"Tears Getting Sober" is a song recorded by Bulgarian singer and songwriter

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. The song was composed and

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by the aforementioned artist together with Borislav Milanov, Cornelia Wiebols and Lukas Oscar Janisch. The song was scheduled to represent

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in the

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, the Netherlands, after being internally selected by the national broadcaster

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. However, the contest was later cancelled due to the

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(COVID-19) pandemic. After the song was released, the song led the betting odds of winning the contest until the cancellation.

Background

"Tears Getting Sober" was entirely composed and written by

herself, alongside

Borislav Milanov Borislav Georgiev Milanov ( bg, Борислав Георгиев Миланов; pseudonym: B-OK) is a Bulgarian music composer, songwriter and record producer known for his work on the Eurovision Song Contest. He has collaborated with Alexandra ...

, Cornelia Wiebols and Lukas Oscar Janisch. The song is inspired by Milanov's experiences while holding a songwriting camp, where this song was eventually written. It concerns

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issues and motivate people to fight through their problems, even if they have to do it all by themselves.

At Eurovision

Rotterdam

The song was scheduled to represent for

Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Bulgaria originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song " Tears Getting Sober" written by Victoria Georgieva, Borislav Milanov, Lukas Oscar Janisch and Cornelia Wiebols. The song was performed by Victoria, whic ...

, after

was internally selected by the national broadcaster,

(BNT). On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Bulgaria was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. In March 2020, the

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cancelled the contest due to the

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of the

(COVID-19) in

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and its spread to other countries. Soon after, it was announced that

will represent the country in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2021 The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's win at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was set to host the , ...

Charts

References

2020 singles 2020 songs Eurovision songs of 2020 Eurovision songs of Bulgaria Songs written by Borislav Milanov Victoria Georgieva songs {{Eurovision-stub