Recent months have brought remarkable change in the Eastern European nation, which has just adopted the euro and forced the resignation of a leader through major protests.
Dara's Bangaranga gives Bulgaria its first Eurovision win in a tense Vienna final marked by protests, a fivenation boycott and another painful 'nul points' night for the UK.
Bulgaria's first-ever-Eurovision winner Dara Nikolaeva Yotova confessed to the media, she had "doubt and anxiety" before entering the contest. Thanking her husband for "pushing" her in participating in the competition, she said, "In the beginning, I ...