"Bones" is a song performed by Bulgarian band

Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun appears directly above the equator, rather than to its north or south. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise directly east and set directly west. This occurs twice each year, arou ...

. The song represented Bulgaria in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...

.Bulgaria reveals Equinox and Bones for Eurovision
escdaily Retrieved 11 March 2018 The song was released as a digital download on 12 March 2018 by Symphonix. The song was written by

Borislav Milanov Borislav Georgiev Milanov (; pseudonym: B-OK) is a Bulgarian music composer, songwriter and record producer known for his work on the Eurovision Song Contest. He has collaborated with Alexandra Stan. Milanov is a co-producer of the Bulgarian E ...

, Trey Campbell,

Joacim Persson Joacim Bo Persson (born April 17, 1971) is a Swedish songwriter, producer, music publisher, entrepreneur and one of the founders of Auddly, a venture between Niclas Molinder, Max Martin and Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA). With Molinder, he is also part ...

and Dag Lundberg.

Eurovision Song Contest

It represented

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

in the

. BNT organised an internal selection process in order to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Producers, artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries from 14 November 2017 to 29 December 2017. BNT received a record number of 202 songs, and BNT determined there were thirteen "workable projects". On 30 December 2017, BNT revealed the song titles of the thirteen projects that would compete to be selected. The thirteen songs were evaluated by various focus voting groups. After receiving the feedback and results from the focus groups, the number of competing projects was shortlisted to three on 18 January 2018. The winner was set to be determined by 31 January 2018, though the official announcement was made on 12 March 2018. The song competed in the first semi-final, held on 8 May 2018 in

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, Portugal, where it placed 7th out of 19 with 107 points from the jury and 70 points from the public, totaling 177 point

Following their performance, Equinox attended a press conference during which the contestants drew which half of the final they would be performing in. Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second hal

In the grand final, Bones was the 18th song to compete. It placed 14th out of 26 with 100 points from the jury and 66 points from the public, totaling 166 point

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References

Eurovision songs of Bulgaria Eurovision songs of 2018 2018 songs 2018 singles Songs written by Joacim Persson Songs written by Borislav Milanov Songs written by Trey Campbell {{2018-single-stub