Sofia: The Bulgarian pop star Miro (from the former duet KariZma) has been selected by a 51-member jury to represent Bulgaria at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Miro received 10 votes for the nomination, young singers Poli Genova and Nora Karaivanova got seven and three votes respectively.

The new rules of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) include first selecting a singer or a band by a 51-member jury of composers, song-writers, musicians, and representatives of public and private institutions and media and then the BNT is going invite composers and songwriters to write five songs specially for him.

In February, Miro is going to perform the five songs and the Bulgarian audience will pick the best one through SMS Text Message voting to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision contest in Oslo in 2010.