The ninth season of the Bulgarian talent show competition series Balgariya tarsi talant premiered on bTV on September 14, 2025 and finished on December 14, 2025. Katerina Evro and Nikolaos Tsitiridis returned as judges for their fourth and second respective seasons. They were joined by new judges Galena and Julian Vergov. Aleksandar Kadiev returned for his fifth season as a host, while being joined by new host Petar Antonov. The show was aired every Sunday at 20:00.
The season was won by 10-year-old mental calculator Konstantin Chervenkov, followed by speedcuber Kristina Kostova in second place and dance group "Creators" in third. This marks the second time that the winner received the golden buzzer (Galena pressed her golden buzzer for Konstantin) following Andriyan Asenov who won the sixth season.
Production On February 24, 2025 it was announced that "Balgariya Tarsi Talant" would return three years after the last season and that the online auditions were opened. The dates for the preliminary auditions were published on March 21: Dates City Audition location Ref. April 12-13 & 30, 2025 Sofia Hotel "Hemus" April 14, 2025 Plovdiv House of Culture "Boris Hristov" April 26, 2025 Burgas Hotel "Aqua" April 27, 2025 Varna Hotel "Aqua"
On April 29 pop-folk singer Galena was named as the first new judge of the season. Exactly one month later the next two judges were announced - actress Katerina Evro, who returned for her fourth consecutive season in the panel, and actor Julian Vergov. On June 11 the media stated that the fourth jury member would be comedian and TV host Nikolaos Tsitiridis, returning from the last season. On June 20 was revealed that the hosts would be actor and TV host Aleksandar Kadiev, with this being his fifth season, and new host actor Petar Antonov. The prize was the biggest in the show's history - 90 000 lv.
Season overview Auditions The auditions aired between September 14 and November 16, 2025. Each member of the jury and the hosts had one golden buzzer. 120 out of all the 149 acts received 3 or 4 yeses, but the judges had to pick only 36 of them to make it to the semi-finals.
Live shows ParticipantAge(s)Performance TypeFromSemi-finalFinished Anna Vasilevich 14 Acrobatic dancer Russia & Sofia 1 Eliminated Arina Shilo 15 Pantomime actress Ukraine & Burgas 1 Finalist Arina Shvets 12 Gymnast Ukraine & Sofia 3 Eliminated "Balkanski bliznatsi" 28 Dance duo Varna 1 Eliminated "Battle of Legends" Calisthenics group Sofia 2 Eliminated "Benda bez ime" Music group Sofia 1 Eliminated Boyan Georgiev 12 Singer Sofia 3 Eliminated Chavdar Iliev 15 Reciter Sofia & Aldomirovtsi 3 Finalist Chirag Lukha Danger act United Kingdom 2 Eliminated "Creators" Dance group Varna 1 Third place Daniele Tommasi & Naimana Casanova Ventriloquist duo Italy 1 Eliminated Delyan Furchanov 22 Aerialist Sofia 3 Eliminated Dea Tsvetanova, Dimitar Georgiev, Raya Kurtova & Ivan Donkov 14, 16, 12 & 11 Dancesport group Sofia & Asenovgrad 3 Eliminated Dimitar Mirchev 18 Acrobatic dancer Kalofer 1 Eliminated Eduard Gavrilov 12 Magician Sofia 2 Eliminated Emilio & Leandro Ponce Comedian performers duo Argentina 3 Eliminated "Estrella" 9–21 Dance group Burgas 3 Finalist Fanka Borisova 46 Painter Various 2 Finalist Filip Donkov 15 Singer Sofia 3 Eliminated Georgi Kostadinov 22 Comedian performer Sofia 1 Eliminated Grupa "oHo" Music group Sofia 2 Eliminated Ivaylo Martinov & Elise Patterson 31 & 24 Dancesport duo Haskovo & Sheffield, England Finalist Kiril Trifonov 35 Danger act Plovdiv 2 Eliminated Konstantin Chervenkov 10 Mental calculator Gotse Delchev Winner Kristina Kostova 23 Speedcuber Sofia Runner-Up Luca Lombardo 41 Quick-change artist Naples, Italy 2 Eliminated "Manal & the Misfits" Musical theatre troupe Various 2 Eliminated "Monstribe" Breakdance group Vratsa 2 Eliminated Nikolay Dimitrov 13 Entomologist Stara Zagora 1 Eliminated Ognyan Dimitrov 7 Michael Jackson dance impersonator Sofia Finalist Petra Kirilova 14 Aerialist Sofia 2 Finalist Porter Ballard 23 Jump rope performer United States 3 Eliminated Siyana Zoneva 12 Singer Karlovo 1 Eliminated Sofia Reichert 19 Artistic cycler Germany & Sofia 3 Eliminated Stoyo Stoev 34 Bagpiper General Toshevo 3 Eliminated Teodor Dzhabrailov 18 Guitarist Sevlievo 1 Eliminated Teodora Marcheva 25 Opera singer Sofia 3 Eliminated "UP:NEXT" K-pop dance group Sofia 2 Eliminated Victoria Kamencheva 15 Singer Rakovski 2 Eliminated "Yunatsi" Folklore dance group Straldzha Finalist "Zharava" Folklore choir Stara Zagora 1 Finalist
Buzzed out | Judges' vote | |
Semi-final 1 (November 23) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished "Creators" 1 Dance group 1st (Won Public Vote) Daniele & Naimana 2Ventriloquist duo Eliminated Dimitar Mirchev 3Acrobatic dancer Eliminated Siyana Zoneva 4Singer Eliminated Teodor Dzhabrailov 5Guitarist 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Anna Vasilevich 6Acrobatic dancer Eliminated "Benda bez ime" 7Music group Eliminated Arina Shilo 8Pantomime actress Advanced (Won Second Chance Vote) Georgi Kostadinov 9Comedian performer Eliminated "Balkanski bliznatsi" 10Dance duo Eliminated Nikolay Dimitrov 11Entomologist Eliminated "Zharava" 12Folklore choir 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Katerina Evro did not cast her vote due to the majority support for Zharava.
Semi-final 2 (November 30) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Grupa "oHo" 1Music group Eliminated Eduard Gavrilov 2Magician Eliminated "UP:NEXT" 3K-pop dance group 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Chirag Lukha 4Danger act Eliminated "Monstribe" 5Breakdance group Eliminated Fanka Borisova 6Painter 1st (Won Public Vote) Kiril Trifonov 7Danger act Eliminated Luca Lombardo 8Quick-change artist Eliminated "Manal & the Misfits" 9Musical theatre troupe Eliminated "Battle of Legends" 10Calisthenics group Eliminated Victoria Kamencheva 11Singer Eliminated Petra Kirilova 12Aerialist 2nd (Won Judges' Vote)
Semi-final 3 (December 7) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Boyan Georgiev 1Singer Eliminated Emilio & Leandro Ponce 2Comedian performers duo Eliminated Dea, Dimitar, Raya & Ivan 3Dancesport group Eliminated Teodora Marcheva 4Opera singer Eliminated Porter Ballard 5Jump rope performer Eliminated Chavdar Iliev 6Reciter 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) Sofia Reichert 7Artistic cycler Eliminated Stoyo Stoev 8Bagpiper 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) Arina Shvets 9Gymnast Eliminated Filip Donkov 10Singer Eliminated Delyan Furchanov 11Aerialist Eliminated "Estrella" 12Dance group 1st (Won Public Vote)
Final
Finalist Order Performance Type Finished Chavdar Iliev 1Reciter Finalist Ivaylo & Elise 2Dancesport duo Finalist Ognyan Dimitrov 3 Michael Jackson dance impersonator Finalist Petra Kirilova 4Aeralist Finalist Fanka Borisova 5Painter Finalist "Creators" 6Dance group Third place Konstantin Chervenkov 7Mental calculator Winner "Zharava" 8Folklore choir Finalist "Yunatsi" 9Folklore dance group Finalist Arina Shilo 10Pantomime actress Finalist "Estrella" 11Dance group Finalist Kristina Kostova 12Speedcuber Runner-up
Episodes Ep. # Episode Airdate 1 Auditions 1 September 14, 2025 2 Auditions 2 September 21, 2025 3 Auditions 3 September 28, 2025 4 Auditions 4 October 5, 2025 5 Auditions 5 October 12, 2025 6 Auditions 6 October 19, 2025 7 Auditions 7 October 26, 2025 8 Auditions 8 November 2, 2025 9 Auditions 9 November 9, 2025 10 Auditions 10 November 16, 2025 11 Semi-final 1 November 23, 2025 12 Semi-final 2 November 30, 2025 13 Semi-final 3 December 7, 2025 14 Final December 14, 2025
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