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Bulgarian song ranks 26th on ESC Top 250

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The song performed by singer Victoria Georgieva that had to present Bulgaria at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest is among the 30 all-time favorite Eurovision songs. "Tears Getting Sober" is ranked 26th by the fans of the music contest, and has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube.

The annual "ESC TOP 250" ranks the 250 most beloved Eurovision songs and is organized and broadcast by ESC Radio.

Three more Bulgarian songs entered the top 100 of the 2020 chart. Poli Genova's song "If Love Was A Crime", which represented Bulgaria at Eurovision in 2016, ranked 33rd. "Beautiful Mess" by Kristian Kostov, who sang for Bulgaria in 2017 in Kiev, took 41st place, and the song "Bones" (2018) performed by Equinox band ranked 93rd.

Sweden’s Loreen who won the 2012 Eurovision contest placed first at "ESC TOP 250" for the ninth consecutive year with her song Euphoria.




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