In the spotlight: VICTORIA – Eurovision Song Contest

VICTORIA was one of the first artists announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The official announcement of his participation was made at a press conference in Sofia, organized by the Bulgarian public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) and its producers from Ligna. Studios, last November. VICTORIA and her song. Tears become sober were selected internally.

The song is very personal to VICTORIA: “It tells a story about how to overcome your fears and pain and move on. We don’t often talk about the mental health issues facing our generation, and this song aims to inspire them and give them hope.”

Tears become sober It was written by VICTORIA herself, along with Borislav Milanov, Lukas Oscar and Cornelia Wiebols of Symphonix International, during a songwriting camp in Vienna in January.

Who is VICTORIA?

VICTORIA became popular after participating in the 4th season of X Factor Bulgaria. His latest single I want to know, won hundreds of thousands of streams on YouTube and Spotify over the summer. She presented the official video of the song in Sofia and Madrid.

The young singer-songwriter and her team are working on VICTORIA’s debut album, to be released in the fall of 2020. VICTORIA loves animals and has 4 rescue dogs, 2 rabbits and a parrot.

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VICTORIA participated in the fourth episode of Eurovision Home Concerts on April 24. For the show, the audience decided that VICTORIA would sing Duncan Laurence’s Arcade, along with his Eurovision entry The tears become sober. Check out their songs here:

VICTORIA is one of the 2020 participants who returns when the show returns in 2021. VICTORIA herself confirmed her enthusiasm through an Instagram post in March: “I am so proud to represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2021! 🇧🇬 I am grateful with @ eurovision.bg and @lignagroup for believing in me and giving me a second chance [email protected] for supporting me. […] I hope to play live in Europe soon and meet you all! I can’t wait to share my new music with you during the spring and summer and I look forward to releasing my first EP in September! “

In his post, he also sent his congratulations to other 2020 artists who had been announced to return in 2021 at the time of the post.

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LISTENS: Stream Tears become sober and other Eurovision 2020 songs on Spotify

Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Bulgaria made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. In 2019, the country withdrew from the Contest but planned to return again in 2020. Bulgaria announced that its return to Eurovision has broad support from local NGOs, creative organizations , media and business. BNT CEO Emil Koshlukov said the country’s return to the contest is a response to calls from the young and progressive local audience who identify with the values ​​Eurovision represents. They will officially return to the stage when the contest resumes in 2021.

Located in southeastern Europe bordering the Black Sea in the east, Bulgaria has used a mix of national teams and national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. The entry of Bulgaria in 2012, Unlimited love by Sofi Marinova, it was sung in Bulgarian but also contains phrases in Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, French, Greek, Italian, Roma, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Turkish.

Bulgaria hosted the 2015 edition of the Eurovision Youth Contest in Sofia and in 2016 Poli Genova brought the country to its best position at the time, fourth in the Grand Final. In 2017 Kristian Kostov broke Poli’s record and finished second in the Grand Final with his song. Beautiful mess.

Read more: Bulgaria Country Page

In 2018 Bulgaria was represented by EQUINOX in Lisbon. EQUINOX was formed specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest and is made up of five members who had never performed together before this project. The group finished 14th in the Grand Final.

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