BULGARIA in the Eurovision Song Contest – Participation history

Bulgaria

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  • Emittente televisiva: BNT / БНТ (Bulgarian National Television, Българска национална телевизия, Bŭlgarska natsionalna televiziya)
  • Processo di Selezione: Selezione Nazionale (2005–2009, 2011-2012) | Selezione Interna (2010, 2013, 2016)
  • Organizzazione concorso – Paese ospite: 0
  • Numero di partecipazioni: 12 (4 finali)
  • Lingue:  Inglese (4), Bulgaro (4), Bulgaro / Inglese (2)
  • Prima partecipazione: Kyiv 2005: Kaffe | Lorraine
  • Miglior piazzamento: Top 5: FI: 4° (2016), 5° (2007) | SF: 5° (2016)
  • Miglior piazzamento Top 10: FI: 0 | SF: 6° (2007)
  • Peggior piazzamento (Bottom): FI: 0 | SF: 19° (2005)
  • Average place: 9,88
  • Qualificazioni per la Finale: 4 su 12 (dal 2004)
  • Numero di vittorie: 0
  • Nul points (Nil points): FI: 0| SF: 0

Bulgaria made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. In 2019, the country withdrew from the contest but returned again in 2020.

Bulgaria, located in southeastern Europe bordering the Black Sea in the east, has used a mixture of internal selections and national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Bulgaria entry in 2012, ‘Love Unlimited’ by Sofi Marinova, was sung in Bulgarian but also contains phrases in Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, French, Greek, Italian, Romani, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Turkish!.

Bulgaria hosted the 2015 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia and in 2016 Poli Genova took the country to its best-ever placing at that time, fourth in the Grand Final. In 2017, Kristian Kostov beat Poli’s record and went on to finish second in the Grand Final with his song ‘Beautiful Mess’.

Partecipazioni nel corso degli anni

Note: Edizione | # | Artista (i) | Canzone [Musica (m) / Texto (t)] | Lingua (Traduzione) | Punteggio | Posizione | Processo di Selezione

ANNOARTISTA CANZONE
MUSICA (M); TESTO (T)		LINGUA POSIZIONE FINALE PUNTI FINALE POSIZIONE SEMI-FINALE PUNTI SEMI-FINALE PROCESSO DI SELEZIONE

NOTE:

  • Il brano Love Unlimited contiene frasi in Arabo, Azero, Inglese, Francese, Greco, Italiano, Romaní, Serbo-croato, Spagnolo e Turco.

Bulgaria’s average distribution of the given points (2010-2016)

# 2010 2010 SF2 2011 2011 SF2 2012 2012 SF2 2013 2013 SF2 2016 2016 * 2016 SF2 2016 SF2 * Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 Turkey 10 12 X X 7 8 X X X X X X 37 4 9,25
2 Armenia 8 8 X X X X 8 8 12 8 X X 52 6 8,67
3 Australia X X X X X X X X 8 5 12 7 32 4 8,00
4 Azerbaijan 12 7 X 10 X 12 12 1 X X 54 8 6,75
5 Greece 5 X 10 X 1 X 7 10 X X X X 33 5 6,60
6 Ukraine 7 6 8 3 5 10 X 10 4 12 65 11 5,91
7 Russia X 4 X 6 X 5 X 6 12 X X 33 6 5,50
8 Serbia X X 12 12 X X 5 8 5 42 8 5,25
9 Belgium X X 6 X X X 10 10 10 36 7 5,14
10 Austria X X 5 10 X X X X 4 X X 19 4 4,75
11 North Macedonia X X X 2 7 X 5 X X 8 22 6 3,67
12 Sweden X 8 10 4 X 3 X X 25 8 3,13
13 Georgia 6 10 1 X X 3 3 7 30 10 3,00
14 Poland X X X X X X X X 6 6 12 4 3,00
15 Denmark 2 7 12 X 2 X X X 23 8 2,88
16 Cyprus 4 5 X X X X 7 X X 16 6 2,67
17 Malta X X X X 6 7 X X 13 6 2,17
18 Hungary X X X X 6 6 X X 12 6 2,00
19 United Kingdom X 12 X X X X X 12 6 2,00
20 Romania 4 6 1 X 2 X X X X 13 7 1,86
21 Belarus 1 X X X X X X 6 4 11 6 1,83
22 Lithuania X X 5 4 X 1 3 3 16 9 1,78
23 Israel 1 X X X X 4 2 5 2 14 8 1,75
24 Norway X X X 2 1 7 X X 1 11 7 1,57
25 Spain 2 X X 3 X X 4 X X 9 6 1,50
26 Slovenia X 8 X X X X X 1 9 6 1,50
27 Estonia X X 4 3 X X X X X 7 5 1,40
28 Ireland 3 7 X X X X 10 8 1,25
29 Albania X X X 4 X X X X 2 6 5 1,20
30 Netherlands X X 5 X X 2 X X 7 6 1,17
31 Moldova X 2 X 3 X X X X X 5 5 1,00
32 Croatia X 3 X X X X X X X 3 4 0,75
33 Bosnia & Herzegovina X 2 1 X X X X X X 3 5 0,60
34 Germany 3 X X X X X X 3 6 0,50
35 Switzerland X X X X X 1 X X 1 5 0,20

Bulgaria’s average distribution of the received points (2010-2016)

# Country 2010 2010 SF2 2011 2011 SF2 2012 2012 SF2 2013 2013 SF2 2016 2016 * 2016 SF2 2016 SF2 * Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 AU Australia X X X X X X X 8 8 10 X 36 8 4,50
2 TR Turkey 7 X 10 X X X X X X X 10 3 3,33
3 MK North Macedonia X 1 6 3 10 8 8 X 46 14 3,29
4 NO Norway X 6 1 8 10 6 X 36 13 2,77
5 CY Cyprus 5 10 X X X X X 22 8 2,75
6 GB United Kingdom 6 X 5 X 5 5 8 X 31 12 2,58
7 IE Ireland 1 X X 10 10 5 X 31 12 2,58
8 AL Albania X X X 4 4 7 7 X 30 12 2,50
9 AZ Azerbaijan X X 4 8 X X X 20 8 2,50
10 AM Armenia X X X 10 7 X X X 17 7 2,43
11 ES Spain X X X 6 X X X 18 8 2,25
12 MT Malta X X 2 10 X X X 20 9 2,22
13 FR France X 3 3 1 10 X X X 22 10 2,20
14 IL Israel X 7 3 10 X 27 13 2,08
15 BE Belgium X 1 X X 6 6 7 X 25 12 2,08
16 SI Slovenia 4 X 10 6 5 X 27 13 2,08
17 RS Serbia X X 2 X 4 2 8 X 24 12 2,00
18 PT Portugal X X 6 X X X X X X X 6 3 2,00
19 IT Italy X 10 X X 7 X 24 12 2,00
20 PL Poland X X X X X X 3 5 4 X 15 9 1,67
21 DK Denmark 4 X X 6 7 3 X 20 12 1,67
22 DE Germany X 4 2 4 7 X 21 14 1,50
23 SM San Marino X X X 8 X X X 11 8 1,38
24 BY Belarus X X 1 4 8 X 17 13 1,31
25 CZ Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X X 5 4 1,25
26 ME Montenegro X X X X X 2 X X X 7 6 1,17
27 GR Greece X X X 2 X X X 9 8 1,13
28 BA Bosnia & Herzegovina X 3 X X 3 X X X 8 8 1,00
29 GE Georgia X 4 5 X 12 13 0,92
30 LV Latvia X X 1 7 3 X 12 13 0,92
31 MD Moldova X 5 X X X X X 7 8 0,88
32 AT Austria X 2 X X X X X 7 8 0,88
33 CH Switzerland X X 1 4 3 X 8 12 0,67
34 HU Hungary X X X 1 X X X 5 8 0,63
35 UA Ukraine 1 X 1 5 X 8 13 0,62
36 LT Lithuania X X 2 2 3 X 7 12 0,58
37 SE Sweden 1 X X X X 5 9 0,56
38 FI Finland X X X X X X 4 8 0,50
39 NL Netherlands 2 X X X X 3 9 0,33
40 RO Romania X 1 X X X X X 1 5 0,20
41 HR Croatia X X X X X 1 8 0,13