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Blog Post 2: The Nation Onstage

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  Blog Two: The Nation on Stage  Part Two REVISED Dana Webber  Eurovision 1400 Dr Professor Green  February 21st, 2021 The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest events in Europe, dating back all the way to 1956. ESC is a singing competition, where countries choose a singer to represent them. Originally, the songs were sung in the country's national language. Today it is much different, many songs are sung in English, mainly due to the expansion of voters and countries. Because this contest is so highly regarded, it’s important for countries to choose someone to be the face for them. This includes national identity, as countries pride themselves over winning. Every country does it’s best to represent themselves in the competition. They do this by incorporating their national language, costumes, and traditions; or they go the reverse way and create novelty performances that don’t quite capture their identity. Nonetheless, it’s a big deal to compete, and an even...
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Bulgarian National Identity Essay

Bulgarian National Identity  Dana Webber  UCOR 1400 Eurovision Dr. Green February 9th, 2021           National identity is the idea that one belongs to a nation or state not because of citizenship, but because of shared values. This idea includes cuisine, music, languages, symbols, and history. The history behind a nation plays a factor in the process of identity. When a nation endures a threat, whether it be cultural, militant, economic or political, the nation becomes closer and the identity becomes stronger. (“What Is The Meaning of National Identity?” Anonymous.) National identity is shown through it’s “significant other(s).” Triandafyllidou (1998) defines significant others as “other nations or ethnic groups that are perceived as a threat to the nation, it’s distinctiveness, authenticity and/or independence.”(pg. 594.) Using both of these criteria, national identity can thrive, and become a vessel for nation pride, independen...
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Three Minute Briefing of Bulgaria

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 Hey Bulgaria Blog friends!     This is the first post to my new blog, I hope you enjoy it!  This is all about Eurovision, the iconic European song contest that features contestants from all over. But let's just focus on the best, from the South Balkans, Bulgaria. We will be discussing the wins, losses, songs, and the tumultuous relationship of the contest vs. competitor.  Bulgaria has had an off and on relationship with Eurovision. They appeared for the first time in the competition back in 2005; they began and ended as underdogs in the beginning years, placing 19th and 17th in the first two years. They moved up more and more, even participating in the grand final 4 times! Unfortunately  after their 2018 performance of "Bones" they had to withdraw from the competition in 2019 based on financial difficulties. It was said to have been from overspending on the previous Eurovision performance.  Bulgaria is a whole different world, and one that I...
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