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French-Indonesian singer and song writer Anggun performs at a gala dinner during the Asia Pacific Forestry Week in Beijing, China, 07 November 2011. Anggun was in China as goodwill ambassador for the UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). EPA/BGNES
Anggun, France's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest this year, has agreed to perform as guest artist at the Bulgarian national final on the last day of February.
The charming singer is expected to present to the Bulgarian audience her Eurovision entry Echo (You and I), which will be partly in English and partly in French.
Though promoted as a French singer, Anggun was born in Jakarta. She left Indonesia in 1994 to pursue an international career. After two years struggling in London and Paris, Anggun signed to Sony Music Entertainment.
She released her first international album, Snow on the Sahara (1997), in 33 countries worldwide; this album spawned her international signature hit "Snow on the Sahara", which reached number one in several countries.
The singer is well known for her collaborations with a host of international artists, including Julio Iglesias, Peter Gabriel and Pras Michel of the Fugees.
The Musical Academy and the viewers of the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, selected in the middle of January the 12 finalist to fight in the national final for representing the country at 2012 Eurovision song contest.
It will be held on February 29.
The finalists are as follows.
- Desislava (DESS) - Love Is Alive – Academy Vote
- Roma diva, Sofi Marinova - Love Unlimited – Viewers Vote
- Group "New 5" - Chance For Better Life
- Ivaylo Kolev feat. Hypnotic - Searching For the Words
- Steliyana Hristov – the Road
- Simona Sivannio- Eternal
- Group "Go Week" - The Way You See the World
- Tsvetelin Atanasov AKA The Elvis feat. DZ - Love Goes Around
- Todor Gadzhalov - Still Love You
- Svetozar Hristov - Keep Me Down
- Rene Ranev - Alone
- Vyara Panteleeve – Faith
The idea, the sets and the choreography of the semi finals were in the Moulin Rouge style. The hosts were two of the starts of the Bulgarian hit TV series "Undercover," while the Musical Academy was chaired by popular Bulgarian pop music composer, Stefan Dimitrov.
Azerbaijan's Eli and Nikki won the final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Bulgarian singer Polly Genova and her song "Na Inat" ("In Defiance") failed to make it to the Eurovision finals in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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