Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Bulgaria will change its selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 - Bulgarska nacionalna televizija (BNT) will internally select the artist that will represent Bulgaria at the contest in Bærum, Norway, while the song will be selected by the Bulgarian public in a national final. BNT selected Miroslav Kostadinov to represent Bulgaria in Oslo, where he will perform one of five songs which will be specifically produced for the national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Bulgaria
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Evrovizija 2010
Selection date(s)Artist: 18 October 2009
Song: 28 February 2010
Selected entrantMiroslav Kostadinov
Selected song"Angel si ti"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th, 19 points)
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2009 • 2010 • 2011►

Before Eurovision

For 2009, a lengthy selection process was held by BNT, featuring several heats, quarter-finals and semi-finals between October 2008 and February 2009. For 2010, BNT will hold a completely different selection to select its entry, with the broadcaster internally selecting the artist who will take part in Oslo. A televised national final will be held to select the song, which will be chosen by public televoting and SMS voting.[1][2]

Artist selection

On 18 October 2010, BNT announced Miroslav Kostadinov (Miro) as the Bulgarian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Miro had previously taken part in the 2007 Bulgarian national final as one part of KariZma, coming second with "Fool for You".[3] The selection was based on the decision of participants of an opinion survey that featured 51 music industry experts, with Miro being selected after winning the survey with 10 votes.[4] Other artists that were highly considered included Poli Genova who received 7 votes and Nora Karaivanova with 3 votes. Other considered artists included Slavi Trifonov, 2006 entrant Maria Ilieva, Lili Ivanova, and 2007 entrants Elitsa Todorova with Stoyan Yankulov.[5]

Evrovizija 2010

The song that Miro would perform at the 2010 contest was selected through a national final. Songwriters were able to submit their entries until 15 January 2010.[5][6] The five competing songs (three sung in Bulgarian and two in English), varying in musical genres, were released during a presentation show on 5 February 2010, during which Miro launched the search for backing vocalists and dancers for the 2010 contest.[7][8]

The final took place on 28 February 2010 at the National Congress Centre in Sofia, hosted by Dragomir Draganov. The winning song, "Angel si ti", was determined by public televoting and SMS voting, receiving 48.05% of the total votes.[9][10]

Final – 28 February 2010
DrawSongLyrics (l) / Music (m)TelevotePlace
1"Eagle"Yasen Kozev (m & l), Krum Georgiev (m & l)12.47%3
2"Moyat pogled v teb"D2 (m & l), Garo (m)3.53%5
3"Twist and Tango"Thomas Törnholm (m), Petr Panov (l), Dane Atlerud (l)27.42%2
4"Ostani"Nayden Andreev (m), Iva (l), Petrova (l)8.53%4
5"Angel si ti"Miroslav Kostadinov (m), Mihail Mihailov (l)48.05%1

At Eurovision

Bulgaria competed in the second semi-final, held on 27 May. They performed 13th in the running order but failed to qualify, placing 15th with 19 points.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Bulgaria came 15th with 19 points: the public awarded Bulgaria 15th place with 15 points and the jury awarded 15th place with 25 points.

Points awarded by Bulgaria[11]
Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Laufer, Gil (21 September 2009). "Bulgaria: New national final for 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. Siim, Jarmo (23 September 2009). "Bulgaria quits semi-final system". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  3. Floras, Stella (18 October 2009). "Bulgaria: Miro selected for Eurovision 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  4. "Bulgaria 2010".
  5. Siim, Jarmo (18 October 2009). "Miro to represent Bulgaria". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  6. Hondal, Victor (30 October 2009). "Miro invites composers to send in songs". ESCToday. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  7. Montebello, Edward (7 February 2010). "Bulgaria: Miro presents the five possible entries". ESCToday. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  8. Hondal, Victor (10 February 2010). "Miro searches for backing singers and dancers". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  9. Dahlander, Gustav (28 February 2010). "Miro flying to Eurovision on angelic wings". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  10. Hondal, Víctor (28 February 2010). "Miro will sing Angel si ti in Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  11. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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