Borislav Milanov

Borislaw Georgiev Milanow ( Bulgarian Борислав Георгиев Миланов ; * 1983 in Sofia ; pseudonym: B-OK ) is a Bulgarian songwriter and music producer . He is the founder of the international record label Symphonix. As a composer he took part in the Eurovision Song Contest several times .

Life

Milanow grew up in Bulgaria. In 2018 he married the singer Tamara Gatchetschiladze , who represented Georgia at the ESC 2017. They have two children together and live in Vienna.

Compositions at the Eurovision Song Contest

As a music producer, Milanov has already participated in ten participations in the Eurovision Song Contest, most of them in his home country Bulgaria. More than half of his compositions were able to achieve the top 10. He achieved the best result with Beautiful Mess by Kristian Kostov in 2017 for Bulgaria . In 2018 he won the Marcel Bezençon Award for best composer for Bones' contribution . Milanow was involved as a producer on the planned German contribution Violent Thing for the ESC in Rotterdam by Ben Dolic .

2011 : Poli Genowa - Na inat (Bulgaria, 12th place in the semi-finals)
2016 : Poli Genowa - If Love Was a Crime (Bulgaria, 4th place)
2017 : Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone (Macedonia, 15th place in the semifinals)
2017 : Tijana Bogićević - In Too Deep (Serbia, 11th place in the semi-finals)
2017 : Kristian Kostow - Beautiful Mess (Bulgaria, 2nd place)
2018 : Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You (Austria, 3rd place)
2018 : Equinox - Bones (Bulgaria, 14th place)
2019 : Chingiz - Truth (Azerbaijan, 8th place)
2019 : Michela - Chameleon (Malta, 14th place)
2020 : VICTORIA - Tears Getting Sober (Bulgaria)
2020 : Ben Dolic - Violent Thing (Germany)
2020 : Destiny Chukunyere - All Of My Love (Malta)

Web links

Borislav Milanov at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Rezo Mamsikashvili: Tamara Gachechiladze celebrates birth of son with Borislav Milanov. In: wiwibloggs. May 1, 2020, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
↑ Marcel Stober: "Violent Thing": The composer behind the German ESC song. In: eurovision.de. April 2, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .
↑ Here are the winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards 2018! In: eurovision.tv. May 12, 2018, accessed May 14, 2020 .
↑ Jens Maier: "You don't send your best horse into a preliminary round". In: Stern. February 29, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Milanov, Borislav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Milanov, Borislav; B-OK (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sofia

[1] Rezo Mamsikashvili: Tamara Gachechiladze celebrates birth of son with Borislav Milanov. In: wiwibloggs. May 1, 2020, accessed on May 14, 2020 .

[2] Marcel Stober: "Violent Thing": The composer behind the German ESC song. In: eurovision.de. April 2, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .

[3] Here are the winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards 2018! In: eurovision.tv. May 12, 2018, accessed May 14, 2020 .

[4] Jens Maier: "You don't send your best horse into a preliminary round". In: Stern. February 29, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .