The eighth season of the Bulgarian talent show competition series Balgariya tarsi talant started airing on bTV on February 14, 2022, with the final held on May 15, 2022. Katerina Evro returned for her third season in the judging panel. She was joined by new judges Nikolaos Tsitiridis, Evelyn Kostova and Todor Kantardzhiev. Aleksandar Kadiev and Daniel Petkanov returned as hosts from the previous two seasons, while Kris Zahariev returned as the backstage host from the previous year. The episodes were aired every Sunday at 20:00.
The season was won by 6-year-old bagpiper Stefan Ivanov, followed by the folklore dance group at chitalishte "Nauka" in second place and dance group Ballet "Vega" in third.
Production The next season was announced right after the end of the previous one. In mid 2021 the dates for the preliminary auditions were revealed: Dates City Audition location Ref. September 9 & 18-19, 2021 Sofia Hotel "Hemus" September 11, 2021 Varna Hotel "Aqua" September 12, 2021 Burgas Hotel "Aqua" September 17, 2021 Plovdiv House of Culture "Boris Hristov"
On October 8 it was announced that Aleksandar Kadiev and Daniel Petkanov would return as the hosts and Kris Zahariev would come back as the backstage host. On October 12 actress Evelyn Kostova was announced as the first new member of the jury alongside returning judge actress Katerina Evro. Four days later were named the last two new judges - comedian and TV host Nikolaos Tsitiridis and epidemiologist prof. Todor Kantardzhiev.
Season overview Auditions The auditions aired between February 14 and April 17, 2022. Each member of the jury and the hosts had one golden buzzer. Over 140 acts auditioned, but only 42 of them could advance to the semi-finals.
Live shows ParticipantAge(s)Performance TypeFromSemi-finalFinished Aleks Kostov 21 Equilibrist Varna 3 Eliminated Angel Blazhev 7 Geographer Sofia 2 Eliminated Angel Prodanov 26 Voice impressionist Sofia 3 Eliminated Ashley Mally 35 Hoop artist England 2 Eliminated BABS.BG Rock group Kazanlak 3 Eliminated Ballet "Vega" Dance group Targovishte 2 Third place Bambini Music group Plovdiv 1 Eliminated Chitalishte "Nauka" Folklore dance group Yablanitsa 1 Runner-Up Darya Ivantsova & Foundation "Sharo" Dog act Sofia 1 Finalist Deyan Chilov Magician Sliven 1 Eliminated Ekaterina Shelehova 25 Opera singer Canada 2 Eliminated Ersan Sherif 28 Pop-folk musician Shumen 2 Eliminated Freja 33 & 32 Scandinavian music duo Sofia 1 Eliminated Georgi Stanev 29 Absolute pitch possessor Ruse Finalist Grupa "Magiya" Music group Plovdiv 2 Finalist Infinity 29 & 35 Aerialist duo Sofia & Dobropillia 1 Eliminated Ivan Tsatchev 23 Beatboxer Pleven 3 Eliminated Jazz band Dobrich Jazz group Dobrich 3 Eliminated Kristiana Kirilova 17 Yodel singer Veliko Tarnovo 2 Eliminated La Compagnia Colonna Pole dance group Italy Finalist Luiza Dushkova 29 Circus performer Sofia 2 Eliminated Magdalena Aleksandrova 13 Singer Montana 3 Eliminated Maria Moncheva 27 Acrobat Plovdiv 3 Eliminated Martin Lyubenov Band Music band Sofia 1 Eliminated Mona 17 Folklore singer Kyustendil Finalist Natasha Korotkina 32 Belly dancer Ukraine 3 Eliminated Nick Nikolaev 25 Drummer Ruse 1 Eliminated Nikita Gergert 29 Contortionist Russia 2 Eliminated Paskal Paskalev 43 Comedian mentalist Dobrich 1 Eliminated PROJECT 360 Dance group Sofia 3 Eliminated RECREATE 19–24 Freerunner group Sofia 1 Eliminated SacMJJ 30 Michael Jackson dance impersonator Ecuador 1 Eliminated Saif Ur Rehman 48 Comedian Pakistan 1 Eliminated Soto 53 Squatting nutcracker Spain 1 Eliminated Skating Phoenix Duo 26 & 31 Skating acrobat duo Cuba Finalist Spalni mesta Pop-punk trio Sofia 2 Eliminated StarBoy AYVON 19 Illusionist Sofia 3 Finalist Stefan Ivanov 6 Bagpiper Sofia 3 Winner Stoyan Yordanov "Chibo" 30 Amateur singer Bezmer Finalist Trigaida Folktronica trio Sofia 2 Eliminated Vasil Levski National Military University Combat demonstration group Veliko Tarnovo 3 Finalist Victor Kazakov 12 Hip-hop dancer Sofia 1 Eliminated Victoria Ilieva 21 Modern dancer Plovdiv 2 Eliminated VS Dance Kids Crew Dance group Sofia 3 Eliminated WEB Burleska High-tech variety performance Sofia 2 Eliminated Wes-P 34 Novelty act Japan 3 Eliminated Yuriy Zahariev 45 Illusionist Sofia 2 Eliminated
Buzzed out | Judges' vote | |
Semi-final 1 (April 24) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Martin Lyubenov Band 1Music band Eliminated Paskal Paskalev 2Comedian mentalist Eliminated Darya Ivantsova & Foundation "Sharo" 3Dog act 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) Chitalishte "Nauka" 4 Folklore dance group 1st (Won Public Vote) Saif Ur Rehman 5Comedian Eliminated Freja 6Scandinavian music duo Eliminated Victor Kazakov 7Hip-hop dancer 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) RECREATE 8Freerunner group Eliminated SacMJJ 9Michael Jackson dance impersonator Eliminated Soto 10Squatting nutcracker Eliminated Nick Nikolaev 11Drummer Eliminated Infinity 12Aerialist duo Eliminated Bambini 13Music group Eliminated Deyan Chilov 14Magician Eliminated
Semi-final 2 (May 1) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished Ballet "Vega" 1Dance group 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Kristiana Kirilova 2Yodel singer 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) WEB Burleska 3High-tech variety performance Eliminated Ekaterina Shelehova 4Opera singer Eliminated Yuriy Zahariev 5Illusionist Eliminated Victoria Ilieva 6Modern dancer Eliminated Trigaida 7Folktronica trio Eliminated Ashley Mally 8Hoop artist Eliminated Angel Blazhev 9Geographer Eliminated Grupa "Magiya" 10Music group 1st (Won Public Vote) Nikita Gergert 11Contortionist Eliminated Spalni mesta 12Pop-punk trio Eliminated Luiza Dushkova 13Circus performer Eliminated Ersan Sherif 14Pop-folk musician Eliminated
Semi-final 3 (May 8) Semi-Finalist OrderPerformance TypeBuzzes and judges' votesFinished StarBoy AYVON 1Illusionist Advanced (Won Second Chance Vote) Wes-P 2Novelty act Eliminated Aleks Kostov 3Equilibrist Eliminated BABS.BG 4Rock group Eliminated PROJECT 360 5Dance group Eliminated Angel Prodanov 6Voice impressionist Eliminated VS Dance Kids Crew 7Dance group Eliminated Jazz band Dobrich 8Jazz group Eliminated Natasha Korotkina 9Belly dancer Eliminated Stefan Ivanov 10Bagpiper 1st (Won Public Vote) Magdalena Aleksandrova 11Singer 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) Maria Moncheva 12Acrobat Eliminated Vasil Levski National Military University 13Combat demonstration group 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) Ivan Tsachev 14Beatboxer Eliminated
Final
Finalist Order Performance Type Finished La Compagnia Colonna 1Pole dance group Finalist Grupa "Magiya" 2Music group Finalist Skating Phoenix Duo 3 Skating acrobat duo Finalist Darya Ivantsova & Foundation "Sharo" 4Dog act Finalist Stefan Ivanov 5Bagpiper Winner Vasil Levski National Military University 6Combat demonstration group Finalist Georgi Stanev 7Absolute pitch possessor Finalist StarBoy AYVON 8Illusionist Finalist Mona 9Folklore singer Finalist Balet "Vega" 10Dance group Third place Chitalishte "Nauka" 11Folklore dance group Runner-up Stoyan Yordanov "Chibo" 12Amateur singer Finalist
Episodes Ep. # Episode Airdate 1 Auditions 1 February 14, 2022 2 Auditions 2 February 20, 2022 3 Auditions 3 February 27, 2022 4 Auditions 4 March 6, 2022 5 Auditions 5 March 13, 2022 6 Auditions 6 March 20, 2022 7 Auditions 7 March 27, 2022 8 Auditions 8 April 3, 2022 9 Auditions 9 April 10, 2022 10 Auditions 10 April 17, 2022 11 Semi-final 1 April 24, 2022 12 Semi-final 2 May 1, 2022 13 Semi-final 3 May 8, 2022 14 Final May 15, 2025
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