The start of the tenth anniversary season of “Like Two Drops of Water” tonight on NOVA was marked with a spectacular spectacle and unexpected surprises. Unexpectedly, 10 participants appeared in the favorite show for imitations. Singer Anelia took her place next to Alicia, Krisia, Mariana Popova, Esil Duran, Alexander Sano, Darin Angelov, Krasi Radkov, Monyu Monev and Ruslan Maynov. Traditionally, the choice of images and songs for the first live was in the hands of the star participants, and after their performances they received evaluations from the jury of “Like two drops of water” – Hilda Kazasyan, Julian Vergov, Dimitar Kovachev – Funky and the audience.
GALLERY: First live of the tenth anniversary season of “Like two drops of water”
The show was opened with a joint performance of “Crazy In Love” by Beyonce from the winners of previous editions of “Like two drops of water” – Mihaela Marinova, Nevena Bozukova – Neve, Rafi Bohosyan, Stefan Ilchev, Slavin Slavchev and Nencho Balabanov.
The victory on the first night of the anniversary season grabbed Esil Duran. She won over the audience and the jury with the image of the great Aretha Franklin and the magnificent performance of “Natural Woman”, which brought the audience to its feet in the studio. “Thank you all very much. I am very surprised because everyone was very good “, Esil admitted about his debut and victory.
Esil Duran and Rafi Bohosyan – born winners on the stage of “Like two drops of water”
The stage of the show was first conquered by Alexander Sano, who blew up the audience with the rock hit “Zitti E Buoni” by the Italian band that won the last edition of Eurovision – Måneskin. “Incredible performance. I really liked that this season we are going very hard! The first image has been built “, Funky was impressed after the performance of the actor. Immediately after that, Chrissy raised the audience to its feet with the image of 7-time Grammy Award winner Tony Braxton and her most famous song – “Unbreak My Heart”. Alicia flew over the stage as world star Dua Lipa with an amazing performance and choreography that left the jury speechless. Ruslan Maynov managed to transfer everyone to the film classic “The Godfather” by playing the role of Italian star Gianni Morandi, which caused real enthusiasm in the audience.
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Actors Monyu Monev, Darin Angelov and singer Mariana Popova came out with three consecutive imitations of Bulgarian stars under the spotlight. Monu had chosen Donnie as his first imitation and his hit “Approaching Ice Cream”, which he performed in front of Donnie’s duet partner – Momchil. “I went back 30 years with this performance. The imitation was great! Thank you for this respect! “, Said Momchil. Darin Angelov incarnated in the image of Orlin Pavlov, and Mariana Popova moved everyone with the performance of “Blow, wind” by the unforgettable Pasha Hristova. Minutes before the audience found out who is the tenth participant in the show, Krasi Radkov congratulated everyone on Valentine’s Day with one of the most iconic love songs – “Love Me Tender” by the King of Rock – Elvis Presley.
The surprise of the evening was the singer Anelia, who entered the show as the 10th participant and chose to debut on stage with the hit of the Greek singer Elena Paparizou – “My Number One”. With complex choreography she gathered the positive comments of the jury. “Anelia, welcome. It was a wonderful performance. Where do you find strength for this dancing and singing “, commented Julian Vergov about her imitation.
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The show ended with the well-known Luck Button, which everyone faced for the first time. He assigned Darin to be Meat Loaf, Monyu to play Nikolina Chakardakova, Mariana Popova to appear on stage next week as Rag’n’Bone Man, Krisia to imitate Britney Spears, Alicia to incarnate Bogdana Karadocheva, Krasi Radkov to transformed into Beyonce, Anelia to shine in the spotlight as Lily Ivanova, Alexander Sano to be Rihanna, Ruslan Maynov to present a song by Freddie Mercury, and Esil Duran to recreate the image of David Damian by Maneskin. How will the ten participants cope with the new images? – Find out next Monday at 20:00 on NOVA.
Photos: NOVA / Krasena Angelova
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