Nevena Tsoneva


Nevena Tsoneva is a Bulgarian singer who won the first season of the Bulgarian television series Music Idol in 2007.

Biography

Early career

Born Nevena Tsvetanova Tsoneva, she began accompanying her dad to bar and restaurant performances at age six, and soon became a regular on the mic. After winning several awards Nevena recorded her first album at age13, with the help of her ambitious father.
She conquered "Hit-1" with Christina Aguilera's song "The Voice Within". Two years later she won another contest, "Бургас и Морето", performing the song "Мое Море"- music by Mitko Shterev, lyrics: Lozan Takev. Nevena then recorded a pop-folk album, supported by her dad again. He wrote a song for the young star, called "Молитва за Теб", which they often performed together.

Personal life and education

Prior to her musical career, She took Secondary Specialized Education – Organizer of Medium and Small Business, Economics, English, Bulgarian language & Literature, Mathematics, IT, Fine Art at Vasil Levski General Secondary School at her native Sevlievo in 2002–2005, she also took Marketing at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo in 2005 – 2006 and got her B.A with honors at the prestigious International University College – University of Portsmouth Program, Sofia specializing Foundation degree – Business Administration in 2010 – 2011.
Other interests includes photography, drawing and travelling.

''Music Idol''

As a youngster, Nevena admired the singer Gloria and therefore auditioned for the first season of the Bulgarian TV show Music idol, where Gloria was one of the judges on the panel. At the first audition, Nevena performed "The Voice Within", "Даньова мама", Silvia Katzarova's "Топъл Дъжд" and "Циганска е Душата" a song by Gloria. She then made it to the finals, along with 11 other contestants. She gained an immediate advantage over the others after performing her first song, "Мой Стих" by Neli Rangelova. After a tough music battle, Nevena made it to the last round with competitor Teodor Koychinov. In the end, she won 64% of the votes, thus becoming Bulgaria's first Music Idol.

Song performances on ''Music Idol''

Week # SongOriginal ArtistThemeResult
Top 11 "Необясними Неща"Neli Rangelovachoice of song dating back to the contestant's year of birthSafe
Top 10 "It's Raining Men"The Weather GirlsEverlasting hitsSafe
Top 9 "Плачещо Сърце"Sofi Marinovapop-folk performanceTop 2
Top 8 "My Heart Will Go On"Celine DionMovie soundtrack performance: TitanicTop 3
Top 7 "Крепост"Gloriasong originally performed by a Music Idol judgeSafe
Top 6 "Буря"
"Лудо Младо"		Ustata
–		duet performance with a singer: Ustata
duet performance with a finalist: Preslava Peycheva		Safe
Top 5 "Hit the Road Jack"
"Прошепнати мечти"		Ray Charles
Kamelia Todorova		English language performance
Bulgarian language performance		Safe
Top 4 "Lane Moje"
"Gyöngyhajú lány"		Željko Joksimović
Omega		performance in a foreign language: Serbian
performance in a foreign language: Hungarian		Btm 3
Top 3 "Objection"
"Невено Моме"		Shakira
–		performance with a ballet
performance with a folk choir		Top 2
Top 2 "Даньова Мама"
"Една Българска Роза"
"Habanera"		Bulgarian traditional folk song
Pasha Hristova
From the opera Carmen		performance with a choir
song about Bulgaria
classical music		Top 2
Final "I Will Always Love You"
"The Show Must Go On"
"The Voice Within"		Dolly Parton
Queen
Christina Aguilera		arranged for brass band
viewer's choice
contestant's choice		Winner
Post-win "Излел е Дельо Хайдутин"Bulgarian folk songBagpipe accompanimentFinale

Post-''Music Idol''

Nevena signed a record deal with Virginia Records, which was the prize as a winner of the Music Idol contest. Her first duet with Slavi Trifonov, a song called "Жестока", came out some weeks later and became a hit. Her first single "За тебе Песен Нямам", a mix of modern pop and R&B, was released on 28 September 2007. The single debuted on Slavi's show and its video came out a month later. Nevena's first solo album appeared on 16 November 2007 and contained eleven songs, including an English-language version of "За тебе Песен Нямам". Music producer and A&R of the album was Miro Gechev and many of the album's lyrics were written by Rushi Vidinliev.

''The Voice of Bulgaria''

Seven years after winning the Music Idol Nevena auditions in the third season of The Voice of Bulgaria where she performed the song of Ishtar "Horchat hai Caliptus". Keep going on the show team Miro. She won vocal duel and continues to live concerts.

Song performances on ''The Voice of Bulgaria''

Discography

Albums

External