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Bulgaria: Be a star to select 2009 Eurovision entry
Be a star, this year's Bulgarian preselection, will take place in two phases. Eighteen songs in total will compete in the semi final. Nine of them will be selected by the Bulgarian public via televote and nine more by a special jury. A jury, different to the original one, will then select nine songs to go to the final between 1st October - 19th December. Those will be joined by three more songs commissioned by the broadcaster. The final decision, on the night of the final, will be taken entirely through televote and sms voting.
All songs submitted for Be a star must be Bulgarian products but the choice of language is up to the creators. The deadline for the submission of the songs is 19th September.
Rules can be found here (in Bulgarian).
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- BURR/Bulgaria4Ever ...
I was shocked to hear this. I feel sorry for Albena.
lina,
that's true, the music, the song, the presentation, everything helps.
BURR:
Is that true? They are such a great couple.
@Mina, Romanian man this year have a better voice than dima but he didnt go whell, my point is that the people hear the rithm and not the voice, the voice come 2
@vincent, Tamta ( a girl from Georgia who make a career in Greece ) is going to represent Greece next year in my opinion, i dont thing that Sakis is going to representative Greece again in ESC beacuse his plans now is to make career as an actor in hollywood, he still singing but esc is out of his plans, is a very risk for him now to go to esc , anna vissy make that risk in 2006 and everything goes bad for her.
Mina:
Yes, why can't they?! James Blunt would be a very good choice.
And there is a very talented ice dance couple from Scotland, John and Sinead Kerr, who are brother and sister. They would do The UK proud 
Stockholm,
thanks. I don't particularly like ice skating but the song is wonderful 
(why can't the uk send something like thatttttttttt?)
Mina/Jonny:
Here you can watch the Bulgarian World Champions skating to James Blunt's "You're beautiful" (I know you like him Mina). The French commentators are only talking at the beginning.
http://www.youtube.c(...)&feature=related
How was the press with her after ESC? i think god..but can it be that there were some wicked, mean and offensive commentaries, like the ones that Helena Paparizou got back then?
That's the thing, Vincent, that the press/TV/people, everyone was full of praise for her after esc.
She got better press than Helena...and Helena had won!
For a few days all you could hear on TV was how 'bad' Dima stole our victory blah blah blah and that Kalomoira was the real winner and all that. I don't think I've heard one bad comment about her..on the contrary even people who had made nasty comments before esc, apologised and said they were wrong and that she was amazing in the contest.
Mina, i have just read an article on oikotimes about Kalomoira..It really looks like she is been given up her singing career..How was the press with her after ESC? i think god..but can it be that there were some wicked, mean and offensive commentaries, like the ones that Helena Paparizou got back then? if yes, maybe she is fed up with the whole show bizz in Greece.i think really, this girl is talented t become a pop star, but somehow too sweet and knid for shw bizz..well, my opinion goes like this
she dreams intead of a life next to her "George"
In that case, she's crazy so it's ok..crazy people are forgiven..lol
and, Mina, personally i will be very sad, if she chooses for no pop star career..i thought, only by watching her in the ESC, that she was the only participant really able to make an international career, after ABBA and Celine Dion.bu it is her life, and she should decide what she wants..not her fans, not her mother, not her George(bliach)
Mina, i got your point..well maybe she doesn't dream of a big career and she dreams intead of a life next to her "George"(who looks pretty boring and not attractive to me)..maybe as you say...she doesn't know..i think she gets a lot of pressure from her family.maybe she had enough, you know, maybe she realised being a star is not her thing..actually i guess this must be it..she looks too "normal" and very down to earth and sweet to be part of a big career
why? i think she is taking a break..or i am afraid her mother is trying to convince her to quit her career and get married to her Giorgios..going through some clips of the tube, i saw a bit of an interview with the mother after the ESC semis, when she(her mother) looked worried instead of happy and said: " iwant her to take care..to take big care...)..about her boyfriend: what a "boulis-mamakias!!" -->(sorry guys i can not translate this, i can express it better in greek)..so Mina i think either she is taking a break or a wash brain
Vincent,
the thing is she's not 15. She's 24. If she still listens to mummy and daddy, she'll never make a career.
This past month was the month when she was supposed to have the most TV appearances, the promotion/presentation of her new cd, and arrange concerts.
Don't you see other esc participants? Charlotte, Maria, Dima, Tellier, Ani Lorak, to name just a few, they give concerts, they go to shows, people hear about them.
I'm afraid Kalomoira doesn't have her priorities straight...or she doesn't really want a career...I don't know what to think. But I know that in show business it's very easy to be forgotten...ok her sister was about to have a baby, well, she had the baby..what is she waiting for now?
She's been away for over a month and I feel very bad when I read news about this and that esc participant and Kalomoira..it's like she was never in Belgrade..that's why I'm so disappointed 
Vincent,
of course it's her right but I'm very disappointed in her.
Mina, i am sure you are not silly, i can tell by your comments(despite the fact that i maybe silly..) ok let us agree again that we disagree on the topic of the height of Dima Bilan..and let me be sure that no way he is taller than 1,75 cm(actually i think he can be slightly shorter than this)..never mind, he still looks very good on and out of stage..i think we can agree on this..
About this festival..i have actually read that such an eastern song contest does exist, and actually that Martakis has already taken once part in it, even before the Greek National Final, and he came second..i have listenes him saying that in an interview in you tube(interview before the NF)..i do not know if he is gonna take part again this year..we have to look for this..
and about Kalomoira: i think it is her good right t take a rest and make some holidays..she worked hard for the ESC, she brought out a very good outcome..i am sure she will be back son sutanned, pretty and ready to shake the stage :-)
Mina,
i am neither a fan of Martakis nor of Sakis..i admire Sakis, because it is true he shines a lot on stage ans he has an uncomparable energy and charisma on stage..but, his voice is weak when singing..Now Martakis is 10 years younger than Sakis, that means he can appeal more to the very young female(and not :-) vters of the ESC and he can sing better than Sakis..i admit he does not have the energy of Sakis on stage..i think in this fictional scenario of Martakis for Cyprus and Sakis for Greece, it will all depend on the song, the appearance order, and on the night..but i think it will not be good for Greece and Cyprus if they appear in the same ESC..i think also of another scenario..Martakis-Sakis(and maybe others in the greek NF)..well then Martakis is gonna need a bombastic song to win this greek NF
I just heard on TV that there's going to be something like Eurovision of the East Europe (Dima, Ani and Sirusho will be there) and Kalomoira was supposed to go but since she's disappeared Martakis will go in her place with Always and forever in...Russian!
I've never heard of this festival (?) before but sounds exciting!
And about Dima's height, it's not important at all but I know very well what I see when I'm standing next to someone and no picture can change my mind...and it's not about 'dreaming'..why would I dream that Dima is taller that he is? It's totally silly and I can assure you I'm not silly..LOL
About Martakis and Sakis...Martakis on stage is just a very cute boy...Sakis on stage is explosive..there's no comparison between them. Unless of course Martakis song was soooooo much better.
Mina, you know that i like your comments very much, even when we do not agree..i do not think being given right is the porpose of any discussion in the world..and surely we are here to say anything we want at all..but i do not like it when people exaggerate on something, just because they like it..i think, you like Dima so much(like is not the right world there:-), that you tend to see some things less realistically..and i am telling you..there is no way he is taller than 1.72-1.75 cm..i mean you can tell even on stage, on photos, on the body structure the length of someone(very approximately).and i am telling you even if kalomoira was wearing the highest heels(i told myself she did and does), she is pretty small and Dima can not be taller than 1,75 cm..for me a fact..but you can go on dreaming no problem 4 me..:-)
PS I'm 1.70 and I was wearing heels and he was wearing trainers and still he was taller than me.
LOL Vincent, I've been next to Dima (when he was in the greek esc) and I know very well how tall he is. Kalomoira is wearing very high heels.
And I don't defend him 'wildly', but when it's something I can have an opinion on, I say it...isn't that the purpose of being here?
Mina:
Noway that Dima is 1.82 cm high, well without high heels of course :-)..you can see 4 yourself, just watch this great clip of Dima and Kalomoira dancing together..or when later they sing 2gether on stage: they are exactly on the same level..well i guess Kalomoira had high heels on, but still i think she must be pretty short, i guess something around 1.62 cm? even if she wered 10-12 cm heels, this makes Bilan no taller than 1,75 cm and i am sure about this..if he says he is 1, 82 he is simply lying..Martakis-Sakis, Grece-Cyprus, senario for ESC 2009..i stll thin they will both end up somewhere in the middle, by simple robbing points the one from the other..or they will be comp-eting on the night for the 1st and 2nd position
and about his english..i know, i also have still a greek accent( but i 've never wanted to get rid of), but i am not a singer.the problem is that russian accent is very heavy and it doesn't sound sexy at all with english..it is not the same when spanish or even greek singers have an accent..on them, that is what english friends of mine told me) it sounds cute, even sexy..i d not think it is the same with the russian accent..and on this clip you ve posted Dima sings Italian( i had much difficulties to figure this out, although italian is very, very familiar to me) and there he has a more stronger russian accent..
to sum it up: whith his english i do not think he will ever make an international career, unless he works hard on this..
and please, you do not have to defend him so wildly on everything, do yu? :-)
Vincent,
first of all Dima isn't short, he's 1.82 
second he does look a bit like Anthimos sometimes (I can't stand Anthimos).
third about the accent, I've been learning English for ages and still I have a greek accent, it's not that easy. Keep in mind that he didn't learn english at school or in a private school like we did (in Greece I mean), he just started learning it a few years ago. And English is totally different to Russian. In Spanish he sounds awesome.
If both Martakis and Sakis go to esc......well.......Martakis will eat Sakis' dust..simple
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