Sinisa Jakov: News North Macedonia Eurovision Contestant Accused of Spreading Bulgarian Propaganda.Balkan Insight, 17. März 2021, abgerufen am 18. März 2021 (englisch): „This is the first time that the Eurosong contest has been caught up in such ethnically heated disputes. In the past the public warmed to the diverse ethnic backgrounds of former contestants, such as the late Tose Proseki, a singer of Vlach decent who represented the country in 2004, and Adrian Gaxha, an ethnic Albanian who competed in 2008. The late “queen of Roma music”, Esma Rexhepova, represented the country in 2013, and another singer of Vlach decent, Kaliopi Bukle, sang in 2016.“
Slavi Trifonov with an offer to Garvanliev: We will provide you with a dignified life in Bulgaria. Onlinepräsenz der Zeitung Slobodan Pecat, 19. März 2021, abgerufen am 6. April 2021 (englisch): „but I mean specifically to Vasil Garvanliev, so I suggest the following: Vasile, dear friend, you are a good singer, and my colleagues and I have experience in producing good singers. Come to us and I and my team will provide you with a job and a dignified life. The solution is yours. We Bulgarians should support each other“
