Aleksandar Kolyachev announces KZP monitoring over outrageous €118,000 Burgas rental ads for Eurovision 2027 in Bulgaria.
Eurovision 2027, set to take place in the Bulgarian resort city of Burgas next May, is still many months away, but the city’s short-term rental market is already surging. Following reports of exorbitant prices and bizarre online listings, Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission (KZP) announced that it will enforce strict oversight and intervene in any case of unfair commercial practices.
Aleksandar Kolyachev, Chairman of the Commission, clarified in an interview with the national broadcaster Nova TV that the authority will closely monitor real estate offers surrounding the song contest taking place in the city in May 2027, acting decisively as soon as unlawful behavior is suspected.
“Comical Listing”: €118,000 for One Week
Aleksandar Kolyachev explicitly addressed a listing that made waves online in recent days, which offered a residential apartment in Burgas for an astronomical price of €118,000 for just one single week during the contest days.
The Chairman of the Commission called this listing “comical” and claimed it has no grounding in reality. According to him, a slight price increase is normal market behavior during periods of high demand and limited supply, but Burgas does not suffer from a lack of accommodation.
According to Commission data, the Burgas region and surrounding areas have a lodging capacity exceeding 200,000 people, while the number of tourists and fans expected to arrive for Eurovision is estimated at 90,000 – close to the number of visitors at the Eurovision held this year in Vienna. “I believe there is still plenty of time until the month of May,” said Aleksandar Kolyachev, “and corrective measures will come from the market and businesses themselves”.
Aleksandar Kolyachev clarified in an interview with the national broadcaster Nova TV that the authority will closely monitor real estate offers surrounding the song contest taking place in the city in May 2027, acting decisively as soon as unlawful behavior is suspected.
The Chairman of the Commission explicitly addressed a listing that made waves online in recent days, which offered a residential apartment in Burgas for an astronomical price of €118,000 for just one single week during the contest days.
The Chairman of the Commission called this listing “comical” and claimed it has no grounding in reality. According to him, a slight price increase is normal market behavior during periods of high demand and limited supply, but Burgas does not suffer from a lack of accommodation.
Host City Selection and Dates
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Burgas won the bid to host the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, overtaking Sofia’s proposal. This will mark the first time Bulgaria hosts Eurovision, following the historic victory of DARA at Eurovision 2026, which took place in Vienna, Austria, last May.
Alongside the announcement of the host city, the dates for the contest were also revealed:
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First Semi-Final: May 11th (Tuesday)
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Second Semi-Final: May 13th (Thursday)
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Grand Final: May 15th (Saturday)
For Burgas, this will be the first time hosting a Eurovision event, whereas Sofia previously hosted Junior Eurovision in 2015. The designated venue, “Arena Burgas”, can accommodate around 15,000 spectators during music shows. Unlike last year, the host city is not the capital of the winning country – a trend seen in contests between 2019 and 2025.
Burgas is the fourth-largest city in the country, with a population of approximately 189,086 as of December 2025.
According to a poll conducted on the EuroMix website, 67.62% of respondents selected Sofia as the most suitable city to host the competition. However, it appears that the European Broadcasting Union and BNT did not agree with the EuroMix audience’s choice, believing instead that Burgas possesses the appropriate infrastructure to host the contest.
Eurovision 2027: The 71st Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria, following the country’s first historic win with the song “Bangaranga” performed by DARA. This will be the first time the contest is hosted in Bulgaria.
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Maor Heumann has been writing about the Eurovision Song Contest and following it for over three decades. He has attended five contests and has found something to appreciate in almost every possible musical genre — from the sugary pop entries that finish last in the semi-finals to the quirky avant-garde pieces that even the competition’s juries struggled to connect with. He usually prefers original languages and songs with depth over Swedish-produced English clones — though he doesn’t promise to stick to that rule.
He grew up on the kibbutz of Sara’le Sharon, who instilled in him a love for music and created his first connection to the contest back in 1993 — before most of the current editorial team was even born.
