Victoria Georgieva

Viktoriya Georgieva (; born 21 September 1997), known professionally by the mononym Victoria (stylised in all caps), is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. She began her career after participating in season four of X Factor Bulgaria. Georgieva would have represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, with her song "Tears Getting Sober". Due to the 2020 contest's cancellation, Georgieva represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 instead, this time with "Growing Up Is Getting Old".

Life and career Georgieva started singing aged 11. After some time she enrolled in the vocal studio "Angel Voices" where her music teacher was Atanaska Lipcheva.

2015: The X Factor Bulgaria In September 2015, at the fourth season of The X Factor, after three attempts, Georgieva finally made it past the judges and to the live shows. She entered the females team mentored by the rapper Krisko. She remained on the show until week nine, when she was eliminated and ultimately placed sixth. The X Factor performances and results 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 ones "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"

2016–2018: Debut single and various record deals Despite failing to win The X Factor, Georgieva received an offer to join Virginia Records, which she declined. Instead, in 2016, she joined MonteMusic and released her first single titled "Nishto Sluchayno", accompanied with a music video directed by Bashmotion and featured VenZy and Niki Bakalov. She then released two other songs with MonteMusic, “Nezavurshen Roman” in 2016 and “Chast ot Men” in 2017. After mutual conflicts, Georgieva left the label in late 2017.

In 2018, Georgieva spent ten days in Los Angeles, California, where she wrote and filmed her first English song “I Wanna Know”, released in June 2019, with a music video directed by Dimitry Stefanov, and produced by Velina Ilieva.

2019–present: Eurovision and international debut On 25 November 2019, it was revealed that Georgieva, now using the mononym Victoria, would represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. She and her sponsor Ligna Group created the song “Tears Getting Sober“, which tells about the inner difficulties in the people, a topic which is very close to Georgieva. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 contest was cancelled, and Georgieva was later retained as the Bulgarian act for the following year's contest.

In June 2020, Georgieva released her new song titled “Alright”. The song was created at one of the Eurovision songwriting camps and carries a message of hope and a new beginning. A few weeks later, in August, she and her team spent ten days in a Eurovision song writing camp held in Burgas and Primorsko, where they managed to create a few potential songs that she could use. In November, she released her third single "Ugly Cry".

In January 2021, Georgieva announced that she would release her debut extended play, titled A Little Dramatic, in February. The project includes five potential songs that could represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The EP does not include the single "Ugly Cry", however, the song was considered as a potential song to represent Bulgaria. The lead single from the EP, "Imaginary Friend", was released on 14 February.

She performed in the second semi-final, where she qualified to the final on 22 May 2021. Ultimately, she received 170 points, finishing 11th.

On 4 December 2021, Georgieva won the third season of The Masked Singer Bulgaria as “Miss”.

Discography Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details A Little Dramatic Released: 18 June 2021 Label: Ligna Studios Format: Digital Download, Streaming

Singles + List of singles, with selected peak chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album BULDom.Air. SWEHeat. "Nishto Sluchayno"(featuring Niki Bakalov and VenZy) 2016 — — "Nezavarshen Roman" — — "Chast Ot Men" 2017 3 — "Stranni Vremena" 2018 — — "I Wanna Know" 2019 8 — "Tears Getting Sober" 2020 2 — A Little Dramatic "Alright" — — "Ugly Cry" 3 — "Growing Up Is Getting Old" 2021 — 16 "The Worst" — — "How to Ruin a Life" 2022 6 — "Were You Ever?" 9 — "Lover's Trial" 2023 3 — "Bloom" 1 — "All I Want for Christmas Is You" — — "Paradox" 2024 4 — "Sad Girl Summer (Not Again)" 7 — "In Between" 9 — "Sad Girl Winter (Again)" — — "Pity Party" 2025 — — "I'll Be There" — — "We Don't Get Along" — — "Ashes" 2026 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles + List of promotional singles Title Year Album "Imaginary Friend" 2021 A Little Dramatic "Dive into Unknown" "Phantom Pain" "The Funeral Song"