Bulgaria: Victoria releases an acoustic version of "Growing up is getting old"

Bulgaria: Victoria releases an acoustic version of
Sunday, 18 April 2021

  • The Bulgarian Eurovision 2021 hopeful, Victoria, has released an acoustic version of her Eurovision 2021 entry, "Growing Up Is Getting Old".

    While the next Eurovision Song Contest is around the corner, all delegates are in full steam preparing their teams in order to be ready in the best way for the live shows in Rotterdam.

    With most of the pre parties cancelled due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic the competing acts don't have many opportunities to promote their entries and showcase their talent before the live shows. However, they have other means to reach the fans via online events and interviews and special releases of alternative versions of their songs.  

    Bularia's representative,  Victoria, has released an acoustic version of her Eurovision song "Growing Up Is Getting Old" . The track is written by the Bulgarian artist and the Swedish songwriters and music producers Maya Nalani, Helena Larsson and Oliver Björkvall.

     

    Recently Bulgaria’s 2021 artist VICTORIA gave an emotional interview for one of the most popular TV shows in Bulgaria “Tursi Se” (The Search) on Sunday, April 11. She spoke about some of the struggles she faced in the past 5 years, among which her fight against her overweight, her experiences in 2021 and what motivated her to move forward in her career.

    Special surprise guests are her producer Genoveva Christova, her father Petar and her mother Zvezdalina, her sister Simona, her first boyfriend and childhood friend Drago and her close friend and director of her music videos Victoria Karakoleva.

    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.

     

    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.