Star Academy Bulgaria

Star Academy was a Bulgarian reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consisted of a contest of young singers. It was broadcast on Nova Television. After the end of the season, the contestants went on tour around Bulgaria. A second season of the show was announced to start in 2007, but it was never released. The reality show was hosted by Maria Ilieva and featured guest stars such as Sonique, Filip Kirkorov. Star Academy Bulgaria started on April 11, 2005 on Nova Television and ended on July 18, 2005. It was produced by Global Films. The show was filmed in the former then Big Brother House. It was redecorated as an academy. The Housemates from Big Brother 2, VIP Brother 1, BB3 and VIPB2 lived there, too. The winner of the first season was Marin Yonchev. He won 150 000 leva. In the first season, the Students were originally 14. Later, 2 new Students entered the Academy. Here are all the participants from the first season of Star Academy Bulgaria: ⁕ ⁕Marin Yonchev - Winner on Day 99 ⁕Ivailo Kolev - Runner-up on Day 99 ⁕Viktoria Arsova - 3rd place on Day 99 ⁕Viara Pantaleeva - 4th place on Day 99Georgi Kostov - 12th evicted on Day 93Deyan Kamenov - 11th evicted on Day 86Valentina Alexandrova - 10th evicted on Day 78 Daniel Georgiev - 9th evicted on Day 71Vesela Valkova - 8th evicted on Day 64 Alexandra Ovcharova - 7th evicted on Day 57Mariela Petrova - 6th evicted on Day 50Dian Panov - 5th evicted on Day 43Liudmila Manolova - 4th evicted on Day 36Klavdia Draganova - 3rd evicted on Day 29Natalia Taneva - 2nd evicted on Day 22Axinia Chenkova - 1st evicted on Day 15