Bulgaria performed brilliantly at Eurovision, but did not qualify for the grand final
The Bulgarian band Intelligent Music Project comes out tonight at number 7 in the first semifinal of Eurovision and a publication with its performance appears. PHOTO: Reuters
The Bulgarian band Intelligent Music Project comes out tonight at number 7 in the first semifinal of Eurovision and a publication with its performance appears. Some of the best Bulgarian musicians that Milen Vrabevski has gathered in the rock band made an impressive presentation of the song Intention. The Bulgarian band comes out right after which the participants from Ukraine, according to the bookmakers, will win the competition because of the war in their country. But the Intelligent Music Project has definitely overshadowed them with its performance.
Unfortunately, the Intelligent Music Project did not qualify for the grand final on Saturday. It is attended by Switzerland, Armenia, Iceland, Lithuania, Portugal, Norway, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova and the Netherlands.
The 66th edition of the song contest starts today in Turin, Italy, will run until May 14 and will be broadcast live on BNT 1.
The Bulgarian representatives of the Intelligent Music Project on the turquoise carpet at the opening
The beginning is given in the Royal Palace in Turin, where all participants are represented. The competition itself takes place in the Olympic Ice Hockey Hall of the 2006 Torino Olympics in Turin. And the hosts are some of the most popular people in Italy – singers Laura Pausini and Mika, along with TV star Alessandro Catelan.
Intelligent Music Project on the stage of Eurovision PHOTO: EBU / CORINNE CUMMING
Tonight, 17 performers took the stage, with only 10 of them going to the finals on Saturday. The other semifinal will be on Thursday.
Bulgaria is in second place among the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest for the last 6 years with a total of points in the final. The previous side of the ranking is only Italy, which is the ranking of the competition in 2021, after us you will find another 38 pages, as well as major music industries such as Sweden, Britain, Germany, Spain, France.
The ranking takes into account the points from the finals with Bulgarian participation from 2016. Impressive results in Bulgaria are responsible for second place Christian Kostov in 2017 in Kyiv, fourth place Poli Genova in 2016 in Stockholm, 11th place of Victoria in Rotterdam in 2021 and 14th place at EQUINOX in Lisbon in 2018. In 2019, our country does not participate in the competition. Observing the points with the inclusion of zero points for the missed year from Bulgaria, our page is in third place, and above us are only Italy and Sweden, which do not have missed participation.