Victoria Georgieva
Victoria Georgieva | |
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| Born | 21 September 1997 Varna, Bulgaria |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Monte Music |
Victoria Georgieva (Bulgarian: Виктория Георгиева; born 21 September 1997), known professionally by the mononym VICTORIA, is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. She began her career after participating in season four of X Factor Bulgaria.[1] It was revealed on 25 November 2019 that Georgieva would have represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.[2] Due to the 2020 contest's cancellation, it was announced that Georgieva will represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[3]
Career
Early career
Georgieva started singing at age of eleven. After some time she enrolled in the vocal studio "Angel Voices" where her music teacher was Atanaska Lipcheva.[1] Georgieva auditioned for the first 3 seasons of X Factor Bulgaria, but she never made it past the judges, mostly because of her age.[4]
2015:X Factor Bulgaria
In 2015, after 3 attempts she finally made it past the judges and to the live shows. [5] She left the show on week 9.
| The X Factor performances and results | |||
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| Episode | Theme | Song | Result |
| First audition | Free choice | "One and Only" | Through to bootcamp |
| Bootcamp | Group Performance | "I'll Be" | Through to Judge's houses |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | "Sweet Dreams" | Through to live shows |
| Live show 1 | Number one's | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Safe |
| Live show 2 | Halloween | "Read All About It" | Safe |
| Live show 3 | First love | "Hello" | Safe |
| Live show 4 | Bulgarian hits | "Искам те" | Safe |
| Live show 5 | Movie Soundtracks | "Show Me How You Burlesque" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown | "Who You Are" | ||
| Live show 6 | Divas and Heroes | "Halo" | Safe |
| Live show 7 | Disco hits | "Hot Stuff" | Safe |
| Live show 8 | International hits | "Camino" | Safe |
| Christmas show | Christmas edition | "Jingle Bells" | No eliminations |
| Live show 9 | Love is everything | "Titanium" | Left the show (6th) |
| "Aquarius" (with A.V.A.) | |||
| Final showdown | "Rise Up" | ||
2016–present: Debut single and Monte Music
Even though she didn't win X Factor, she got an offer to join Virginia Records, but she declined it. In 2016 she joined Monte Music and on 10 June 2016 her first single was released. "Nishto Sluchayno" was directed by Bashmotion and featured VenZy and Niki Bakalov.[6]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| BUL [7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Nishto Sluchayno" (featuring Niki Bakalov and VenZy) |
2016 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||
| "Nezavarshen Roman" | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Chast Ot Men" | 2017 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| "Stranni Vremena" | 2018 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| "I Wanna Know" | 2019 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Tears Getting Sober" | 2020 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Виктория Георгиева сред красотата на музиката". utro.bg.
- ^ "Финалисти - Виктория". novatv.bg.
- ^ Bulgaria 🇧🇬, iCard Eurovision (2020-03-20). "Once again, we will be represented by @victoriageorge_. Subsequently, all longer-term plans, such as choice of future representatives or the work on possible national selection will be postponed with 1 year". @bg_eurovision. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Звездни изпълнения и необикновени истории при старта на X Factor". dareknews.bg.
- ^ "Кои са финалистите в X Factor?". trud.bg. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ И Вики от "Х Фактор" се присъедини към лейбъла на Графа
- ^ "Viktorija Georgieva - Music Charts". acharts.co.
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