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Music Idol
Format	Reality/talent show
Created by	Simon Fuller
Starring	Judges (season 1): Jordanka Hristova, Slavi Trifonov, Gloria, Doni Judges (season 2): Villy Kazasian, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, Esil Duran, Lucy Diakovska, Philipp Kirkorov* Judges (season 3): Doni, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, Maria Hosts: Sanja Nikolic, Ivan Hristov & Andrei Arnaudov
Country of origin	Bulgaria
Broadcast
Original channel	bTV
Original run	February 26, 2007 – ongoing
Finalists	(With dates of elimination)
Season 1	(2007)
Nevena Tsoneva	Winner
Teodor Koychinov	June 7
Preslava Peycheva	May 31
Stefan Lalchev	May 24
Kremena Dimitrova	May 17
Plamen Patov	May 10
Iliyana Kovacheva	May 3
Krasimira Ivanova	April 26
Rumen Nekhrizov	April 19
Valentina Dimitrova	April 12
Tihomir Dimitrov	April 5
Denitsa Khadzhiivanova	March 29
Season 2	(2008)
Toma Zdravkov	Winner
Nora Karaivanova	June 2
Jasen Zerdev	June 2
Denitsa Georgieva	June 2
Plamena Petrova	April 2/May 28
Chanel Erkin	May 21
Ana Topalova	May 14
Denislav Novev	May 7
Ivalyo Donev	April 30
Maria Ilieva	April 23
Stoyan Tsonev	April 16
Ivan Angelov	April 9
Elena Ivanova	March 26
External links
www.musicidol.btv.bg - Official website

Music Idol is the Bulgarian version of the British television hit show Pop Idol. It is a talent contest to determine the superior pop performer and its first season was aired on bTV from February 26 until June 7, 2007. During its third season, the show went international and auditions took place in neighboring Macedonia. Other major changes in the third season: minimum age for participants 13 (not 16), more talk show than music, great accent on the hosts, hidden vote results, which makes it impossible to validate the result of each elimination.

Rules

Season 1

Qualfications

Auditioners must be between the ages of 13 and 28. They must be Bulgarian citizens.

Auditions

Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.

Theatre Round

In 3 days the judges chose among the top 100 from all cities the semifinalists who would perform live during the show and face the public's vote.

Semifinals

From now on its up to the Bulgarian public to vote their favorite contestants into the final 12.

Finals

Each week the final 12 contestants perform in front of a live audience songs from a given theme. Once again the public votes for its favorite with the least votes getter getting eliminated after one show until only one contestant remains: The winner of Music Idol.

Season 2

Qualfications

There is no age limit for the auditioners. They must be Bulgarian citizens.

Auditions

Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.

Theatre Round

The competitors are split in groups and they sing solo (like in the previous round). After that the jury decides who will continue. After that the remaining contestants sing in quartets and the jury picks the best of them. Then they sing solo and the jury picks 18 people for the semi-finals.

Semifinals

The competitors ate split in two groups - male and female. After their first concert the public votes fo them and two boys and two girls are eliminated. After that the hava another concert and two boys and two girls are again eliminated. After that the eliminated 8 contestants sing again and 3 of them are let back in the show.

Finals

Each week the final 13 contestants perform in front of a live audience songs from a given theme. Once again the public votes for its favorite the two people with the least votes sing and the public votes again. The contestant with the least votes is eliminated. This goes on until only one contestant remains: The winner of Music Idol.

Season 1

Judges

• Yordanka Hristova (chairman) - singer
• Slavi Trifonov - singer, actor, host
• Gloria Ivanova - pop-folk singer
• Donnie - singer and composer

Auditions

• Rousse (January 18)
• Varna (January 25)
• Burgas (February 1)
• Plovdiv (February 8)
• Sofia (February 15)

There was one exception of the age-rule - Kremena from Dobrich was allowed to participate, despite her age of 15. She eventually became a finalist later on.

Semifinals

For one week (March 12 to March 19) the top 40 performed each night in five groups including eight singers with the two top vote getters advancing to the finals. On Friday night the judges announced eight singers who received another chance to perform with the top vote getter and the final pick of the judges joining the other finalists to the top 12.

Group 1 - March 12 2007

• Tihomir Dimitrov (17.9%)
• Preslava Peycheva (9.3%)
• Emiliya Dutsolova (11.0%)
• Suleyman Evadpal
• Nikolay Manolov (17.4%)
• Krasimira Ivanova (26.3%)
• Preslava Mravkova
• Ina Petrova

Group 2 - March 13 2007

• Daniela Nikolova (6.4%)
• Vasil Modev (11.8%)
• Ivaylo Donev (7.4%)
• Stefan Lalchev (30.0%)
• Maya Georgieva
• Mariya Dimitrova
• Valentina Dimitrova (26.5%)
• Rosen Kukosharov

Group 3 - March 14 2007

• Gita Petkova (8.4%)
• Yanitsa Dafinova
• Iskren Ribchev (15.6%)
• Plamen Patov (31.3%)
• Veselina Nikolova
• Gergana Koyeva (10.6%)
• Rumen Nekhrizov (18.0%)
• Aneliya Bakalova

Group 4 - March 15 2007

• Lazar Vulchev (8.9%)
• Sylvia Moneva (12.1%)
• Vasil Khlebarov
• Plamena Petrova
• Georgi Georgiev
• Denislav Novev (9.6%)
• Iliana Kovacheva (15.6%)
• Nevena Tsoneva (35.5%)
  

Group 5 - March 16 2007

• Dimitar Tanasov
• Teodor Koychinov (7.8%)
• Maria Bachvarova (8.0%)
• Vasil Ivanov (9.7%)
• Kremena Dimitrova (30.8%)
• Vasil Stoyanov
• Denitsa Hadzhiivanova (24.4%)
• Kristina Kokorska

Wildcards - March 19 2007

• Vasko Ivanov
• Kristina Kokorska
• Lazar Vulchev
• Teodor Koichinov (Judges' Choice)
• Dimitar Atanasov
• Nikolay Manolov
• Preslava Peycheva (Viewers' Choice)
• Sylvia Moneva

Finals Elimination Chart

Season 2

Judges

• Villi Kazasian (chairman) - Bulgarian conductor
• Esil Duran - pop-folk singer
• Dimitar Kovachev - "Funky" - Bulgarian rocker and producer, owner of Sofia Music Enterprises
• Lucy Diakovska - No Angels member

Auditions

• Rousse (January 17)
• Varna (January 24)
• Burgas (January 31)
• Plovdiv (February 7)
• Sofia (February 14)

Semifinals

This year saw a change in the semifinal format: After the judges picked their top 18 contestants (9 males, 9 females) the contestants were split in one girls/guys group and had to perform in the week of March 10 - March 15 with constantly reducing the number of singers in both groups to six: after the first performance show the two least votes getters got eliminated, leaving the top 7 of girls/guys perform again of which the top 5 vote getters from each group will advance to the finals. Later on the judges eventually decided to make a top 13 out of the supposed 12 with giving three contestants a wildcard for the finals.
Two out of the top 18, Denislav Novev and Plamena Petrova, already competed in former years top 50 but failed to qualify for the finals.

Girls Top 9 - March 10 2008

• Plamena Petrova - "Think Twice"
• Gergana Dimova - "Black Velvet" (eliminated)
• Maria Ilieva - "(You make me feel like) A Natural Woman"
• Chanel Erkin - "Je T'aime"
• Elena Ivanova - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" (eliminated)
• Ana Topalova - "Visoko" (bottom three)
• Sonia Membrenho - "Iskam te"
• Nora Karaivanova - "The Voice Within"
• Denitsa Georgieva - "Respect"

Guys Top 9 - March 11 2008

• Ivan Angelov - "Change The World"
• Ivailo Donev - "Georgia On My Mind"
• Jasen Zerdev - "New Flame" (eliminated)
• Denislav Novev - "You Rise Me Up"
• Toma Zdravkov - "Summer In The City"
• Damyan Popov - "Pochti zabravena ljubov"
• Victor Gheorghiev - "Stars" (eliminated)
• Lazar Kisyov - "Sbogom , moya ljubov" (bottom three)
• Stoyan Tsonev - "Incomplete"

Girls Top 7 - March 13 2008

• Maria Ilieva - "Adagio" (eliminated)
• Denitsa Georgieva - "Proud Mary"
• Chanel Erkin - "Bleeding Love" (bottom three)
• Sonia Membrenho - "Listen" (eliminated)
• Ana Tpoalova - "Every Breath you take"
• Plamena Petrova - "Ustrem"
• Nora Karaivanova - "Ain't no Sunshine"

Guys Top 7 - March 15 2008

• Toma Zdravkov - "Walking By Myself"
• Damyan Popov - "Svetat e za dvama" (eliminated)
• Denislav Novev - "Let Me Entertain You"
• Stoyan Tsonev - "Sineva"
• Lazar Kisyov - "I Surrender" (eliminated)
• Ivailo Donev - "Great Balls Of Fire"
• Ivan Angelov - "Se bastasse una canzone"

Wildcards - March 18 2008

Chosen by the judges to advance to the finals:

• Jasen Zerdev
• Maria Ilieva
• Elena Ivanova

NOTE: The bottom group contestants face off in a sudden death elimination round where the voting lines are re-opened and the public have one more chance to save their favorite from elimination. Stoyan Tsonev, Ana Topalova and Chanel Erkin fell victim to this unique rule despite not receiving the least amount of votes on the performance night.

Finals Elimination Chart

Season 3

Judges

• Doni - Bulgarian pop singer
• Maria - pop-folk singer
• Dimitar Kovachev - "Funky" - Bulgarian rocker and producer

Unlike the previous seasons, there is no chairman of the jury in honor to the late chairman Villy Kazasian, who died shortly after the 2008 season. Nevertheless, there is a guest star in the jury in every city, where auditions take place. He/She doesn't have a right to vote, but can advise jury members in reaching the right decision. The guest stars for the 2009 season are:

• Sonia Vassi - Bulgarian singer and model (Varna)
• Toni Dimitrova - Bulgarian pop singer (Burgas)
• Blagovest Argirov - Bulgarian pop singer (Plovdiv)
• Grigor Koprov - famous Macedonian songwriter (Skopje)
• Katya - Bulgarian pop singer, part of the famous duo "Riton" (Sofia)

Auditions

• Varna (January 24)
• Burgas
• Plovdiv
• Skopje, Macedonia
• Sofia

Finalists

• Rusina Katardzieva - Eliminated
• Sonia Membreno - Eliminated
• Preslava Mryvkova - Eliminated
• Aleksandar Tarabunov - Eliminated
• Bojan Stojkov - Runner-Up
• Eli Radanova - Eliminated
• Simona Stateva - Eliminated
• Victoria Dimitrova - Withdrew
• Darko Ilievski - Eliminated
• Dimitar Atanasov - Eliminated
• Aleksandra Zhekova - Eliminated
• Magdalena Janavarova - Winner
• Plamen Petkov - Eliminated

Finals Elimination Chart

See also

• Ken Lee

Notes

External links

• Official Website

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