Glasat na Bulgaria (TV series) explained

Native Name:Гласът на България
Genre:Reality television
Creator:John de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Presenter:
Judges:
Country:Bulgaria
Language:Bulgarian
Location:Seven-Eight Productions (1–3)
MediaPro Entertainment (2–3)
bTV Studios (4–)
Network:bTV
Runtime:150 minutes
Company:Talpa Media Group (2011-2019)
ITV Studios (2020-present)
Num Episodes:182
Num Seasons:11

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.[1]

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. 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.[2] 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.

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 and then again in the tenth season with Ivan Lechev's team.

Coaches

Coaches' teams

Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

SeasonCoaches
IvanaMiroMariana Popova
1Igor 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
2Yordan KaradjovPreslavaVictoria TerziyskaMiro
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
3Desi SlavaAtanas PenevMiro
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
4Ivan LechevPoli GenovaGrafa
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
5Nia 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
6Ivan LechevMihaela FilevaKameliaGrafa
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
7Georgi Shopov
Plamen Bonev
Kalina Velkovska
Elena Sirakova
Ilin Papazyan
Svetoslav Georgiev
Kerana
Kristina Doncheva
Hristo Vasilev
Joana Sashova
Alexandar Georgiev
Alexandar Slavchev
Ivan Lazarov
8Ivan LechevDaraLubo 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
9Desislava 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
10Ivan LechevDaraMaria IlievaMiro
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
11Ivan LechevDaraMaria IlievaGrafa

Coaches' timeline

CoachesSeasons
1234567891011
Mirocolspan="1"
Kirilcolspan="10"
Ivanacolspan="10"
Marianacolspan="10"
Yordancolspan="9"
Preslavacolspan="9"
Victoriacolspan="9"
Orlincolspan="8"
Desicolspan="8"
Atanascolspan="8"
Ivan
Policolspan="6"
Kameliacolspan="4"
Grafa
Mihaelacolspan="4"
Dara
Galenacolspan="2"
Lubocolspan="2"
Maria

Coaches' advisors

SeasonBattles advisorsMega mentor (Knockouts)
Team KirilTeam IvanaTeam MiroTeam MarianaAll coaches
1Mitko ShterevGalya KurdovaYordan KaradzhovAdelina Koleva, Lili Vateva
2Team YordanTeam PreslavaTeam VictoriaTeam Miro
Adelina Koleva, Vladimir Dimov, Evgeni Dimitrov - Maestroto
3Team OrlinTeam DesiTeam AtanasTeam Miro
Adelina Koleva, Vladimir Dimov
5Team IvanTeam PoliTeam KameliaTeam Grafa
Maria IlievaMihaela Fileva
6Team IvanTeam MihaelaTeam KameliaTeam GrafaAll coaches
Stefan ValdobrevOrlin PavlovDesi SlavaMaria IlievaWithout Mega Mentor
8Team IvanTeam DaraTeam GalenaTeam LuboAll coaches
Atanas PenevMedi, Georgi SimeonovMaria IlievaIshtar
9Alexandrina PendatchanskaDesi SlavaNina Nikolina
10Team IvanTeam DaraTeam MariaTeam MiroAll coaches
Mihaela FilevaMoletsLubo KirovIvanaWithout Mega Mentor
11Team IvanTeam DaraTeam MariaTeam GrafaAll coaches

Line-up of coaches

Presenters

Key
  • Main presenter
  • TV backstage presenter
  • Online backstage presenter
    Presenter! colspan="11"
    Seasons
    1234567891011
    Marten Robertocolspan="8"
    Victoria Terziyskacolspan="8"
    Gencho Genchevcolspan="10"
    Emanuela Ivanovacolspan="8"
    Yana Marinovacolspan="9"
    Pavellcolspan="4"
    Venci Venc'colspan="4"
    Todor Georgiev-Tosheycolspan="6"
    Elina Markovacolspan="5"
    Aleksandra Bogdanskacolspan="3"
    Ivan Tishevcolspan="1"
    Preyahcolspan="2"
    Vladimir Zombori
    Boryana Bratoeva

    Series overview

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

    Season! scope="col" width="01%"
    AiredWinnerRunner-upThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth placeWinning coachPresenters
    12011Steliyana HristovaIgor ShabovAntoaneta RoxanaTodor GadzhalovMariana PopovaMarten RobertoVictoria Terziyska
    22013Ivaylo DonkovKrasimira IvanovaVasil ChergovTodor GeorgievMiroYana Marinova
    32014Kristina IvanovaAti MolovaAnna PeshevaNevena TsonevaDesi SlavaVictoria Terziyska
    42017Radko PetkovSarah SuzetteYana SabanovaKristina KabadievaIvan LechevPavellVenci Venc'
    52018Nia PetrovaViktoria DinkovaRafael PasamovOlivia Nikolova
    62019Atanas KatelievKiril HadzievIva GeorgievaNadezhda AleksandrovaGrafa
    72020Georgi ShopovJoana SashovaKerana Elena SirakovaIvan Lechev
    82021Petya Paneva Georgi Kostadinov Boris Hristov Lidiya GanevaRaya Dimitrova Ivanov GalenaIvan Tishev
    92022Jacklyn TarrakciKaloyan NikolovAlexandar PetrovSonya MihailovaVictor StambolovDesislava LatinovaDara
    102023Nadezhda KovachevaDimitrina GermanovaElena PopovaNikola YanakievSimeon SlavevArcangelo D'AngeloMiro
    112024Vladimir ZomboriBoryana Bratoeva

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: New Block Buttons in "Glasat na Bulgaria" sharpen battle for the victory. 2021-07-03. Glasat na Bulgaria. bg.
    2. Web site: НАЙ-НОВИЯТ ЕТАП В "ГЛАСЪТ НА БЪЛГАРИЯ" - "НОКАУТИТЕ", ПОСТАВЯ НА ИЗПИТАНИЕ ТРЕНЬОРИ И УЧАСТНИЦИ. 2021-07-03. Glasat na Bulgaria. bg.