Eurovision fans worldwide are saying goodbye to a legend, as 1964 German entrant Nora Nova passed away this week. She was 93 years old. She competed with the song “Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne”, a song that still holds the record for longest Eurovision song title. She finished in a tie for 13th place. As most footage …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is in the history books, with Italy’s rock quartet Måneskin proving to be worthy victors, of the sort that may be the beginning of a new era …
Once again it is time to scrutinize the odds of another Eurovision hopeful. This time however, we have to be careful – this week we are examining a country prone to brilliance and innovation, but also a wee bit of grandomania. Maneuvering ourselves through high ambition and even higher egos, the next country to cover is none other than Bulgaria. …
[AdSense-B] Bulgaria have done extremely well in Eurovision recently. After their two year break in 2014 and 2015 they came back with style in 2016 placing fourth with Poli Genova and If Love Was A Crime, then went even better in 2017 when Kristian Kostov placed second with Beautiful Mess. Equinox placed fourteenth with their song Bones, in Lisbon with …
Stepping out of the shadows and into the limelight is always a great feeling for any artist, and many over the years have done so in Eurovision, including Tijana Bogicevic (Serbia) and Imri (Israel) from the Kyiv contest. Now, Austria have confirmed their artist, and ORF have decided to promote one of Bulgaria’s recent backing singers as their main artist… …
Ahead of tonight’s performance, let’s revisit some of the artists of the second semi-final! Poli Genova has been one of the fan favourites both in personality and song with many press centre members rooting for Bulgaria tonight. We had the chance to interview her last week about the ancient land of Bulgaria, the song and the love she got from …
Bulgaria’s national broadcaster BNT in conjunction with the EBU have finally revealed the last entry of the 2016 season, with Poli Genova’s “If Love Was A Crime” debuting on YouTube within the last few minutes. The song is a contemporary uptempo pop song with a few words in Bulgarian in the chorus. Towards the end of the song a saxophone …
Eagle eyed fans of the contest will have noticed by now that we’re waiting on two more entries for this year’s edition, with one of those being the returnee of Bulgaria. Fortunately we do not have to wait much longer for the last entry of 2016, and Poli Genova’s entry “If Love Was A Crime” will finally be debuted on …
BNT have been teasing Eurovision fans for a few days regarding the announcement of the act, after a few announcements of the day being changed. it was finally revealed who will represent Bulgaria in Stockholm. It has now been officially confirmed that Poli Genova will represent Bulgaria in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Poli represented Bulgaria in 2011 with the song “Na …
Swedish national TV broadcaster SVT has confirmed that they will not be using any fake applauses on this year’s show. Hanna Stjärne, head of SVT says the focus will be on making an “authentic show”. He explained “Of course we want to make an authentic show, we will not censor the different parts” At Eurovision 2015 Austrian broadcaster played pre-recorder cheerings. Eurovision Executive …
