Earlier this morning before the popular show "The Sunday Morning", BNT made a surprise announcement during which the name of the upcoming Bulgarian representative was made available to the public. Miroslav Kostadinov is the popular singer chosen to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, in Oslo, Norway. The song will be selected from five different styles submitted by people which he and the broadcaster will choose from. The songs must be from different musical genders and will range from Rock to Ethnic. You can watch some of Miro's latest hits on the left hand side of the screen.



Biography:
Miroslav Kostadinov, better known as MIRO, a part of the ever so popular Bulgarian duet Karizma, was born in Dobrich in 1976. After years of experimenting with musical instruments including the piano, Kostadinov decided to take his talents to a new level and thus joined an amateur singing group with which he received numerous awards from various festivals. He also collaborated with many of his friends who are also well known musicians. Kostadinov has been professionally active for a total of 16 years and he already has won two prestigious awards in Varna Discovery. He has also been invited to perform in Turkey and Kazakhstan where he blew everyone away including the jury. Later on throughout his career he became part of Karizma, a duet which has taken part in various national finals already. In 2007, a solo career seemed the point where he wanted to reach his pinnacle and he subsequently recorded his first songs "Ever Before" and "Lose Control ", the latter being the first single from his debut solo record "Omirotvoren". During the last couple of months, he has taken part of several concerts, including being a guest star in the Rihanna concert in Sofia. The Eurovision Song Contest will be his next challenge and he accepted it with open arms.

The internal selection
A panel including 51 music experts had the right to choose the singer to represent BNT in Oslo. Miro received 10 votes followed by Poli Genova with 7 votes and Nora  with 3 points. Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov, the Bulgarian best placed group in the Eurovision Song Contest (#5 in 2007) failed to reach the local Top 3. Other artists also competing were Slavi Trifonov, Maria Ilieva and Lili Ivanova.

Thank you Metin Burgaz for the translation.