Elitsa and Stoyan ( bg, Елица и Стоян) are a Bulgarian music duo. In 2007,

Elitsa Todorova Elitsa Todorova ( bg, Елица Тодорова; born September 2, 1977, in Varna, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian folk singer and professional percussionist. Todorova formed the duo Elitsa & Stoyan and they represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision S ...

and Stoyan Yankoulov were the entry for

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at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Their 5th place with the song "

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", was the highest Bulgaria had placed until the

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. In March 2013 the duo were selected to represent Bulgaria for a second time at the

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, in

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. They performed in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013 with the song " Samo Shampioni", but did not qualify for the final.

Career

Elitsa and Stoyan met in 2003. In 2007 they won Pesen Na Eurovizija 2007 and represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Voda (Water)". Later they released their second single "Earth". On 10 February 2013, Elitsa and Stoyan were selected by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) to represent Bulgaria in the

. The Bulgarian national selection took place on 3 March 2013, with two songs tied for first place after the combined jury and audience votes, " Kismet" and "Samo Shampioni". Kismet was selected as the winning song, however on 11 March 2013, BNT withdrew "Kismet" due to copyright concerns and replaced it with "Samo shampioni".

References

Bulgarian musical groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Bulgaria Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2007 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2013 Male–female musical duos {{Eurovision-stub