Bulgaria – At a press conference of the Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT, Sofi Marinova expressed her satisfaction with the result. She didn’t make it to the final only due to a tie-break rule that eventually worked in favor of Norway. Her 11th place in the semi-final is one of Bulgaria’s best results since it [...]
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Eurovision 2012: Today’s SF2 Rehearsals
Posted: May 19, 2012 by hulluna in Belarus, Bulgaria, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, SerbiaEurovision 2012 – The afternoon’s rehearsals saw semifinal 2 acts take to the Crystal Hall stage for the second time. Rehearsals and press conferences from Serbia, FRY Macedonia, The Netherlands, Malta, Belarus, Portugal, Ukraine & Bulgaria took place. See what you think to their second rehearsals.
Bulgaria – Sofi Marinova will represent Bulgaria at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Love Unlimited’ (Lyubov bez granitsi) after winning tonight’s Bulgarska Pesen Na Evrovizija. The song received over 3,000 votes more than the second place entry “Love Is Alive” in the televote, and she eventually won the final by over 4,000 [...]
Bulgaria: Final of Bulgarska Pesen Na Evrovizija Tonight
Posted: February 29, 2012 by hulluna in BulgariaBulgaria – 12 acts will compete against each toger tonight in the the Bulgarian national final in Sofia at 19:30 (CET). Voting will be by a combination of jury and public votes. The show will be broadcast live on BNT 1 and BNT World and you can also watch the show live on the Internet [...]
Bulgaria – According to Eurovision-bg.com, DesiSlava is the hot favourite to win the Bulgarian ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku as she won both the jury and the televoting in the Bulgarian semi-final. Apparently the jury wildcard went to Desislava, while the televoting wildcard went to Sofi Marinova. According to the website [...]
Bulgaria – BNT, the national Bulgarian broadcaster, tonight held the semifinal for Eurovision 2012. 22 acts were competing for a place in the final next month. The decision was made by the Academy (the jury), and viewers via SMS voting, and the lengthy and somewhat not very exciting show was hosted by singer/actor Milenita [...]
Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national BNT will tonight broadcast the semi-final of their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest which is set to be held in Azerbaijan. Initially two semi-finals were planned in December but apparently officials at BNT have changed their mind. Twelve of the 22 semi-finalists will qualify to the national [...]
Bulgaria: The Running Order and 11 Songs Released
Posted: January 4, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in BulgariaBulgaria – The Bulgarian national BNT has revealed the running order for the semi-final of their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest which is set to be held on January 14. Initially two semi-finals were planned in December but apparently officials at BNT have changed their mind. Twelve of the 22 semi-finalists will [...]
Bulgaria – Yesterday one of the biggest favourites to win the Bulgarian ticket to Baku, Desislava performed her entry “Love Is Alive” on the Bulgarian channel btv. Desislava will compete against 10 other artists in one of the semi-finals of the Bulgarian selection. Another 11 artist will compete in the other semi-final. 6 songs [...]
Bulgaria: Listen to Desi Slava’s and Marinova’s Songs
Posted: November 24, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in BulgariaBulgaria– The Bulgarian singer DesiSlava (Деси Слава) is one of the 22 semi-finalists announced yesterday as the qualifiers for the Bulgarian national final. A video has appeared which shows a part of her performance in front of the Academy which chose the qualifiers. In the video Desi Slava is interviewed about her participation and says [...]
Bulgaria – The Bulgarian Academy-jury of professional musicians, music critics and journalists has chosen 22 semi-finalists out of the 33 songs presented today after 6 hours of live auditions, behind closed doors. These 22 semi-finalists move on to the next phase of the Bulgarian national final, the two semis. No dates have been confirmed for [...]
Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has just released a list of 33 entries that proceed to the next round of the national final. An Academy of professional musicians, music critics and journalists had listened to the entries that had been submitted to BNT and chose the most promising ones. The most (and [...]
Bulgaria: Chalga Star Enters National Final
Posted: November 15, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in BulgariaBulgaria – The Bulgarian singer DesiSlava (Деси Слава) has announced on her website today that she has entered a song into the Bulgarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. DesiSlava is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Bulgarian pop-folk (called Chalga) scene. Chalga usually features insufficiently dressed women with [...]
Bulgaria: Poli Genova and Miro as Casting Show Jury Members
Posted: November 13, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in BulgariaBulgaria – Bulgaria’s two most recent Eurovision contestants Poli Genova (“Na Inat“) and Miro (“Angel Si Ti“) have become jury panel members of two popular Bulgarian casting shows. Miro is one of four judges on “Glasat Na Bulgaria“, the Bulgarian version of the international franchise “The Voice of….”. Miro is the representative of pop [...]
Bulgaria – Yesterday was the submission deadline for the Bulgarian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The so-called “Academy”, a gathering of popular and experienced members of the Bulgarian music scene will start to select the semi-finalists out of the submitted entries. The national broadcaster BNT also announced that the dates for the [...]
Bulgaria – ESCdaily.com reports that it has reliable sources which are stating that two songs that can be found on YouTube are entries to the Bulgarian national final. The first song is called “Keep Me Down” and performed by Svetlio Hristov, who has participated in the US version of X-Factor. In Bulgaria he has [...]
Bulgaria – Tonight Bulgaria became the 17th country to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Poli Genova and her song “Na Inat” (Stubborn) emerged as the clear winner of the selection receiving 12 from both the juries and the televote. The Bulgarian national final was held in hall 1 of NDK in [...]
Bulgaria – Tonight, Bulgaria will decide on their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. 19 entries have been selected to compete for the Bulgarian ticket to Düsseldorf. The musical range is quite diverse. The show will be broadcast from hall 1 of NDK in Sofia. The decision will be taken by a mixture of [...]
Bulgaria – BNT, the Bulgarian national broadcaster has aired short previews of all the entries competing in their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The national final will be held next Wednesday. 4 acts have withdrawn from the competition due to reasons ranging from family issues to scheduling conflicts. Sunrize feat. All the Access Project, [...]
Bulgaria – A few days the Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT released the full list of the 20 participants of their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Now four of the entries have leaked on YouTube. The national final will be held on February 23. The winner will be chosen by a mixture of [...]
Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has released a revised list of the artists still in the running for the Bulgarian ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The list was reduced by an internal jury to 23 artists and bands. Initially the national final was supposed to have only ten participants. BNT [...]
Bulgaria – BNT the Bulgarian national broadcaster has announced their 2011 Eurovision hopefuls. A total of 55 artists and bands are on BNT’s list. A special expert jury will choose 10 artists for the televised national final. Apart from Orlin Pavlov, former member of Kaffee (2005) and Marianna Popova (2006), Miro is also on the [...]
Eurovision recap (24)
Posted: January 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Ireland, Israel, MaltaThis time with news from Malta, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Israel Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has announced the submission deadline for their selection process. The call for songs ends February 9, just 13 days before the national final. Artists and composers may send their entries in form of a CD or DVD [...]
Bulgaria – BNT, the Bulgarian national broadcaster has leaked information about the selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. According to sources at BNT former Eurovision participants will be part of the jury for the national final. The composer of the title “Let me try” (2007) will apparently be part of the jury [...]
Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has announced the rules of their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. One novelty is that a panel of experts of the Bulgarian music industry will select the entries participating in the national final to be held on February 23. Furthermore, no international songwriters or artists are [...]
Rumors: Shy’m, Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins
Posted: January 6, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Bulgaria, France, Greece, United KingdomRumors – What would Eurovision season be without tuns of rumors about participants national finals e.t.c. Ever heard that Tarkan would represent Turkey? That David Guetta will write the song for France? Every year? Well…you’re not the only one. This week a number of new rumors have started circulating. Artists like Shaggy, Katherine Jenkins and [...]
Bulgaria and Georgia confirm participation
Posted: December 4, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Bulgaria, GeorgiaBulgaria, Georgia – Oh happy Eurovision times: novinar.net reports that BNT, the Bulgarian national broadcaster has sent its application for the Eurovision Song Contest to the EBU on November 26. The selection procedure for the Bulgarian participant in Düsseldorf will soon be disclosed.In the last months rumors about financial problems of BNT had fed rumors [...]
Miro runs riot: ‘Eurovision results are fake’
Posted: November 14, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in BulgariaBulgaria – Someone seems to have found an explanation for their non-qualification this year in Oslo: It’s the others’ fault. It couldn’t be that the quality of the song was just too poor, the performance a little too glittery or that the other artists and songs were simply better. No! For Miro it’s clear that [...]
Bulgaria -Bulgarian television BNT told the website EurovisionBG that the Bulgarian participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is still rather unsure. Financial issues have to be resolved before the participation can be confirmed. The officials are optimistic tough that Bulgaria will send a song to Düsseldorf. The director of the broadcaster, Vjara Ankova said that [...]
