Bulgaria was chosen as the public’s winner in the 2018 Fireworks Festival, after the official jury awarded first place to Portugal.

The Fireworks Festival, this year renamed ‘Art in the Sky,’ was decided by online voting and the winner announced at the Town Hall on Monday, August 20. The jury had placed the Bulgarians in third place out of four.

The Bulgarian company Enigma Fireworks were the last of the teams to light up the skies over Monaco, on August 11.

The public rated Bulgaria 8.75 out of 10, Portugal 8.20, Spain 5.65 and Italy 4.73.