{"id":856549,"date":"2026-08-13T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856549\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:04:09","slug":"and-the-winner-is-burgas-to-host-2027-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856549\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is&#8230; Burgas to host 2027 Eurovision Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Bulgarian Black Sea resort Burgas has been chosen as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s the first time Bulgaria will stage the competition following the <a data-ylk=\"slk:DARA&#039;s historic victory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2026\/05\/17\/eurovision-2026-follow-our-coverage-of-the-worlds-greatest-song-contest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DARA&#8217;s historic victory<\/a> with &#8216;Bangaranga&#8217; at this year&#8217;s Eurovision in Vienna in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many Bulgarian sources had tipped the capital Sofia as the favourite to win the hosting competition but in a statement on its website, the organisers EBU said Burgas was chosen as it offers &#8220;Eurovision fans a very unique setting for the world&#8217;s largest live music event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the EBU, &#8220;Bulgaria&#8217;s 4th largest city has built a strong reputation for its beaches, parks, cultural life and vibrant summer events, and for hosting music, arts and international cultural events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Related<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, said: &#8220;We are delighted that Burgas will be the Host City for the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;For the first Eurovision Song Contest ever to be held in Bulgaria, we want to create something that feels truly Bulgarian while also being unmistakably Eurovision \u2013 a celebration that brings people together through music,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Grand Final of the 71st Eurovision Song Contest will take place on Saturday 15 May, with two Semi-Finals on Tuesday 11 and Thursday 13 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bulgarian Black Sea resort Burgas has been chosen as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[297893,49,48,75,82992,348],"class_list":["post-856549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-burgas","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}