Mila Robert

Mila Robert was born on September 6, 1996^[1][2] in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her mother is the singer and actress Vanya Shtereva and her father the basketball player Robert Gergov. She began singing and playing the guitar at the age of 13. She also plays on ukulele and kazoo.^[3]

In 2015, she began studying Drama Theatre Acting at Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in the class of professor Ivan Dobchev who is a Bulgarian filmmaker. There, Robert also met with the Academy Award-nominated actress Maria Bakalova, they have been friends ever since.^[4]

In 2019, Robert graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree.

In 2013, when Robert was 16, she auditioned for the second season of X Factor Bulgaria with the song ''Wicked Game'' by Chris Issak but after her second live show she decided to leave the show saying ''My goal was not to win, my goal was to have fun, but obviously, I was wrong, after coming to X Factor, I clarified my goals.'' after some people speculated that she was there just because of her mother's fame.^[5]

Between 2013 and 2016, Robert was participating in local events performing both her own original songs and covers.

Robert's first single is the cover of the song ''Signal'' by Emil Dimitrov in 2017. In the same year, Robert wins the award for debuting artist by BG Radio because of that song.

In 2018, Robert released her first original song ''Nashe si e, Sashe''.^[6] She gained popularity, especially in the social media after that song. A couple of months later – she released cover of a very famous pop-folk song ''Neshto Netipichno'' by Ivana. Robert's cover was named “Kvartalna Krachma” and became known overnight.^[7]

Mila Robert is also a painter. She sells her paintings in Instagram. She is also organizing exhibitions with her paintings.

In late 2019, her song "Takt" was released, which was the first single from her debut album "Egotrip", which was officially released in 2020.^[8]

During the lockdowns, Robert did two online concerts but she admitted that she regrets that decision. In an interview she said that her most listened artist during the quarantine was Dua Lipa. In 2020, Robert took part in the 2020 Sofia Pride, which was held in the form of an online concert because of Covid.^[9]

In 2020, Robert was offered a role in the short movie by the bulgarian film director Petar Krumov. It was first named ''The Soup'' (''Супата''), but later the name was changed to ''Hunger'' (''Глад''). The movie is part of a special event organized by the International Short Film Festival ''IN THE PALACE''.^[10] Hunger was officially released in 2023.

In 2022, Mila released 2 new EPs - ''Do4uvane'' and ''Gap Summer''.

On April 1, 2023, Robert's song "Pokemon" was released, which is the beginning of her upcoming album "SRCE <3". This was followed by "Me4ka" from the same album.

On November 1, 2023, her concept album ''affiriMILAtions'' was released, which contains 33 songs (mantras), each of which is 33 seconds long.^[11]

In early 2024, Mila Robert revealed that she has an alter ego called Milana,^[12] later that year she released an album under the name ''Milana'', using that same stage name.^[13] The songs ''LET GO'' (2024) and ''Peperuda'' (2025) feature both Mila Robert and Milana as separate artists.^[14]

In the Spring of 2024 she participated in Dancing Stars, where she finished on 9^th place. In June 29, 2025, her album ''SRCE <3'' was officially put together.

In August 2025, the video for the song ''Polujivi'', which is a duet with Azis, was released. On January 18, 2026, she released the music video for her new single ''Povoda si ti''.

She is an advocate for human rights and has taken part in Sofia Pride 7 years in a row.^[15] In 2019, Mila Robert took part in Sofia Pride for the first time, along with Mihaela Fileva, Galena, Netta Barzilai and more. In 2020, she was one of the organizers herself when the Pride had to happen online, because of Covid. In the following years, along Mila Robert, many artists like Vasil Garvanliev, Preyah, Victoria Georgieva, DARA have taken part in the parade.^[16]

In 2021, Robert took part in "People with a Voice", a publication of Simeon Vassilev's GLAS Foundation, collecting the stories of 37 LGBT equal rights activists in Bulgaria.^[17]

In 2024, Mila Robert participated in the Sofia Pride concert, where she was dressed in a short dress with the colours of the Bulgarian flag. Seconds later, Mila took off the dress and threw it to the ground. Underneath it, the singer wore the same model of a fitted dress, but this time instead of the tricolour, the dress was in the colours of the LGBTI flag. The act caused numerous comments on social networks, and many reproached her for insulting the national flag, which constitute a violation of Art. 108, para. 2 of the Criminal Code of Bulgaria. VMRO has announced that they have notified the prosecutor's office. Desecration of national symbols is punishable by up to 2 years in prison or a 3,000 leva fine.^[18][19]

Mila Robert herself apologized to those affected by her actions.