Johnny Manuel

Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia will be among the 26 contenders in the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest that takes place this Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.

Albania is represented by the love song "Mall", sung by Eugent Bushpepa, who describes himself as a "creative professional".

Bulgaria qualified for the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The Equinox song Bones was among the 10 elected from the first semi-final of the competition, which this year is held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The five artists forming Equinox include Zhana Bergendorf, Vladimir Mihailov, Georgi Simeonov-JJ, Johnny Manuel and Trey Campbell.

METRO (UK) - An impressive camera display from Bulgaria shows why Bones is hotly tipped for Eurovision Success this year. Equinox are in it to win it and the staging and Bulgarian delegation have created a platform that supports that objective. This is a very strong performance indeed.

Bulgaria will be represented by the specially created group "Equinox" in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

The song selected by the jury is called Bones, and the performers are Zhana Bergendorf, Vladimir Mihaylov, George Simeonov-Jay, Johnny Manuel and Trey Campbell. Composer of the song is Borislav Milanov.