Aksinia Chenkova (Bulgarian,
Аксиния Ченкова) is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
n music producer and performer with several national music awards.
Biography
Chenkova, born in
Svishtov, Bulgaria, became popular after taking part in the Bulgarian version of the reality show ''
Star Academy
''Star Academy'', called ''Operación Triunfo'' ("Operation Triumph") in Spanish-speaking countries, is a highly successful television pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements.
Format
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'' in 2005 on Nova TV. She was the first person evicted from the show, but later became one of the most successful participants.
Career
Her first music single, "To love you like I do"("Да те обича като мен"), was released in 2007 and became a hit, bringing her to the top of several radio and TV stations playlists.
In the same year, she took part in
Eurovision Bulgaria and reached the finals. In the last round
Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov won the right to represent Bulgaria with their song "Water".
In 2008, Chenkova became a TV presenter and a co-writer of ''EuroBGVision'' on BNT (Bulgarian National Television) when BNT chose
Deep Zone and
DJ Balthazar
Deep Zone Project is a Bulgarian house/ electro band formed in 1998 by DJ Dian Solo, JuraTone and Rossko. They are most famous for their collaboration with DJ Balthazar, representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song " DJ ...
to go to the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcas ...
.
In 2009, Chenkova participated in the dancing show
''Dancing with the Stars'', Season 2, produced by
Slavi Trifonov
Stanislav Todorov Trifonov ( bg, Станислав Тодоров Трифонов; born 18 October 1966), known as Slavi Trifonov ( bg, Слави Трифонов), is a Bulgarian TV host, musician and politician. Trifonov is mainly active i ...
on BTV where she reached the finals.
In the same year she received two awards, for female singer of the year and most progressive singer of the year.
In 2011, she won the music award of radio Romantika for best love song for "We are not saints", a co-project with
Ku-Ku-Bend.
In 2012, she took part in the
fourth series of ''VIP Brother'' in Bulgaria.
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Academic background
2004: Master class in music science from Club Estrada, Svishtov, Bulgaria
2011: Master's degree in economics, D.A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov, Bulgaria in 2011
2016: Master's degree in business administration, EAE University, Barcelona, Spain
Discography
Albums
* ''New Cinderella'' 2009
Singles
* "To love you like I do"
* "Babe"
* "I know"
* "Cinderella"
* "Summertime" with George Kostov
* "You lose"
* "Two faces"
* "New Cinderella"
* "We are not saints" with Ku-Ku Bend and
Boris Soltariyski
References
External links
Music video ''New Cinderella''
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1986 births
Living people
21st-century Bulgarian women singers
Bulgarian guitarists
Star Academy (Bulgarian TV series)
21st-century guitarists
21st-century women guitarists