In this series we look at countries which aren’t participating in the Eurovision Song Contest anymore.
Bulgaria has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times since making its debut at the 2005 contest in Kyiv. The country’s best result is a second-place finish with “Beautiful Mess” performed by Kristian Kostov at the 2017 contest also in Kyiv. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).
Bulgaria has failed to qualify for the final in 9 out of 14 appearances at the contest. However, on three of the five occasions that they have reached the final, they have finished in the top five.
Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song “Lorraine”, written by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko and Orlin Pavlov and performed by the band Kaffe. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), organised a national final in order to select its entry for the contest which was won by the band Kaffe and the song “Lorraine”.
Bulgaria competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing during the show in position 21, “Lorraine” was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed nineteenth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 49 points.
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