In this series we look at countries which aren’t participating in the Eurovision Song Contest anymore.
Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song “Illusion”, written by Krassimir Avramov, William Tabanou, and Casie Tabanou, and performed by Krassimir Avramov himself. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), organised a national final which was won by Krassimir Avramov.
Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing during the show in position 11, “Illusion” was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.
It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed sixteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 7 points.
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