Mila Robert Gergova (

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: Мила Роберт Гергова; born September 6, 1996), known professionally as Mila Robert, is a Bulgarian singer, songwriter, painter and actress. She is the daughter of

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Early life and career

Mila Robert was born on September 6, 1996 in

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. Her mother is the singer and actress

and her father the basketball player Robert Gergov. She began singing and playing the guitar at the age of 13, she also plays on

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and

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. In 2013, when Robert was 16, she auditioned for the second season of X Factor Bulgaria with the song ''

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'' 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. Robert's first single is the cover of the song ''Signal'' by

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in 2017. In the same year, Robert wins the award for debuting artist by BG Radio because of that song. Mila Robert2

In 2018, Robert released her first original song ''Nashe si e, Sashe''. She gained popularity, especially in the

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after ''Nashe si e, Sashe''. Also in 2018 she made a cover of

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's song ''Neshto Netipichno'', naming it ''Kvartalna Kruchma''. Mila Robert is also a painter. She sells her paintings in

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. She is also organizing exhibitions with her paintings. In 2019, Robert took part in

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along with

Mihaela Fileva Mihaela Fileva ( bg, Михаела Филева) (born May 15, 1991) is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and dancer. Her career started in 2005 when she won the Bulgarian National Television show – “Hit Minus One”. Her big breakthrough was i ...

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and more.

Education

In 2019, Robert graduated from

Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (commonly referred to as NATFIZ) is a performing, cinematic and media arts institution of higher education based in Sofia. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatr ...

with a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama Theatre Acting in the class of professor Ivan Dobchev who is a Bulgarian

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During the COVID-19 pandemic

During the quarantine, 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

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. In 2020, Robert was offered a role in the short movie by the bulgarian film director Petar Krumov. The movie 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''. Later that year, her new song ''"Vsichko Ryazko Svetva"'' was released, which is the first single from her debut album ''"Egotrip"''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

References

1996 births Living people People from Sofia Bulgarian pop singers 21st-century Bulgarian women singers X Factor (Bulgarian TV series) Bulgarian LGBT rights activists Bulgarian actresses {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert, Mila