Nevena Tsoneva

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Nevena Tsoneva
Birth name Nevena Tsoneva (Bulgarian: Невена Цонева)
Born August 17, 1986 (1986-08-17) (age 21)
Origin Sevlievo, Bulgaria
Years active 2007–present

Nevena Tsoneva (Bulgarian: Невена Цонева) (born 17 August 1986 in Sevlievo) is a Bulgarian singer who won the first season of the Bulgarian television series Music Idol in 2007[1].

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[edit] Music Idol

Nevena's first performance is at the age of 6. Nevena entered the first season of the contest in January 2007. She began auditioning together with over 8,000 hopefuls in a race for a place in the Music Idol finals. Before she qualified for the finals, Nevena impressed the judges with her powerful voice and demonstrated her vocal potential with songs such as Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", ABBA's "Mamma Mia", Mariah Carey's "Hero" and Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within", the latter she chose to sing in the Finale.

[edit] Song performances on Music Idol Finals

Week # (Date) Song Original Artist Theme Result
Top 11 (3/26) "Neobiasnimi Neshta" Neli Rangelova choice of song dating back to the contestant's year of birth Safe
Top 10 (4/2) "It's Raining Men" Weather Girls Everlasting hits Safe
Top 9 (4/9) "Placheshto Sartze" Sofi Marinova pop-folk performance Top 2
Top 8 (4/16) "My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion Movie soundtrack performance: Titanic Top 3
Top 7 (4/23) "Krepost" Gloria song originally performed by a Music Idol judge Safe
Top 6 (4/30) "Burya"
"Ludo Mlado"		 Ustata
-		 duet performance with a singer: Ustata
duet performance with a finalist: Preslava Peycheva		 Safe
Top 5 (5/7) "Hit the Road Jack"
"Proshepnati mechti"		 Ray Charles
Kamelia Todorova		 English language performance
Bulgarian language performance		 Safe
Top 4 (5/14) "Lane Moje"
"Gyöngyhajú Lány"		 Željko Joksimović
Omega		 performance in a foreign language: Serbian
performance in a foreign language: Hungarian		 Btm 3
Top 3 (5/21) "Objection"
"Neveno Mome"		 Shakira
-		 performance with a ballet
performance with a folk choir		 Top 2
Top 2 (5/28) "Daniova Mama"
"Edna Balgarska Roza"
"Habanera" from the opera Carmen		 Bulgarian traditional folk song
Pasha Hristova
-		 performance with a choir
song about Bulgaria
classical music		 Top 2
Finale (6/7) "I Will Always Love You"
"The Show Must Go On"
"The Voice Within"		 Dolly Parton (covered by Whitney Houston)
Queen
Christina Aguilera		 arranged for brass band
viewer's choice
contestant's choice		 Winner

[edit] Post Music Idol career

Nevena signed a record deal with Virginia Records (representative of Universal Music Group for Bulgaria), which was the prize as a winner of the Music Idol contest. She released her first single "Za tebe pesen niamam" on September 28, 2007. The song, which is a mix of modern pop and R&B, will also be performed in English in the album.

[edit] Album

  • Без страх (Bez Strah, "No Fear") (2007)

[edit] Singles

  • За тебе песен нямам (Za Tebe Pesen Nianam) (2007)
Year Song Chart positions Album
BNT40
2007 "Za Tebe Pesen Nianam" 35 Bez Strah

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sofia News Agency — Bulgaria Chooses Its First Music Idol. Retrieved on 20 June 2007.

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