Bulgaria’s national fanclub for the Eurovision Song Contest, OGAE Bulgaria, have awarded Sweden 12 points in their annual poll. The results from the southern European nation, who are still awaiting a return to the contest, are as follows: 12 Sweden 10 Serbia 8 Cyprus 7 Denmark 6 Switzerland 5 Romania 4 Greece 3 France 2 Norway 1 Estonia Combined with …
JESC 2015: Bulgaria To Host
Junior Eurovision Song Contest seems to be the ideal place for new countries to try their hand at hosting the Junior version of the world’s largest song contest. This year will see Bulgaria host their first every Eurovision. Italy, the winners if the 2014 contest have been debating and working on plans as to whether they will host the 2015 …
Bulgaria to return in 2016?
Bulgaria’s national broadcaster BNT may have taken the decision to not join the contest in Vienna but it seems that there is still fire in the belly of the TV channel, after announcing today that they plan to be with us in 2016. In the latest press release from the channel it appears that BNT are expected to launch their …
Bulgaria officially out of 2015
It’s news that many fans have probably been expecting for a while, but hoped would be false – Bulgaria’s national broadcaster BNT has confirmed to their country’s Eurovision fansite that the country will once again be staying at home rather than travelling to the contest. The South-Eastern European nation was one of the last to decide on its participation next …
Bulgaria: No participation in Vienna
Sad news have reached us this morning: Bulgaria won’t return to Eurovision next year. The Bulgarian broadcaster BNT confirmed their withdrawal to the fan site esctoday.com, stating financial problems as their main reason to stay out once again. They had previously submitted a preliminary application but decided to pull out within the final deadline. The full list of participants will …
Serbia and Bulgaria set to return in 2015!
On one of the last days that broadcasters could register interest in joining Eurovision 2015 we have had some fantastic news, as both Serbia and Bulgaria look set to return to the contest after taking a break in 2014, making it highly plausible the number of participants next year will exceed 40 for the first time since 2012. Serbia’s …
Turkey, Bulgaria: Unconfirmed, but encouraging
Two of South-eastern Europe’s absentees from the previous contest are both showing encouraging signs that they will return in 2015, despite neither broadcaster officially confirming their participation. The Bulgarian broadcaster is no major surprise as the case was always participation in the event of a lenient budget, but BNT has recently begun updating it’s own Eurovision page, eurovision.bnt.bg, suggesting that …
Bulgaria: The most underrated country in Eurovision
The views expressed in this editorial are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board, its readers, or any other person, entity, or organization. Eyes of the Eurovision fan community now look forward to 2015 and many in particular are looking towards the southern European nation of Bulgaria …
Bulgaria returns to Junior Eurovision
Bulgaria’s national broadcast BNT has finally confirmed that they will be returning to The Junior Eurovision Song Contest. They will be represented by 10 year old Krisia Todorova who has been internally selected. Bulgaria join three over countries who so far have announced their return to the junior version of the show we all love; Cyprus, Portugal and Serbia. …
Bulgaria returns to Junior Eurovision, artist selected
Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has announced that they will be bringing the country back to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 and have already internally selected an artist! It was announced during Friday’s “Slavi’s Show” that the country would be returning, and that 10 year old singer Krista Todorova will represent her country in Malta. Participation in the Junior …