To me, so much better than Beautiful Mess, which I absolutely disliked last year.
This probably applies for many songs this year, but I genuinely believe that Bulgaria was "handicapped" with the no LED screen this year sadly... 14th place is still a respectable placement, but could've been more
This song was eventually my favourite and definitely deserved a higher place. I loved everything - the vocals, the camerawork, the staging. I don't get why every time an act fails to win, people try to find reasons why it did, and almost always they blame the staging or camerawork. I think it was superior. The colours created a chilling atmosphere and the direction was very good, especially during the last seconds. It's just that it was a bit too unusual to work on general public, I guess. Just like Blackbird failed, my last year's favourite.
I'm in love with Zhana btw. The smoky look in her eyes is just super beautiful. And the guy starting the second verse is super talented and has so much charisma, should definitely pursue a solo career too.
So thrilled they're continuing, can't wait to hear their new stuff! Thanks, Bulgaria. To me, so much better than Beautiful Mess, which I absolutely disliked last year.
I partly understand what you are saying, but always relying on LED is getting boring. I thought that an ESC without LED could have been a chance for the entries to show their Imagination and flexibility. But many entries didn't make their best of it. And that is the sad truth.
I just re-ran Bulgaria's entries from 2016 to 2018 and Bones unfortunately is not as great as If Love was a crime, and Beautiful mess. It's obvious when you play all three in consecutive order.
They overplayed their cards this year. The song and performance felt very artificial and contrived to me. As a viewer, it makes you acknowledge their skills, but it does not click. The final 20 seconds of epicness don't save the song. It lacks the most what it aims for the most to arouse: intrigue and captivation.
I had always somewhere in my mind that this wouldn't do well with televote, but I really hoped for more points from the jury to this song. Tenth place and "only" 100 points was less than I hoped for
I also hoped for more, but looking back, the Staging didnt work perfectly, the Group was constructed (and didnt survive outside Eurovision) and the Song was too cold and distanced and didnt have the Hitpotential Juries usually are looking for. Except and I think everyone deserved their better Juryscore, although I have this as my #4 and clearly prefer it even over and .