Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Bulgaria selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 26 July 2014 the Bulgarian broadcaster BNT stated that they will return to the contest with Krisia Todorova.^[1] This was later confirmed by the EBU on 1 August 2014.^[2] Krisia Todorova, Hasan and Ibrahim Ignatov represented Bulgaria with the song Planet of the Children. Despite being one of the favourites to win the contest, it finished second with 147 points.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Bulgaria
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 26 July 2014 Song: 9 October 2014
Selected artist(s)	Krisia, Hasan and Ibrahim
Selected song	"Planet of the Children"
Selected songwriter(s)	Slavi Trifonov Krisia Todorova Evgueny Dimitrov Ivaylo Valchev
Finals performance
Final result	2nd, 147 points
Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Internal selection

On 25 July 2014 the Novini.bg stated that Bulgaria would return to the contest with Krisia Todorova singing and Hasan and Ibrahim playing the piano.^[3] Despite originally being considered speculation, the next day the Bulgarian broadcaster revealed that Todorova would actually represent Bulgaria in the 2014 contest.^[1] The EBU confirmed this news a week later.^[2] On 9 October, Todorova presented her Junior Eurovision entry Planet of the Children live on Slavi's Show on bTV.^{[citation needed]}

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Bulgaria were drawn to perform second on 15 November 2014, following Belarus and preceding San Marino.^[4][5]

Final

Krisia Todorova stood in the centre of the stage, where she performed her song. She was wearing a beautiful full length black and white dress, with a red bow on the back. Ibrahim was in a white suit, and played the white piano, while Hasan was wearing a black suit, and played the black piano. The backdrop was blue, with clouds, winter trees, and bright green flowers. During the chorus, the backdrop transformed into lovely mountains, with a white snowy road that leads to a huge castle covered in snow, just like in a fairytale.

Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Bulgaria had placed first with the public televote and fourth with the jury vote. In the public vote, Bulgaria scored 143 points, while with the jury vote, Bulgaria scored 86 points.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Bulgaria and awarded by Bulgaria in the final and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the final.

Points awarded to Bulgaria[6] Score Country 12 points[a]  Croatia  Cyprus  Netherlands  Serbia 10 points  Italy  Slovenia  Sweden 8 points  Georgia  Malta  Montenegro  Ukraine 7 points  Armenia  Belarus  Russia 6 points 5 points 4 points  Kids Jury 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Bulgaria[6] Score Country 12 points  Armenia 10 points  Italy 8 points  Cyprus 7 points  Russia 6 points  Serbia 5 points  Malta 4 points  Ukraine 3 points  Netherlands 2 points  Georgia 1 point  Belarus

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Bulgarian jury:^[7]

• Daniela Stankova
• Haigashot Agasyan
• Dorotea Petrova
• Snezhana Polihronova
• Rossalin Nakov

Detailed voting results from Bulgaria^[7]

Draw	Country	D. Stankova	H. Agasyan	D. Petrova	S. Polihronova	R. Nakov	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Belarus	4	1	1			1	4	1
02	Bulgaria
03	San Marino
04	Croatia			4
05	Cyprus	6	7	8	5	7	7	7	8
06	Georgia			2	1	1		5	2
07	Sweden	1	3		3	4	2
08	Ukraine				2	2		6	4
09	Slovenia	2	6	6	6	6	5
10	Montenegro
11	Italy	8	8	10	12	12	10	8	10
12	Armenia	12	10	5	8	5	8	12	12
13	Russia	3	2	7		3	3	10	7
14	Serbia	7	12	12	10	10	12	1	6
15	Malta	5	4	3	7	8	6	3	5
16	Netherlands	10	5		4		4	2	3

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. Granger, Anthony (26 July 2014). "Bulgaria: Return To Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
2. Fisher, Luke James (1 August 2014). "Bulgarian return confirmed". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
3. Taylor, Richard (25 July 2014). "JESC '14: Bulgaria Returns?". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
4. James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
5. "Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
6. "Results of the Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
7. "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.