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Bulgaria In The Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Water" written and performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov. The Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) organised the national final ''Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2007”'' in order to select the Bulgarian entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 21 entries were selected to participate in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final, held on 3 February 2007 and 24 February 2007, respectively. Eighteen entries competed in the semi-final and the top nine songs as determined by a twelve-member jury panel qualified to the final alongside three pre-qualified songs. In the final, public televoting exclusively selected "Voda" performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov as the winning entry with 31,376 votes. The song was later retitled for the Eurovision Song Contest as "Water". Bulgaria competed in the semi-final of the Eurov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elitsa & Stoyan
Elitsa and Stoyan ( bg, Елица и Стоян) are a Bulgarian music duo. In 2007, Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov were the entry for Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Their 5th place with the song " Water", was the highest Bulgaria had placed until the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In March 2013 the duo were selected to represent Bulgaria for a second time at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, in Malmö, Sweden. They performed in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013 with the song "Samo Shampioni Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Samo shampioni" written by Elitsa Todorova and Kristian Talev. The song was performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, having previously represented Bulgaria in t ...", but did not qualify for the final. Career Elitsa and Stoyan met in 2003. In 2007 they won Pesen Na Eurovizija 2007 and represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Voda (Water)". Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksinia Chenkova
Aksinia Chenkova (Bulgarian, Аксиния Ченкова) is a Bulgarian music producer and performer with several national music awards. Biography Chenkova, born in Svishtov, Bulgaria, became popular after taking part in the Bulgarian version of the reality show ''Star Academy'' in 2005 on Nova TV. She was the first person evicted from the show, but later became one of the most successful participants. Career Her first music single, "To love you like I do"("Да те обича като мен"), was released in 2007 and became a hit, bringing her to the top of several radio and TV stations playlists. In the same year, she took part in Eurovision Bulgaria and reached the finals. In the last round Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov won the right to represent Bulgaria with their song "Water". In 2008, Chenkova became a TV presenter and a co-writer of ''EuroBGVision'' on BNT (Bulgarian National Television) when BNT chose Deep Zone and DJ Balthazar to go to the Eurovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Four (Eurovision)
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESC 2007-Elitsa Todorova-Stovan Yankulov
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Rome
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Colosseum
The Colosseum ( ; it, Colosseo ) is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world today, despite its age. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian () in 72 and was completed in 80 AD under his successor and heir, Titus (). Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (). The three emperors that were patrons of the work are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named the Flavian Amphitheatre ( la, Amphitheatrum Flavium; it, Anfiteatro Flavio ) by later classicists and archaeologists for its association with their family name ( Flavius). The Colosseum is built of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete. It could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points in its history, having an average audience of some 65,000; it was used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Centar
Sava Centar ( sr, Сава центар) is an international congress, cultural and business centre of various multi-functional activities located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the largest audience hall in the country and entire former Yugoslavia and one of the biggest in Europe. It has been host to numerous large-scale events and performances. In April 2021, the building was declared a cultural monument. Location Sava Centar is located in the Block 19, in the municipality of New Belgrade. It is situated at 9 ''Milentija Popovića'' street. The complex is bounded by the streets of ''Vladimira Popovića'' to the east, ''Milentija Popovića'' to the west and Bulevar Arsenija Čarnijevića to the south. To the north are other buildings, which occupy the northern section of the Block 19, including the Crowne Plaza Belgrade and Savograd. History Origin In 1975, after the First Conference of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, held in Helsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece In The Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, which was held in Athens, Greece following the nation's win at the previous year's contest. The Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Anna Vissi to represent the country. Her song " Everything" was determined on 14 March 2006 during a four-song national final titled ''Feel the Party''. "Everything" was composed by Nikos Karvelas and written by Vissi. To promote the entry, Vissi made appearances across Europe in countries that take part in the contest, including events in Belgium, Greece, Russia, Malta, Cyprus, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Sweden. In addition, her most recent album at the time, ''Nylon'', was re-released as a "Euro Edition", including her entry as well as the other three songs from the national final. As the host nation, Greece was prequalified for the 20 May Eurovision final. Performing 16th on the night, the nation p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Naydenov
Vassil Naydenov ( Cyrillic: Васил Найденов) is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter who was popular in his native country and the Eastern bloc during the late 1970s and 1980s. Biography and career Naydenov was born on 3 September 1950 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studied music at the Faculty of Popular Music at the Bulgarian Musical Academy, where he honed his skills at the piano, the trumpet, and other instruments. He has participated in many musical bands. For example, he was the frontman of the famous Bulgarian progressive rock-group " Diana Express" between 1973 and 1979. However, he is renowned mostly for his solo career, which started in 1979 with his first hit "А дали е така"(''Is It Really So?''). Despite strict government regulations in popular music, his career quickly gained momentum throughout the 1980s, as he churned out hit after hit such as "По първи петли" (1980), "Любовта продължава", "Мелодия на годината", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofi Marinova
Sofiya "Sofi" Marinova Kamenova ( bg, София "Софи" Маринова Каменова, is a Bulgarian Romani pop-folk and ethno-pop singer. She has won multiple music awards and contests. She is often called "the Romani pearl" and "the Romani nightingale". In February 2012, she won the Bulgarian Eurovision national final with the song " Love Unlimited", thus becoming the representative of Bulgaria in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Biography Sofi Marinova was born on December 5, 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria, although her family was living near Etropole at the time.Interview (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 18 December 2009. She showed musical and dancing talent at the age of two and was tutored in singing and dancing by her mother. In primary school, Marinova was an excellent pupil. She spent a year at a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petia (singer)
Petia Pavlova (Bulgarian: Петя Павлова), known mononymously as Petia, is a singer-songwriter and actress. In 1997 she became the face of Pepe Jeans London and the first Bulgarian pop artist with a song, played on MTV. The release of her dance record "Good Times" was the first ever single released by a Bulgarian artist on the UK market and along with her stage and club performances established Petia as the most popular pop-dance artist in her country. Petia moved to the UK in 1998 and spent 9 years living in London. She studied Commercial Music and Music Business Management at the University of Westminster for five years and graduated in 2004. Now Petia is living in USA, but still counts London as her second home and her "favorite place on Earth". She is working on a new music material and is making a return to acting in 2013, as stated in various media interviews. Music career Petia has released three albums: ''The Dream'' (in Bulgarian); ''Let's Make Love'', a ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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