Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Cyprus didn't have a national selection and internally chose Christos Mylordos with San aggelos s'agapisa . In Bulgaria we did have a national final and even if Poli Genova's Na inat was a worthy winner it was never my number one favourite. It was Lazar Kisiov's Zamestitel . I don't quite believe it would have succeeded any better than Poli but it's a great song, one of my favourites of the whole season. (If only Poli had her 2009's runner up One lifetime is not enough things would be completely different!)

So, Poli took her revenge and won both televote and the jury vote and will do honor to the Bulgarian colors in Dusseldorf. Na inat is not bad  but I would have preferred something else but who knows? The 2011 edition misses the powerballad - who will promide it?

Bulgaria will choose its entrant tonight with 50-50 televote-jury. Some familiar names amongst the participants like Poli and Lazar. There's a little bit of everything from sumowrestlers to playmates, from teenage angst to ethno-granny and angry male rock. My favourite is Lazar but he would propably have the faith of Mirò anyways but then, there isn't anything that good either! Poli Genova and Emilka Valente are quite nice and then worth listening are Plamena, Vlad and Jakob as well as 032 and 5-te Sezona - if they only learn English first. You can watch snippets of all entries here . Four songs have withdrawn or disqualified from the original line up. Marked in red. The fun starts 19.30 CET at eurovision.tv  UPDATE: I'm watching the show and there isn't much to tell home about except they have a lovely pre-recorded applause going on all the time! :-) Lazar did a great job and what I have seen so far in blogs and chats I'm not alone liking him. Poli Genova got a ...

After four disqualifications and withdrawels there are only 19 songs left in Bulgaria. Poli Genova is seeking revence after she she came 2nd in 2009 with. One life time is not enough .  Also Lazar is back. His You're not alone was stopped in quarter finals in 2009 as well. Listen to all entries snippets here .  I liked Lazar back then and I like his this year, too. Does the change of language and tempo help him? 032 -   On air   Poli Genova –   Na Inat   Bohan Mihajlov -   Nestinari   D2 –   Glorious twist   Lazar Kission –   Zamestitel   Vlad Dimov –   Sjanka   Svetelina Chendova –   Luxury hotel   Rut Koleva –   Fever   Uicheda –   Blue cotton Levi’s   Milena Slavova –   Fire in my hair   Mona –   Teen life   Simona Sivanio & Spirit -   The new earth   5-te Sezona –   Take my hand   Emilka Valente –   Plenjavash me   Jerihon – ...