Krassimir Avramov, the Bulgarian hope for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, is currently in Athens where he will make a number of appearances on major local TV stations.

Avramov together with two of the singers who will accompany him on stage in Moscow, rock singer Ani Lozanova and Petja Buyuklieva. On April 5 and 6, Krassimir, Ani and Petja visited Macedonia where they appeared on the MKRTV show Iselenicki jbox, esctoday.com reported.

"I can't believe I am finally in Athens", Avramov said, "I am a huge fan of Greek music and I grew up in a town close to the border listening to Greek radio daily. Since my Greek is not that good, I love to make up my own lyrics to the songs I love and sing them!" To prove that he went on to sing the special "Krassimir Avramov" version of Giorgos Mazonakis' Savvato.

Avramov stated; " The whole team has been working hard on the act. The four of us Ani Lozanova, Albena Veskova, Petja Buyuklieva and myself, together with the two amazing stilt dancers from the United States work daily so we perfect every single detail of the complex choreography and the vocals." "We have made slight modifications to the song, for example we added some strong beats to it, which we hope the audience will like", he concluded.

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