The fourth season of the Bulgarian talent show competition series Balgariya tarsi talant premiered on bTV on March 15, 2015 and finished on May 31, 2015. The show saw an entire new panel of judges consisting of Ivo Siromahov, Darina Pavlova, Iliana Benovska (replaced by Desi Dobreva from May 17 until the final) and Nikolai Iliev. Maria Silvestar continued hosting from the previous season alongside new host Aleksandar Kadiev. The season was produced by a new producer - Slavi Trifonov's Seven-Eight Productions. The show was broadcast every Sunday at 20:00 and Monday at 21:30.
The season was won by 20-year-old wheelchair breakdancer Plamen Lyubenov, followed by balancer Metodi Metodiev in second place and beatboxer Leon Petkov" in third.
Production The following were the locations for the open ground auditions: Dates City Audition location Ref. January 17-18, 2015 Varna Interhotel "Cherno More" Plovdiv Park-hotel "Sankt-Peterburg" January 23-25, 2015 Sofia National Palace of Culture, Hall 12 January 24-25, 2015 Burgas Burgas Free University Veliko Turnovo Chitalishte "Nadezhda 1869"
On February 9 was revealed that the hosts would be actress and TV host Maria Silvestar, bein the only returning from the previous season's cast, joined by actor and TV host Aleksandar Kadiev. On February 12 was announced the new judging panel - writer, screenwriter, director and actor Ivo Siromahov, actress and TV producer Darina Pavlova, journalist Iliana Benovska and actor, screenwriter, director and producer Nikolai Iliev. Iliana Benovska was part of the judges until the fourth Results show on May 11. Starting on May 17, the fifth semi-final, she was replaced by folklore singer Desi Dobreva.
Filming started on the same day as the jury reveal in Hall 2 of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The live shows were filmed in Studio 5 of the complex PrimeTime Studios in German.
Season overview Auditions The auditions were aired between March 15 and April 5, 2015. A new element was introduced - a golden buzzer, which each member of the jury and the hosts would get to press once in the auditions to send an act directly to the semi-finals, skipping the judges cut. 123 acts advanced, but the judges had to pick only 60 of them to make it to the semi-finals.
Live shows Buzzed out | Judges' vote | | | | Withdrawn |
Semi-final 1 (April 19) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Brass band and Youth cheerleading squad "Hristo Botev" 1 Music and dance troupe 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Rayna Boteva and Ivan Dimitrov 2Theater and music duo Eliminated Atanas Atanaschev 3Dancer Eliminated Deyan Asenov 4Improvising singer and musician 1st (Won Public Vote) "Latin Force" 5Dance group Advanced (Won Second Chance Vote) Dimitar Penchev 6Beatboxer Eliminated "Bul Kempo" 7Combat sport federation Eliminated Radko Petkov 8Singer 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Ivan Chukarski 9Comedian scientist Eliminated Duo "Arsen" 10Magic duo Eliminated
The judges were not asked to vote one by one, but instead they collectively choose which act to go to the final during the ad break, with their choice announced by Nikolai Iliev. During the Results show guest performers were acrobatic duo "Plachkov".
Semi-final 2 (April 26) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished "Full Dance" 1Dance group Eliminated Andjela Tsolova 2Singer Eliminated Martin Petrushev 3Rapper Eliminated Metodi Metodiev 4Balancer 1st (Won Public Vote) Children's puppet theater "Shturche" 5Singer 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Iliya Gechev 6Dancer Eliminated "For a Distance" 7Music group Eliminated Tsvetozara Milenkova 8 Rhytmic gymnast 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Georgi Todorov 9Magician Eliminated Ivan Dobrinov 10Danger act Eliminated
During the Results show guest performer was culinar chef Radi Stambolov.
Semi-final 3 (May 3) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished "Creators" 1Dance group Eliminated Bagpipe ensemble "Dinyo Marinov" 2Music group 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) Detelina Buntova 3Singer Eliminated Anonymous 4Magician Eliminated Nadka Dimcheva 5Dancer Eliminated Dimitar Hodzhev "Krika" 6Danger act Eliminated Duo "Sense" 7Ballancer duo Eliminated Leon Petkov 8Beatboxer 1st (Won Public Vote) Waleed Shamdin 9Comedian danger act Withdrew Tapia Dance House 10 Acrobatics child group 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote)
Waleed Shamdin was not present during the live show due to unexplained reasons. As Ivo Siromahov gave him the Golden Buzzer, he performed his act - to knock over and break a wardrobe with his head. During the Results show guest performer was auntie Maria, who was eliminated during the auditions round. She and Ivo Siromahov performed an original song. Iliana pressed the red buzzer for them.
Semi-final 4 (May 10) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished "Chudesiya" 1Folklore dance ensemble 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) "Potrez" 2Rap group Eliminated Yasmin and Paris Kirilovi 3Dance duo Eliminated Konstantin Tudzharov 4Yo-yo artist Eliminated Ivelina Andreeva 5 Singer 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) Plamen Lyubenov 6Wheelchair breakdancer 1st (Won Public Vote) Trio "Algara" 7Music group Eliminated Ivan Petrov "Vensan" 8Magician Eliminated Tsvetomira Nacheva 9Dancer Eliminated "Bezimennite" 10Breakdance group Eliminated
Guest performer during the Results show was magician Astor.
Semi-final 5 (May 17) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished "The Basement" 1Dance group Eliminated Simona Boykova 2 Pole dancer and aerialist 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Polya Ivanova 3Singer 1st (Won Public Vote) Dimitar Penchev 4Carving artist Eliminated Murad Murad 5Dancer Eliminated Petar Bakurdzhiev "Nabora" 6Danger motor act Eliminated Rhythmic gymnastics club "Levski" 7Folklore dance ensemble 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Viktor Hristov 8Dancer Eliminated Jennifer Tsankov "Jenny Jo" 9Magician Eliminated "Bezimennite" 10Breakdance group Eliminated
During the Results show guest performer was aerialist Benita Primo.
Semi-final 6 (May 24) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Andrey Ivanov 1Balloon artist Eliminated National aesthetic group gymnastics team 2Aesthetic grymnastics group Eliminated Elizabet Zlatkova 3Singer Eliminated Theater studio "Smehurko" 4Theater troupe Eliminated Aleksandra Kiteva 5Drummer 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Iveta Tsvetkova 6Juggler Eliminated Helin Hasan 7Modern ballet dancer 1st (Won Public Vote) Sirma Dobreva 8 Contortionist and acrobat 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) "Electra Crew" 9Breakdance group Eliminated Plamen Kachev 10Danger act Eliminated
Aleksandar Kadiev was unable to host the Results show, which was held instead on Tuesday, so he was replaced by singer Boris Soltariyski. He was also one of the guest performers of the night, alongside artistic bartender Ivan Atanasov.
Final The final was held on May 31 and it featured the twelve qualifiers from the semi-final plus a thirteenth act, chosen by the public as a wildcard.
Finalist Order Performance Type Qualified by Finished "Latin Force" 1Dance group Second chance viewers vote Finalist Simona Boykova 2Pole dancer and aerialist Semi-final 5 Finalist Leon Petkov 3Beatboxer Semi-final 3 Third place Brass band and Youth cheerleading squad "Hristo Botev" 4Music and dance troupe Semi-final 1 Finalist Polya Ivanova 5Singer Semi-final 5 Finalist Helin Hasan 6Modern ballet dancer Semi-final 6 Finalist Metodi Metodiev 7Balancer Semi-final 2 Runner-up Tsvetozara Milenkova 8Rhytmic gymnast Semi-final 2 Finalist Plamen Lyubenov 9Wheelchair breakdancer Semi-final 4 Winner Ivelina Andreeva 10Singer Semi-final 4 Finalist "Tapia Dance House" 11Acrobatics child group Semi-final 3 Finalist Sirma Dobreva 12Contortionist and acrobat Semi-final 6 Finalist Deyan Asenov 13Improvising singer and musician Semi-final 1 Finalist
Guest performers were dance group "Makosa Nostra".
Episodes Ep. # Episode Airdate 1 Auditions 1 March 15, 2015 2 Auditions 2 March 16, 2015 3 Auditions 3 March 22, 2015 4 Auditions 4 March 23, 2015 5 Auditions 5 March 29, 2015 6 Auditions 6 March 30, 2015 7 Auditions 7 April 5, 2015 8 Judge Cuts April 6, 2015 9 Semi-final 1 April 19, 2015 10 Results show 1 April 20, 2015 11 Semi-final 2 April 26, 2015 12 Results show 2 April 27, 2015 13 Semi-final 3 May 3, 2015 14 Results show 3 May 4, 2015 15 Semi-final 4 May 10, 2015 16 Results show 4 May 11, 2015 17 Semi-final 5 May 17, 2015 18 Results show 5 May 18, 2015 19 Semi-final 6 May 24, 2015 20 Results show 6 May 26, 2015 21 Final May 31, 2015
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