The miracle of the Bulgarian opera voices was chosen Thursday evening as the most important event of the 20th century.

The final vote in the campaign of the State owned Bulgarian National Television, BNT, was aired life after, in the course of 3 months, the audience selected the top 10 events from 10 different categories. The poll had the goal to publicize the most significant political, scientific and cultural Bulgarian achievements during the last century.

The 10 events that competed in the final were: the Doyran battle during World War I, the discovery of the 6th tone of the heart, the Bulgarian opera miracle, the “chushkopek” - a patented Bulgarian household appliance for roasting peppers, the date of the beginning of the Communist regime in Bulgaria – September 9, 1944, the climbing of Mount Everest by Bulgarian Hristo Prodanov in 1984, the love story between prominent Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov, and his wife Boyka, the building of the town of Dimitrovgrad, the terrorist attack in the “St. Nedelya” Church in downtown Sofia on April 16, 1925, and the informational blackout by the country’s Communist rulers during the “Chernobil” Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986.

The opera phenomenon collected nearly 27% of the vote. Dimitrovgrad ranked second with nearly 17% while the 6th tone of the heart ended third with 13%. The much debated September 9, 1944 which was ranked firs in the category “Political Event of the 20th Century” had just 6% while the “chushkopek” ranked last with 1,4%.

The categories were discussed by the host of the show, Georgi Tenev, and popular Bulgarian politicians, journalists, sociology experts and artists, including the Minister for Bulgarians Abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, journalists Boyko Vassilev and Nikolay Garelov, the theater director, Liliya Abadzhieva, and others.

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