April 11 (2005-04-11) – July 18, 2005 (2005-07-18)
Star Academy was a Bulgarian reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consisted of a contest of young singers. It was broadcast on Nova Television. After the end of the season, the contestants went on tour around Bulgaria. A second season of the show was announced to start in 2007, but it was never released.
The winner of the 2005 season was Marin Yonchev (17 years old). He won 150,000 leva (about 75,000 euro).
In the 2005 season, the Students were originally 14. Later, 2 new Students entered the Academy. Here are all the participants from the 2005 season of Star Academy:
Marin Yonchev (17) – Winner on Day 99
Ivaylo Kolev (26) – Runner-up on Day 99
Viktoria Arsova (22) – 3rd place on Day 99
Vyara Pantaleeva (22) – 4th place on Day 99
Georgi Kostov (20) – 12th evicted on Day 93
Deyan Kamenov (21) – 11th evicted on Day 86
Valentina Aleksandrova (19) – 10th evicted on Day 78 (She entered on Day 37)
Daniel Georgiev (21) – 9th evicted on Day 71
Vesela Valkova (25) – 8th evicted on Day 64 (She entered on Day 44)
Aleksandra Ovcharova (19) – 7th evicted on Day 57
Mariela Petrova (19) – 6th evicted on Day 50
Dian Panov (also known as "The Joker") (18) – 5th evicted on Day 43