Balgariya tarsi talant season 9
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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.
- Aleksandar Kadiev
- Petar Antonov
- Nikolaos Tsitiridis
- Katerina Evro
- Galena
- Julian Vergov
| Balgariya tarsi talant | |
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| Season 9 | |
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| Judges |
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| Winner | Konstantin Chervenkov |
| Runner-up | Kristina Kostova |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | bTV |
| Original release | September 14 – December 14, 2025 |
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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.
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 - April 12, 13 & 30 in Sofia, April 14 in Plovdiv, April 26 in Burgas and April 27 in Varna.
On April 29 pop-folk singer Galena was named as the first new judge of the season.[1] 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.[2] On June 11 the media stated that the fourth jury member would be comedian and TV host Nikolaos Tsitiridis, returning from the last season.[3] 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.[4] 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. Over 120 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
Buzzed out | 
Judges' vote | Won the Public's Vote | Won the Judges' Vote- Lost Judges' Vote | Originally eliminated, but later saved by the public online | Eliminated
Semi-final 1 (November 23)
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Performance Type | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished[5] | |||
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| Niko | Kateto | Galena | Juli | ||||
| Creators | 1 | Dance group | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Daniele & Neymana | 2 | Ventriloquist duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Dimitar Mirchev | 3 | Acrobatic dancer | Eliminated | ||||
| Siyana Zoneva | 4 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Teodor Dzhabrailov | 5 | Guitarist | 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) | ||||
| Anna Vasilevich | 6 | Acrobatic dancer | Eliminated | ||||
| Benda bez ime | 7 | Music group | Eliminated | ||||
| Arina Shilo | 8 | Pantomime actress | Saved (Won Second Chance Vote)[6] | ||||
| Georgi Kostadinov | 9 | Comedian performer | Eliminated | ||||
| Balkanski bliznatsi | 10 | Dance duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Nikolay Dimitrov | 11 | Entomologist | Eliminated | ||||
| Zharava | 12 | Folklore choir |  |
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2nd (Won Judges' Vote) |
- ^1 Katerina Evro did not cast her vote due to the majority support for Zharava.
Semi-final 2 (November 30)
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Performance Type | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished[7] | |||
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| Niko | Kateto | Galena | Juli | ||||
| Grupa oHo | 1 | Music group | Eliminated | ||||
| Eduard Gavrilov | 2 | Musician | Eliminated | ||||
| UP:NEXT | 3 | Dance group | |
3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) | |||
| Chirag Lukha | 4 | Danger act | Eliminated | ||||
| Monstribe | 5 | Breakdance group | Eliminated | ||||
| Fanka Borisova | 6 | Painter | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Kiril Trifonov | 7 | Danger act | Eliminated | ||||
| Luca Lombardo | 8 | Quick-change artist | Eliminated | ||||
| Manal & the Misfits | 9 | Musical theatre troupe | Eliminated | ||||
| Battle of Legends | 10 | Calisthenics group | Eliminated | ||||
| Victoria Kamencheva | 11 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Petra Kirilova | 12 | Aerialist | |
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2nd (Won Judges' Vote) | |
Semi-final 3 (December 7)
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Performance Type | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished[8] | |||
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| Niko | Kateto | Galena | Juli | ||||
| Boyan Georgiev | 1 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Emilio & Leandro Ponce | 2 | Comedian performers duo | Eliminated | ||||
| Deya, Dimitar, Raya and Ivan | 3 | Dancesport group | Eliminated | ||||
| Teodora Marcheva | 4 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Porter Ballard | 5 | Jump rope performer | Eliminated | ||||
| Chavdar Iliev | 6 | Reciter | |
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2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) | ||
| Sofia Reichert | 7 | Artistic cycler | Eliminated | ||||
| Stoyo Stoev | 8 | Bagpiper | |
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3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) | ||
| Arina Shvets | 9 | Gymnast | Eliminated | ||||
| Filip Donkov | 10 | Singer | Eliminated | ||||
| Delyan Furchanov | 11 | Aerialist | Eliminated | ||||
| Estrella | 12 | Dance group | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Final
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place
| Finalist | Order | Performance Type | Qualified by | Finished[9] |
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| Chavdar Iliev | 1 | Reciter | Semi-final 3 | Finalist |
| Ivaylo & Elise | 2 | Dancesport duo | Kateto's Golden Buzzer | Finalist |
| Ognyan Dimitrov | 3 | Dancer | Juli's Golden Buzzer | Finalist |
| Petra Kirilova | 4 | Aeralist | Semi-final 2 | Finalist |
| Fanka Borisova | 5 | Painter | Semi-final 2 | Finalist |
| Creators | 6 | Dance group | Semi-final 1 | Third place |
| Konstantin Chervenkov | 7 | Mental calculator | Galena's Golden Buzzer | Winner |
| Zharava | 8 | Folklore choir | Semi-final 1 | Finalist |
| Yunatsi | 9 | Folklore dance group | Sasho and Petar's Golden Buzzer | Finalist |
| Arina Shilo | 10 | Pantomime actress | Second chance viewers vote | Finalist |
| Estrella | 11 | Dance group | Semi-final 3 | Finalist |
| Kristina Kostova | 12 | Speedcuber | Niko's Golden Buzzer | Runner-up |
Episodes
| Ep. # | Episode | Airdate |
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| 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 |