly eliminated, or is sent to the "Danger Zone" – at risk of elimination. Each coach have one steal to use across the round for the eliminated contestants or in the "Danger Zone". After all members from one team have concluded their performances, the coach will save a number of artists from the "Danger Zone" to move on to the Playoffs. Contestants who are sent to the "Danger Zone" and not chosen by their coach are eliminated, but have a chance to be saved. Also, each coach set a theme for the songs, but each contestant would choose their song.

Live shows

In the live shows, the surviving acts from each team again perform and the public votes for their favorite, in order to advance to the next episode. Out of the artists that did not receive the most votes, the coach chooses which of them continue on the competition. In the finale, the outcome is solely decided by public vote.

In season eight, a new stage was introduced, the "live cross-battles" (which replaced the knockouts in the ninth season). An artist would be chosen by their coach to compete against an artist from another team. The selection of the artists and their order of appearance were all decided by their respective coaches, and all of them were done without the knowledge of the opposing coach. Therefore, the battle pairings were completely random, and would only be revealed when the coaches appeared with their selected artists on stage. The winner of each battle would be determined via public votes. Due to this round, it would not be guaranteed if a coach would have a remaining contestant to fight for in the final, which happened for the first time in the show with Lubo Kirov's team in the eighth season.

From the ninth season, on the semi-final the public determined the finalists, no matter the team, which ment that not every coach could have a finalist, which happened in the tenth season and the eleventh season with Ivan Lechev's team.

In season 11, the Playoffs were introduced. From each team, two artists advanced to the semi-final from the public vote and one artist advances by the coach's choice with a total of 12 contestants moving to the semi-final.

Coaches

Coaches' teams

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Third place

  Fourth place

Season	Coaches
	Kiril Marichkov	Ivana	Miro	Mariana Popova
1	Igor Shabov Valentina Dimitrova Ani Sarandeva Radoslav Gergov Rafaela Koseva Boyan Mihaylov	Antoaneta Linkova Gergana Koeva Nevena Peykova Aleksandar Baychev Nargiz Saidova Radina Atanasova	Todor Gadzhalov Elitsa Naumova Melinda Hristova Sevinch Ibrahim Kristina Avramova Viktoria Gyurova	Steliyana Hristova Nevena Koleva Georgi Dyulgerov Bogdana Mitova Gergana Ruseva Tsvetana Dicheva
2	Yordan Karadjov	Preslava	Victoria Terziyska	Miro
	Krasimira Ivanova Hristo Mladenov Miroslav Tsankov Stanislava Semova Gita Petkova Yanitsa Rageva Nikolina Atanasova Boryana Boneva	Todor Georgiev Sashka Aleksandrova Tsvetelin Nikolov Petar Rangelov Kristian Dimitrov Nyagoleta Zheleva Elena Katrankyovska Plamen Borisov	Vasil Chergov Nina Ilieva Nikoleta Stanoykova Nadezhda Dimitrova Dilyana Yordanova Madlen Kovacheva Mariela Gosheva Teni Omede	Ivaylo Donkov Vasya Popova Ventsislav Katov Nevena Dimitrova Galina Makaveeva Emilia Valenti Hristo Mihaylov Margarita Incheva
3	Orlin Goranov	Desi Slava	Atanas Penev	Miro
	Anna Pesheva Petar Rangelov Tyurkyan Ismail Sabina Doneva Dani Chukov Ivan Chenov Stanislav Georgiev-Siso Biserka Mladenova	Kristina Ivanova Iveta Kostova Asen Mihaylov Viktoria Peneva Selim Mirov Svetoslav Vladimirov Tihomir Tsonev Mila Zheleva	Ati Molova Stefani Ilieva Maria Marinova Yana Kamenova Krum Filipov Venetsia Netsova Marieta Petrakieva Dilyana Yordanova	Nevena Tsoneva Zoya Mutisheva Hristiyana Dankova Svetlana Cheprazova Ivelina Dolapchieva Ogi Georgiev Lazar Kisyov Sonya Ivanova
4	Ivan Lechev	Poli Genova	Kamelia	Grafa
	Radko Petkov Hristo Mladenov & Dimitar Atanasov Maria Dimova «Mia D»	Sarah Suzette Simona Zagorova Dea Maistorska	Kristina Kabadieva Paulina Goranov Elena Freymann	Yana Sabanova Kristian Grancharov Ivaylo Filipov
5	Nia Petrova Nikola Zdravkov Trio Trinity Simona Zaharieva	Viktoria Dinkova Aleksandar Savov Anna Azatyan Anastasia Belyavskaya	Olivia Nikolova Nikola Chochev Nikol Todorova Gergana Velikova	Rafael Pasamov Maria Pashalyska Yagoda Treneva Simeon Zhelyazkov
6	Ivan Lechev	Mihaela Fileva	Kamelia	Grafa
	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
8	Ivan Lechev	Dara	Galena	Lubo Kirov
	Boris Hristov Raya Dimitrova Ivan Ivanov	Lidiya Ganeva Daniel Staykov Hristina Yosifova	Petya Paneva Georgi Kostadinov Ekaterina Sava	Ivan Ivanov Stefan Zdravkovic Jamie Rashed
9	Desislava Latinova Boyan Boev Nicola Stoyanov Tsvetelina Petrova	Jacklyn Tarrakci Silvi Philip	Alexandar Petrov Sonya Mihailova Elizabeth Zaharieva Maxim Panayotov Misher	Kaloyan Nikolov Victor Stambolov Boris Lapshov Nadezhda Bogoeva
10	Ivan Lechev	Dara	Maria Ilieva	Miro
	Georgi Georgiev Kaloyan Paunov Maria Koleva Zornitsa Petrova	Nikola Yanakiev Arcangelo D'Angelo Valeria Voykova Aleksandra Georgieva	Dimitrina Germanova Simeon Slavev Aleksandra Borisova Marin Rusinov	Nadezhda Kovacheva Elena Popova Yanitsa Kaneva Alexander Kolev
11	Ivan Lechev	Dara	Maria Ilieva	Grafa
	Simona Stateva Victoria Blagoeva Yoana Marinova Raya Yovcheva	Slaveya Ivanova Yordan Petev Yana Dimitrova Nedko Geshev	David Milanov Jacklyn Kostadinova Aleksandar Savov Maria Mironova	Anna Stavreva Trio Fida Samuel Manuelyan Aleksandar Atanasov

Coaches' timeline

Coaches	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Miro
Ivana
Kiril
Mariana
Preslava
Victoria
Yordan
Atanas
Desi
Orlin
Ivan
Grafa
Kamelia
Poli
Mihaela
Dara
Galena
Lubo
Maria

• Coaches gallery
• 
  Miro (2011–2014; 2023)
• 
  Kiril Marichkov^† (2011)
• 
  Mariana Popova (2011)
• 
  Ivana (2011)
• 
  Yordan Karadjov (2013)
• 
  Victoria Terziyska (2013)
• 
  Preslava (2013)
• 
  Orlin Goranov (2014)
• 
  Atanas Penev (2014)
• 
  Ivan Lechev (2017–)
• 
  Poli Genova (2017–2018)
• 
  Kamelia (2017–2020)
• 
  Grafa (2017–2020; 2024–)
• 
  Mihaela Fileva (2019–2020)
• 
  Dara (2021–)
• 
  Galena (2021–2022)
• 
  Lubo Kirov (2021–2022)
• 
  Maria Ilieva (2023–)

Coaches' advisors

Season	Battles advisors				Mega mentor (Knockouts)
	Team Kiril	Team Ivana	Team Miro	Team Mariana	All coaches
1	Mitko Shterev	Galya Kurdova	Yordan Karadzhov	Adelina Koleva, Lili Vateva
2	Team Yordan	Team Preslava	Team Victoria	Team Miro
	Adelina Koleva, Vladimir Dimov, Evgeni Dimitrov - Maestroto
3	Team Orlin	Team Desi	Team Atanas	Team Miro
	Adelina Koleva, Vladimir Dimov
5	Team Ivan	Team Poli	Team Kamelia	Team Grafa
		Maria Ilieva		Mihaela Fileva
6	Team Ivan	Team Mihaela	Team Kamelia	Team Grafa	All coaches
	Stefan Valdobrev	Orlin Pavlov	Desi Slava	Maria Ilieva	Without Mega Mentor
8	Team Ivan	Team Dara	Team Galena	Team Lubo	All coaches
	Atanas Penev	Doni	Medi, Georgi Simeonov	Maria Ilieva	Ishtar
9	Alexandrina Pendatchanska	Mihaela Marinova	Desi Slava	Nina Nikolina
10	Team Ivan	Team Dara	Team Maria	Team Miro	All coaches
	Mihaela Fileva	Molets	Lubo Kirov	Ivana	Without Mega Mentor
11	Team Ivan	Team Dara	Team Maria	Team Grafa	All coaches
	Margarita Hranova	Galena	Jivko Petrov	Tino	Orlin Goranov (Semi-final)

Line-up of coaches

Coaches' line-up by chairs order

Season	Year	Coaches
		1	2	3	4
1	2011	Kiril	Ivana	Miro	Mariana
2	2013	Yordan	Preslava	Victoria	Miro
3	2014	Orlin	Desi	Atanas
4	2017	Ivan	Poli	Kamelia	Grafa
5	2018
6	2019		Mihaela
7	2020
8	2021		Dara	Galena	Lubo
9	2022
10	2023			Maria	Miro
11	2024				Grafa

Presenters

Key

  Main presenter

  TV backstage presenter

  Online backstage presenter

Presenters timeline

Presenter	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Marten Roberto
Victoria Terziyska
Gencho Genchev
Emanuela Ivanova
Yana Marinova
Pavell
Venci Venc'
Todor Georgiev-Toshey
Elina Markova
Aleksandra Bogdanska
Ivan Tishev
Preyah
Vladimir Zombori
Boryana Bratoeva
Petya Dikova

Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.

Teams color key

Artist from Team Kiril

Artist from Team Atanas

Artist from Team Mihaela

Artist from Team Ivana

Artist from Team Desi

Artist from Team Dara

Artist from Team Miro

Artist from Team Orlin

Artist from Team Galena

Artist from Team Mariana

Artist from Team Grafa

Artist from Team Lubo

Artist from Team Preslava

Artist from Team Ivan

Artist from Team Maria

Artist from Team Yordan

Artist from Team Kamelia

Artist from Team Victoria

Artist from Team Poli

Glasat na Bulgaria series overview

Season	Aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place	Winning coach	Presenters
1	2011	Steliyana Hristova	Igor Shabov	Antoaneta Linkova	Todor Gadzhalov	Without fifth and sixth finalists		Mariana Popova	Marten Roberto	Victoria Terziyska
2	2013	Ivaylo Donkov	Krasimira Ivanova	Vasil Chergov	Todor Georgiev			Miro		Yana Marinova
3	2014	Kristina Ivanova	Ati Molova	Anna Pesheva	Nevena Tsoneva			Desi Slava		Victoria Terziyska
4	2017	Radko Petkov	Sarah Suzette	Yana Sabanova	Kristina Kabadjieva			Ivan Lechev	Pavell	Venci Venc'
5	2018	Nia Petrova	Viktoria Dinkova	Rafael Pasamov	Olivia Nikolova
6	2019	Atanas Kateliev	Kiril Hadziev	Iva Georgieva	Nadezhda Aleksandrova			Grafa
7	2020	Georgi Shopov	Joana Sashova	Kerana	Elena Sirakova			Ivan Lechev
8	2021	Petya Paneva	Georgi Kostadinov	Boris Hristov	Lidiya Ganeva	Raya Dimitrova	Ivan E. Ivanov	Galena	Ivan Tishev
9	2022	Jacklyn Tarrakci	Kaloyan Nikolov	Alexandar Petrov	Sonya Mihailova	Victor Stambolov	Desislava Latinova	Dara
10	2023	Nadezhda Kovacheva	Dimitrina Germanova	Elena Popova	Nikola Yanakiev	Simeon Slavev	Arcangelo D'Angelo	Miro
11	2024	Slaveya Ivanova	David Milanov	Yordan Petev	Anna Stavreva	Trio Fida	—	Dara	Vladimir Zombori	Boryana Bratoeva

See also

• The Voice (franchise)

External links

• Glasat na Bulgaria Previous website
• Glasat na Bulgaria Official website