DJ Balthazar and Joanna who will be representing Bulgaria in the 2008 Eurovision song Contest, spent the past few days in Greece where they concluded the extensive Bulgarian promo tour. In Athens they took part in the most popular TV shows, and were also guests of honour at the OGAE Greece farewell party for Kalomira.
This year, Bulgaria is making a real investment in the Eurovision Song Contest. Starting off with a long national preselection and moving on to careful planning of the act's staging in Belgrade, they have gone to great lengths to present the European audience with something unique. A prototype, guitar-shaped turn table, an original guitar, a laser harp, especially developed for the contest, Peter, a top, multi award winning break dancer, four DJs and a lady singer all dressed by a high profile designer aim at representing their country in the best possible way.
The band seem to be genuinely enjoying all this, although they admit there is a price to pay for all that fun. But having fun is just one aspect of their approach. Successful music professionals all of them, take the Eurovision Song Contest very seriously and are determined to give Europe their best hoping it will be appreciated.
"Many people think that Eurovision stopped in the seventies", says DJ Balthazar, "so we thought the contest needs a new, modern face". In a delightful interview with esctoday.com Balthazar and lead singer Joanna spoke about the contest, their plans for the staging of the song in Belgrade and we even discovered together the lyrics of DJ Take me away in Greek. Joanna told us that her Svarowski crystal studded dress is designed by Virginia Zdavkova, one of Bulgaria's most prominent designers who has also had her dresses in the Oscar's ceremony.
DJ Balthazar and Joanna Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vflnj9mIGw&fmt=18&rel=0
DJ Balthazar and Joanna Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuQTq9GLUU&fmt=18&rel=0
DJ Take me away competition
You can win five DJ Take me away and two limited edition posters by answering correctly the following questions:
a) Who are the Bulgarian entrants this year? (five names)
b) Which countries did DJ Balthazar and Deep Zone project visit during their promo tour?
c) What was Bulgaria's best placing in the Eurovision Song Contest and when?
Send your answers, together with your full name and postal address at [email protected] until Monday 12th May 10.00 CET.
