Bulgaria: Victoria releases her third potential ESC 2021 entry “Dive into Unknown”

Bulgaria: Victoria releases her third potential ESC 2021 entry “Dive into Unknown”
Monday, 15 February 2021

  • The Bulgarian Eurovision 2021 hopeful, Victoria, released this evening the third out of six potential entries for Rotterdam, titled "Dive into Unknown".

    A few days before VICTORIA released the titles of the songs of her upcoming debut EP “a little dramatic”, one of which will be her Eurovision entry in Rotterdam next May. Today the Bulgarian act released the third candidate song running for Eurovision 2021 after This is the third potential Eurovision song released by VICTORIA for 2021, after “Ugly Cry”, which was presented in November and “Imaginary Friend", which was released on 14th February. 

    The track is written by Borislav Milanov and Lucas Oscar from Symphonix International alongside VICTORIA. This is the same team who wrote “Tears Getting Sober”, Bulgaria’s 2020 Eurovision entry and one of the favourites last year's contest in Rotterdam. Pauline Skött, also known as Skott, and Peter St James were also part of the songwriting team behind “Dive into Unknown”.

    “Dive into Unknown” was written during the Black Sea Eurovision Songwriting Camp 2020 in Burgas and Primorsko. The event brought some of the most successful European songwriters to the Bulgarian seaside and was organised with the support of iCard, the Municipalities of Burgas and Primorsko, Forest Beach Hotel and BNR Burgas.

    To dive into the unknown and to take a risk even though you are not sure where the path will lead you. This is the message of VICTORIA’s “Dive into Unknown”.

    VICTORIA says about “Dive into Unknown”:

    “The song was inspired by the beauty and calm of the sea. Together with Borislav and Lucas, we were looking for inspiration by listening to the sounds of the sea and staring at it from the distance. Then, Lucas played the first piano chords of the song and it was a magical moment. I think we created a really beautiful song.”

     

    After all the songs are released, a special online platform will be launched which will allow music fans around the world to leave comments and feedback about the 6 potential songs. This will be part of Bulgaria’s selection process for Eurovision 2021. VICTORIA and her team will also look for feedback from focus groups specialising in music, TV, radio and Eurovision experts to make their final decision.

    The Eurovision Bulgaria project in 2020 and 2021 is a public–private partnership between the Bulgarian National Television and Ligna Group. Bulgaria's participation in Rotterdam is supported by the fintech company iCard - official sponsor of VICTORIA and Eurovision Bulgaria.

    The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May in Rotterdam. Bulgaria will take part in the second semi-final on 20 May.

    Tomorrow Victoria's fourth candidate song titled  “Phantom Pain” will be released. 

     

    Bulgaria in Eurovision 

    Bulgaria debuted in ESC in 2005 in Kiev. The Balkan country has already 12 participations in the contest and has made it to the Grand Final show only 3 times. in 2007 represented by Elitsa and Stoyan (5th place), in 2016 it was Poli Genova (4th place) and in 2017 Kristian Kostov was the runner up.

    Bulgaria’s last participation, after 2019 withdrawal, was in 2018 with Equinox and their entry “Bones“which finished 14th in the Grand final.

    Last year Victoria Georgieva was selected by BNT to represent the country at Eurovision 2020 with her song “Tears Getting Sober”. Although Victoria’s Eurovision 2020 journey was interrupted by the cancellation due to the covid-19 outbreak, the female act will have a second chance to represent the country next year as BNT confirmed that it will stick with its ESC 2020 hopeful.

    News Source/Image: BNT