Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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 Bulgaria
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| National selection | ||||
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| Selected entrant | Lidia Ganeva | |||
| Selected song | "Magical Day (Valsheben den)" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Vladimir Ampov (Grafa) Iliya Grigorov |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 161 points | |||
| Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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| Lidia Ganeva | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lidia Ganeva |
| Born |
2 February 2006 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Occupation(s) | Student and Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
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"Magical Day (Valsheben Den)" |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry | |
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| Artist(s) |
Lidia Ganeva
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| Composer(s) |
Vladimir Ampov (Grafa)
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| Lyricist(s) |
Vladimir Ampov (Grafa), Iliya Grigorov
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Colour of Hope" (2015) | |
Bulgaria participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Their entrant was selected through the televised national selection "Decata na Bulgaria sa super", organised by the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). Lidia Ganeva won the national selection and she got the right to represent Bulgaria in the contest. Ganeva performed the song "Magical Day (Valsheben den)" at the contest.
In the final, Bulgaria performed in position 6 and placed 9th out of the 17 participating countries, scoring 161 points.
Bulgarian broadcaster BNT opened submissions for singers aged between 9-14 to send their audio or video recordings to the BNT team. After the deadline on 10 May 2016, a professional jury of music experts selected the best ones to proceed to the first semifinal of the televised national selection.
The process to select the representative began on 2 June 2016 and it ended on 8 June 2016. The selection procedure included two semifinals and a final. A total of fifteen stars were internally selected to compete at the first semifinal where a professional jury selected five finalists out of fifteen. During the first semifinal, eleven singers out of fifteen qualified for the next one, where five singers advanced for the final. The results in the two semifinals were to be based on 100% jury votes, while in the final the winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of jury members.
The first semi-final took place on 2 June 2016. All the fifteen acts had to sing a song in Bulgarian. The five-person professional jury chose eleven singers to qualify for the second semifinal.
The first semifinal took place on 8 June 2016. All of the eleven acts had to sing a song in English. The five-person professional jury selected five singers to qualify for the final on 11 June 2016.
The final took place on 11 June 2016. All the five acts performed songs in two rounds. They had to sing a song of their own choice in the first round and a song in Bulgarian in the second round. Lidia Ganeva was declared the winner. She was selected by a 50/50 combination of both telephone vote and the votes of jury members.
The following members comprised the Bulgarian jury:
BNT announced on 14 September 2016, that the song which will be performed by Ganeva in Malta will be entitled "Magical Day (Valsheben Den)". On 15 September 2016, the 10-year old singer from Plovdiv took part at special celebrations of the new school year in her hometown performing a short snippet of her song. The full version of "Magical Day (Valsheben den)" was premiered on 2 October 2016 during the show "The day starts on Sunday with Georgi Lyubenov" on BNT.
Lidia Ganeva (Bulgarian: Лидия Ганева) (born 2 February 2006) is an Bulgarian child singer. She represented Bulgaria at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016 with the song "Magical Day (Valsheben den)".
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