The eighth season of Bulgarian reality singing competition Glasat na Bulgaria premiered on 12 September 2021 and broadcasts every 20:00, at bTV. For this season, Ivan Lechev returned for his coaching duties for the fifth time, and three new coaches were announced, who include Lubo Kirov, Galena, and Dara who will replace Grafa, Kamelia and Mihaela Fileva.
Petya Paneva was crowned as the "voice", marking Galena's first win as a coach. This is the third time that a first-time coach wins their first season (first being Desi Slava on season three, and then Ivan Lechev on season four). The top two, Petya Paneva and Georgi Kostadinov, were both from Galena's team, marking the first time this has happened in any season. This was also the first time where the first contestant to audition went on to win the season.
Coaches and hosts
In June 2021, bTV announced the return of the musical competition show. Of the four coaches of the previous season, only Ivan Lechev returned, marking his fifth season as a coach. Debuting coaches Dara, Galena, and Lubo Kirov were announced, replacing Mihaela Fileva, Kamelia and Grafa. Kamelia was supposed to return for her fifth time as a coach but opted not to return on the show.
After the announcement of new coaches, Ivan Tishev took the hosting responsibility, replacing Pavell and Venci Venc' who were hosts for the last four seasons. Also, Alexandra Bogdanska served as backstage host for her second season.
Production The filming of Glasat na Bulgaria started on July, at bTV studios. Unlike previous seasons, audiences are reduced from its full capacity to maintain social distancing as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place Eliminated in the Live Cross Battles Eliminated in the Knockouts Stolen in the Battles Eliminated in the Battles Eliminated in the Final selection Withdrew
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 70 Artists Ivan Lechev Boris Hristov Raya Dimitrova Ivan E. Ivanov Aleksey Kozarev Boyan Shahov Hristo Danailov Kristiyan Varbanovski Richard Mantarliev Ivailo Ranov-Sheki Georgi Kostadinov Ilin Iliev Preslava Krasteva Spas Lefterov Floralyn Georgieva Stefka Emilova Iva Ralcheva Trendafil Bubanov Andon Andonov Dara Lidiya Ganeva Daniel Staykov Hristina Yosifova Desislava Hristova Gabriela Koleva Boryana Georgieva Nikolai Timenov Viktoriya Glavcheva Tonina Mitinska Daliya Vrana Martin Akinremi Nora Cherneva Ginka Vladimirova Kieran Smith Natassa Andreou Gyokchan Ismailov Yana & Nikolay Stoyanchevski Galena Petya Paneva Georgi Kostadinov Ekaterina Sava Dimitar Kolev Hristina Raleva Ivelina Andreeva Volena Apostolova Galya Georgieva Viktoriya Glavcheva Vasilia Petrova Nadezhda Panayotova Victoria Zafirova Moyra Yankova Aleksandar Trifonov Martin Nikolov Christopher Galovski Sandra Tsvetanova Mahrez Hachemi Marin Gerchev Teodora Marcheva Irena & Alexander Gospodinovi Lubo Kirov Ivan T. Ivanov Stefan Zdravković Jamie Rashed Atanaska & Sonay Ivailo Ranov-Sheki Hrisi Pachalova Polina Nikolova Elena Kokorska Hristo Danailov Anton Markov Simona Krasteva Yoan Piperov Konstantin Tomov Simona Bakalova Stiliana Dimitrova Stanimir Marinov Denden Samsuhendar Daniela Ivanova
Blind auditions In this season, coaches complete their teams without a specific number of members. However, each one will be cut down to 14 contestants, on the last episode of the blinds. In addition to the season, each coach is given two blocks to use during the auditions.
The "final selection" follows right after the blind auditions. Coaches would finalize the number of artists on their team by choosing, randomly, 14 artists to proceed to the next stage. Artists chosen by their respective coach will proceed to the next round, the Battles, while the unselected ones will be eliminated.
+ Blind auditions color key ✔ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist joined this coach's team Artist selected to join this coach's team Artist was eliminated as no coach pressed their button Artist was, initially, part of the team but was eliminated on the cut round ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was: Blocked by Ivan Blocked by Dara Blocked by Galena Blocked by Lubo
Episode 1 (September 12) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Petya Paneva "Avram Zornitsa dumashe" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Boris Hristov "Human" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Daniel Staykov "Otherside" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Simona Bakalova "Ta-ri-ri-ram" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Temenuzhka Samuilova "Bez teb" — — — — 6 Ivan Ivanov "Afterglow" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Ekaterina Sava "One Night Only" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Bozhidar Nedyalkov "Say Something" — — — — 9 Jamie Rashed "Black Hole Sun" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Slavina Dumbalska "Break My Heart" — — — — 11 Richard Mantarliev "Bridge to Better Days" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 12 Lidiya Ganeva "Drivers License" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 2 (September 19) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Hristina Yosifova "Summertime" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 2 Hristo Danailov "Billie Jean" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Emilia Valenti & Veselin Vachev "Molya se" — — — — 4 Martin Nikolov "Make It Rain" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Preslava Krasteva "Chainsmoking" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Dmitro Dudnik "Trouble" — — — — 7 Boryana Georgieva "Get the Party Started" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Christopher Galovski "Da si tuk" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Yana Stoyanova "Mercy" — — — — 10 Yoan Piperov "Blackbird" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Dimitar Kolev "Back to Black" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 12 Elena Kokorska "I Believe I Can Fly" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 13 Georgi Kostadinov "A Song for You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (September 26) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Boyan Shahov "T.N.T" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Victoria Zafirova "I See Red" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Moyra Yankova "Dance Monkey" — — ✔ — 4 Martin Akinremi "Us" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 5 Trendafil Bubanov "It's Not Unusual" ✔ — — — 6 Yana Obretenova "Mr. Magic" — — — — 7 Sandra Tsvetanova "You Are the Reason" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Vera Ruso "Toca's Miracle" — — — — 9 Konstantin Tomov "Jesus Is the Answer" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 10 Kieron Smith "Believe" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Aleksandar Mladenov "Zitti e buoni" — — — — 12 Polina Nikolova "Part of Your World" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 13 Ivailo Ranov-Sheki "Black Dog" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Episode 4 (October 3) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Volena Apostolova "I Never Loved a Man" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Stefan Zdravković "Pillowtalk" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ 3 Gabriela Zhivkova "Ne, Merci" — — — — 4 Galya Georgieva "Holding Out for a Hero" — — ✔ ✔ 5 Kristiyan Varbanovski "Location" ✔ — — ✔ 6 Yordan Ivanchev "I've Got a Woman" — — — — 7 Desislava Hristova "All I Ask" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Vasilia Petrova "Beli Noshti" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Ivan Ivanov "Gethsemane" ✔ — — ✔ 10 Natasa Andreu "Cry Me a River" — ✔ — — 11 Mert Yaldaz "Elveda Deme Bana" — — — — 12 Raya Dimitrova "Bad" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ 13 Atanaska & Sonay "Someone You Loved" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 5 (October 10) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Aleksey Kozarev "I'm Still Standing" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Hristina Raleva "The Edge of Glory" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Stiliana Dimitrova "Leave The Door Open" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Gyokchan Ismailov "Zashto Dobrite Stradat" — ✔ — — 5 Emin Al Juneid "Znam" — — — — 6 Teodora Marcheva "The Magic Flute / Tough Lover" ✔ — ✔ — 7 Daliya Vrana "Best Part" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Georgi Iliev "Mamma Knows Best" — — — — 9 Floralyn Georgieva "When The Party's Over" ✔ — — — 10 Denden Samsuhendar "She's Gone" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Irena & Alexander Gospodinovi "Zavinagi" — — ✔ ✔ 12 Boyan Todorov "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — — — — 13 Nora Cherneva "Tears Of Gold" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 14 Hrisi Pachalova "Ne Iskam" — — ✔ ✔
Episode 6 (October 17) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Ivelina Andreeva "Pesen na Chervenata Shapchitsa" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Andon Andonov "Sad but True" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 3 Daniela Ivanova "Strah ot Samota" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 4 Dimitar Timenov "Say You Won't Let Go" — — — — 5 Nikolay Timenov "Monster" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Dimitar Stoyanov "Chuzhdi Tela" — — — — 7 Marin Gerchev "Imam Ljubav Ali Kome Da Je Dam" — — ✔ — 8 Iva Ralcheva "I'll Be Your Shelter" ✔ — — ✔ 9 Stanimir Marinov "Nyakoga Predi" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Marta Kukularova "Love Of My Life" — — — — 11 Mahrez Hachemi "Katerino Mome" ✔ — ✔ — 12 Ivona Georgieva "Momiche Ot Led" — — — — 13 Ilin Iliev "My Babe" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 14 Gabriela Koleva "Juice" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 15 Ginka Vladimirova "V Bezkraynostta" — ✔ — ✔
Episode 7 (October 24) OrderArtistSongCoach's and artist's choices Ivan Dara Galena Lubo 1 Stefka Emilova "Try" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 2 Aleksandar Trifonov "Samo Mene Nyamash" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Tonina Mitinska "Nobody's Perfect" — ✔ — — 4 Aleksandar Aleksandrov "Peaches" — — — — 5 Simona Krasteva "Canção do Mar" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 6 Spas Lefterov "Sbogom" ✔ — — — 7 Yana & Nikolay Stoyanchevi "Little Talks" — ✔ — — 8 Viktoriya Glavcheva "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Anton Markov "Circles" — — — ✔ 10 Yoana Hristova "Ne Me Obichash Veche" — — — — 11 Nadezhda Panayotova "Slagam Kray" — — ✔ —
Battles The battles round begin airing on October 31. The battle advisers for this season are the following: Maria Ilieva (future coach in season 10-11) for Team Lubo, season 3 coach Atanas Penev for Team Ivan, Doni for Team Dara, Medi (future coach in season 12) and Georgi Simeonov for Team Galena.
Each coach is entitled to one "steal" throughout the battles (as in season 6) to save a losing contestant. At the end of the battles, eight contestants (seven winning and one stolen artists) will remain on each team, advancing through to the Knockouts.
+ Battles color key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle, but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
+ Battles results Episode Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Ivan Dara Galena Lubo Episode 8 1 Dara Hristina Yosifova "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Natassa Andreou — N/A — — 2 Ivan Ivan E. Ivanov "Welcome to the Jungle" Stefka Emilova N/A — — — 3 Lubo Polina Nikolova "Speechless" Simona Bakalova — — — N/A 4 Galena Galya Georgieva "It's My Life" Martin Nikolov — — N/A — 5 Dara Daniel Staykov "Beggin" Kieran Smith — N/A — — 6 Ivan Raya Dimitrova "“Déjà vu”?" Floralyn Georgieva N/A — — — 7 Galena Volena Apostolova "Bang Bang" Viktoriya Glavcheva — ✔ N/A — 8 Lubo Stefan Zdravković "If I Ain't Got You" Stiliana Dimitrova — rowspan="4" — N/A 9 Dara Boryana Georgieva "Arlekino" Ginka Vladimirova — — — 10 Galena Ivelina Andreeva "Zhiva Rana" Aleksandar Trifonov — N/A — 11 Ivan Boris Hristov "Bruises" Georgi Kostadinov N/A ✔ ✔ Episode 9 1 Ivan Boyan Shahov "We're Not Gonna Take It" Ivailo Ranov-Sheki N/A rowspan="11" rowspan="11" ✔ 2 Dara Desislava Hristova "Midnight Sky" Nora Cherneva — rowspan="10" 3 Lubo Jamie Rashed "You Oughta Know" Hristo Danailov ✔ 4 Galena Ekaterina Sava "Hello" Moyra Yankova rowspan="8" 5 Ivan Aleksey Kozarev "Za tebe byah" Spas Lefterov 6 Dara Nikolay Timenov "Watermelon Sugar" Martin Akinremi 7 Lubo Elena Kokorska "Anywhere Away from Here" Konstantin Tomov 8 Ivan Kristiyan Varbanovski "Dusk Till Dawn" Preslava Krasteva 9 Lubo Hrisi Pachalova "Malkiyat Princ" Yoan Piperov 10 Galena Hristina Raleva "Chernata Ovca" Victoria Zafirova 11 Dara Lidiya Ganeva "Lovely" Daliya Vrana Episode 10 1 Lubo Atanaska and Sonay "Arcade" Simona Krasteva rowspan="6" rowspan="6" rowspan="6" rowspan="6" 2 Ivan Richard Mantarliev "No Good" Ilin Iliev 3 Dara Gabriela Koleva "Bust Your Windows" Tonina Mitinska 4 Galena Dimitar Kolev "Always Remember Us This Way" Nadezhda Panayotova 5 Lubo Ivan T. Ivanov "Before You Go" Anton Markov 6 Galena Petya Paneva "Rufinka bolna legnala" Vasilia Petrova
Knockouts The Knockouts round begins airing on November 21. Ishtar is the Mega mentor for all teams in this phase. Each team has a total of eight contestants, and three will be chosen by their coach to go through to the Live shows. During this round, Galena has only seven artists to perform due to Galya Georgieva's withdrawal from the show.