Mila Robert Gergova (Bulgarian: 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 Vanya Shtereva.
Early life and career
Mila Robert was born on September 6, 1996[1] in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her mother is the singer and actress Vanya Shtereva and her father the basketball player Robert Gergov. She began singing and playing the guitar at the age of 13, she also plays on ukulele and kazoo.[2]
In 2013, when Robert was 16, she auditioned for the second season of X Factor Bulgaria with the song ''Wicked Game'' 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.''[3][4] after some people speculated that she was there just because of her mother's fame.[5]
Robert's first single is the cover of the song ''Signal'' by Emil Dimitrov in 2017. In the same year, Robert wins the award for debuting artist by BG Radio because of that song.
In 2018, Robert released her first original song ''Nashe si e, Sashe''.[6] She gained popularity, especially in the social media after ''Nashe si e, Sashe''. Also in 2018 she made a cover of Ivana's song ''Neshto Netipichno'', naming it ''Kvartalna Kruchma''.[7]
Mila Robert is also a painter. She sells her paintings in Instagram. She is also organizing exhibitions with her paintings.[8]
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 Dua Lipa.[11]
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''.[12][13] The movie was officially released in 2023.[14]
In late 2020, her song "Vsichko Ryazko Svetva" was released, which was the first single from her debut album "Egotrip".[15]