Up until Wednesday, we were completely in the dark about the country’s participation, but we now know they are back. And according to an official announcement on the Eurovision Bulgaria Twitter account, we will learn who their artist is during a press conference on November 25th. That’s the day after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
If no other country reveals their artist before then, Bulgaria’s announcement will mark the third artist reveal for Rotterdam. At this point last year, no countries had yet revealed their artist.
Bulgaria only put out the announcement a couple of hours ago, but that hasn’t stopped fans from theorising who the artist might be.
What the fans are thinking
As ever, some fans have made it clear they want to see recent ESC finalists return to the contest. Kristian Kostov fans are gagging for him to go one better than his second place finish from Kyiv, while others want Equinox to live beyond the bones once more.
Poli Genova, the two-time competitor who is widely credited with re-igniting Bulgarian interest in Eurovision following her fourth-place finish in 2016, joined the hype game with this playful and open-ended Insta post.
And then there’s the question of who this big sponsor is — the one who is funding Bulgaria’s Eurovision 2020 adventure. One theory to emerge from the fan bubble is the hilarious suggestion that it’s Zhana Bergendorff of Equinox, who recently won a lot of money in a lotto scratch card game. For the record: No, we do not think it’s her.
My favourite unfounded Bulgarian rumour: the secret sponsor is Zhana from Equinox, as last month she legit won 127,000 euro on a Bulgarian scratch lottery card. ? https://t.co/jx5IrNgrq1
— Robyn Gallagher (@robynesc) October 30, 2019
Others have suggested Serhat — the Turk with deep pockets and a habit of representing countries in need. Fans have said Bulgaria’s proximity to Turkey makes this realistic. But would Serhat really want to follow-up his grand final appearance from 2019 with yet another performance for another foreign country?
No clue. But what we do know is that Bulgaria is one of the countries that has never granted our Wednesday Wishlist wishes. Previously, we suggested Preslava, Mihaela Fileva, Gery-Nikol, Mihaela Marinova, Nadia, and most recently Preyah, but none of them were chosen. We might be biased, but there are very good options on this list. Will we see one of them perform in Rotterdam? Time will tell.
Who do you think should sing for Bulgaria? Will we see a surprising comeback or a fresh face? Sound off in the comments!
Poli already went twice and she did well the second time so there’s no need for her to do Eurovision again. I like Kristian but it might be a bit too early for her to come back (maybe in 2 or 4 years it might be okay for him to return.) Personally I think Preslava would be a great choice for Bulgaria!
lmfao imagine if issa supergroup of their female participants (zhana, sofi, poli) sjdkajsdkajks spice girls are shaking
It could be the maltease girl who was in selection last years ?….Bjorg or idk her name, she working with Boris Milanov right know i think
It could be Ilona. She lives in the UK, but is Bulgarian. Check her out, it could be her and her team from UK. Just type in search engine “ilona uk bulgaria”.
Early announcement and Poli is making interesting comments on Insta…I’d take it.
I bet it’s Aly Ryan
I am sorry but I don’t have a good feeling for this: This quick announcement indicates that the “sponsor” probably had an agenda and an artist that they specifically wanted to send. Is the artist on the level that Bulgaria had in the 2016-2018 area? We ll see
It’s time for Bulgaria to win! Let’s repeat successes of Serbia, Ukraine and Portugal which won after one-year break.
They’ve sent quality ever since they’ve returned but please no. They can’t afford to participate let alone host, I do not want a Ukraine 2017 repeat
I think it’s an established name, who came to the rescue.
Anyone want Gery-Nikol? At first I’m interested, now I’m not invested.
I have a feeling it will be a Virginia Records artist, so DARA, Alma (not the Finnish or French ones lol) or Mihaela are all viable options
yes ALMA needs to happen, Dont Know and Perfect are both great songs
I’d also prefer winning the lottery instead of loving beyond the bones. If Serhat ever participated in Eurovision again, his stage name should totally be ‘The Turk with deep pockets.’ Incidentally, this would also work as a great song title.
Serhat is loyal to San Marino. It’d feel weird seeing him represent another country, even Turkey.
Well yeah, but I didn’t write anything about him participating for another country. I picked up on a fun line about him in the article.
I’d be surprised if the sponsor isn’t Virginia Records, which would make the selected artist one of about eight potential singers.
I would love to see Sofi Marinova again.. she was so underrated in 2012 and deserved the final more than Tooji.