Bulgaria was the first country to rehearse at Eurovision. Elitsa and Stoyan arrived at the press conference with bright smiles on their faces. They have found the organisation to be
very good.

With the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest held last night, postcommunist countries are leading the way. Nine out of the 10 semifinal winners are from postcommunist countries. Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary, and Slovenia all qualified. The other country was Turkey.