Months before prom, Jacqueline Tarakchi took first place in “The Voice of Bulgaria” with Pasha Hristova’s song “Povei, vetre”. In addition to a statuette, she received a check for 50,000 levs.
A duet with Michaela Fileva was the first step towards her victory in the final, when the two performed Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston’s When You Believe. Fileva’s support for Jacqueline came 6 years ago, when the singer pressed the so-called golden button for her in “Bulgaria is looking for talent”. This sent the then 12-year-old participant straight to the semi-finals. Today, already 18, Taracchi has also performed Je suis malade by her favorite singer Lara Fabian. He owes a lot to her too, as the French star meets him live in that first TV appearance and calls her “my golden girl”.
Jacqueline’s talent was noticed when she was only in first grade. At that time she was living with her family in Turkey due to her father’s job. They come back to us before she starts second grade. Her father is Armenian and her mother is Bulgarian. When she was 3-4 years old, she Jacqueline danced classical ballet, but she gave up on her because her singing attracted her much more.
The other winners in the reality format are Kaloyan Nikolov from Lubo Kirov’s team, who took second place, and Alexander Petrov from Galena’s team, third. The six finalists, including Sonia Mihailova, Desislava Latinova and Viktor Stambolov, performed together Michael Jackson’s Earth Song, calling for the protection of planet Earth.
