Esquarivision Song Contest 2009

The 40th annual edition of the Esquarivision Song Contest was held in Desislav, after their second-place result in "Velikite muzhe sa podpraveni v pozhar" (Great men are forged in fire), performed by Vyara Tzankova. Despite Lecistan's victory, they could not host the contest due to financial reasons, so Katranjiev agreed to host.

Format

Location

After the announcement of Lecistan not hosting, KTV held the host bid. Two candidates ran: Desislav and Krasimir.

In Desislav, the largest and most cosmopolitan city in the entire country, the Desislav Host Committee chose the Kralskata teatur (Royal Theater) as the venue, which had 1,850 seats, and had ample room for the needs of the performers. Krasimir's bid was at the Kralsakata Arena (Royal Arena) with room for 18,000 people, and significant space for the needs of the performers.

On March 2, Desislav won overwhelmingly, making Desislav the host.

Hosts

Footballer Andrei Borisov was selected by KTV to serve as presenter on April 1st, alongside former Liberationist-era singer Eliana Dobrev, who was known for making propaganda songs during the 26th of July Movement, which had garnered some controversy due to her historic political affiliations.

Entries

Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
Ainin	French	Martine Rossignol	"rÉvolution"	Revolution	1	TBA
Template:Country data Francilie	English	Franckie Cow	"Pontnouveau 2010"	—	TBA	TBA
Katranjiev (hosts)	Katranjian	Magdalena Borisova	"Spesteti si"	Save me	TBA	TBA
Luziyca	Lombardian	Maria d'Arpino	"Dammi la luce"	Give me the light	TBA	TBA