Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Bulgaria is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France after an absence of four years. Their entrant was selected internally by the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). Denislava and Martin will represent Bulgaria in the contest and will perform the song "Voice of Love".

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Bulgaria
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 8 November 2021
Song: 13 November 2021
Selected entrantDenislava and Martin
Selected song"Voice of Love"
Selected songwriter(s)
Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 • 2021

Background
Main article: Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Bulgaria had participated in the contest six times. In 2007, the country made its debut with the group Bon-Bon and the song "Bonbolandiya" and finished 7th out of 17 entries with 86 points. One year later, when the competition was held in Cyprus, Bulgaria achieved their worst result to date. The nation ended up in last place (15th) with only 15 points. This was followed by the country's first withdrawal from the competition, which lasted 2 years. Therefore, Bulgaria returned in 2011 with Ivan Ivanov and the song "Superhero" which was ranked in the top ten, finishing in 8th place with 60 points out of 13 countries. Bulgaria was forced to withdraw once again for another 2 years. The country returned to the contest in 2014. Krisia, Hasan & Ibrahim were chosen as the Bulgarian entry with the song "Planet of the Children".[1] The song achieved the best placement in the country in the history of the competition, achieving second place with 147 points; 12 points behind the winner Italy. After Italian broadcaster RAI declined to host the 2015 edition, Bulgaria received the right to host the contest in Sofia,[2] and they last took part in 2016 before returning in 2021.[3][4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Internal selection

On 8 November 2021, BNT held a special press conference where it was announced that duo Denislava and Martin will represent Bulgaria at the contest with the song "Voice of Love". The song was presented on 13 November 2021 during the show "The day begins with Georgi Lyubenov" on BNT 1.[5]

Artist and song information

Denislava and Martin
Denislava and Martin
OriginDobrich, Bulgaria
Years active2021–present
Members
  • Denislava Dimitrova
  • Martin Stoyanov

Denislava and Martin is a Bulgarian child singing duo from Dobrich, Bulgaria, consisting of singers Denislava Dimitrova (Денислава Димитрова) and Martin Stoyanov (Мартин Стоянов). They will represent Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France.

Voice of Love
"Voice of Love"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Denislava Dimitrova and Martin Stoyanov
As
Denislava and Martin
Lyricist(s)
Entry chronology
◄ "Magical Day (Valsheben den)" (2016)

"Voice of Love" (Bulgarian: Гласът на любовта, romanized: Glasŭt na lyubovta) is a song by Bulgarian duo Denislava and Martin. It will represent Bulgaria at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Bulgaria will perform sixth on 19 December 2021, following Italy and preceding Russia.[6]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[7] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.


References
  1. Ross, Samantha (15 November 2014). "BREAKING NEWS: Italy Wins!". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014.
  2. Lockett, Katherine (30 March 2015). "Junior Eurovision 2015: 21 November in Sofia, Bulgaria". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  3. "Participants of Paris 2021". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
  4. "Bulgaria". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
  5. "Denislava and Martin will Represent Bulgaria with the "The Voice of Love" at Junior Eurovision 2021". novinite.com. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  7. "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
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