Breaking down in tears on live TV as he apologised to his country for not taking them to victory, Bulgaria's Eurovision entry for 2017, Kristian Kostov should be nothing but proud of his remarkable achievement of finishing 2nd at this year's contest and recording Bulgaria's highest ever finish in the process.

Following on from Eurovision 2016 held in Stockholm last year, where Bulgaria enjoyed their previous best ever finish of 4th place by Poli Genova, 17 year old Kostov had a lot of pressure on his shoulders as the bookies considered his song "Beautiful Mess" a serious contender early on, backing him as second favourite to win.

Eurovision’s youngest-ever contestant, Kostov put on the performance of his life with flawless singing and mesmerizing staging, but was unable to secure the points for victory as the winner of this year's competition held at the International Exhibition Centre in Ukraine’s capital Kiev, was eventually Portugal’s Salvador Sobral with Amar Pelos Dois, winning the competition for Portugal for the very first time.

Unfortunately Eurovision 2018 will not be held in Sofia next year, but as the UK's number one Tour Operator for holidays to this amazing country, we want to invite you along anyway and hope that you will discover that not only are Bulgarian's great singers, but fantastic hosts too!

You can view Kristian's performance here: