Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Bulgaria
National selection
Selection process	Pesen Na Evrovizija 2007
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 3 February 2007 Final 24 February 2007
Selected entrant	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov
Selected song	"Water"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 146 points)
Final result	5th, 157 points
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Bulgaria held national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in a competition called Pesen Na Evroviziya 2007 (Песен На Евровизия 2007), which included a semi-final and final. 18 songs took part in a semi final on 3 February 2007, where a jury picked 9 to go to the final, with 3 "wildcards" being added in by BNT. The winner from those 12 was decided on February 24 by televoting only. From this selection, it was decided that Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov should represent Bulgaria with the song "Voda" ("Water"). The duo earned a convincing win as they triumphed by receiving 54.8% of the 57 262 total televotes given, i.e. more votes than all the other eleven entries combined. The 31 376 votes received by the duo was six times as many as the runner up received.

Prior to the contest, Elitsa and Stoyan made a promotional tour in countries such as Greece, Croatia, and Serbia. Also, the duo will perform at the "Stars of Europe" concert in Italy, which will present the entry in a number of European nations. At Eurovision, Bulgaria sung in the Bulgarian language for the first time, however the song was presented under the English title, "Water". Bulgaria was set to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from Israel. They made it into the final of the competition where they finished in 5th place with 157 points.

Selection process

Bulgaria held national selection called Pesen Na Evrovizija 2007, which included a semi-final and final. 18 songs took part in a semi final on 3 February 2007, where a jury picked 9 to go to the final, with 3 "wildcards" being added in by Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The winner from those 12 was decided on February 24 by televoting only. Stoyan Yankoulov & Elitsa Todorova will represent Bulgaria with the song "Voda" ("Water") at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The win for the duo was very convincing as they won by over 26,000 more votes than the song in second place.

At Eurovision, Bulgaria sang in Bulgarian language for the first time, however the song was presented under the English title, "Water". Bulgaria opened the semi-final, performing in the first position, preceding Israel.

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Bulgaria^[1]

Semi final 12 points  Macedonia 10 points  Turkey 8 points  Serbia 7 points  Cyprus 6 points  Belarus 5 points  Slovenia 4 points  Hungary 3 points  Georgia 2 points  Albania 1 point  Moldova

Final 12 points  Greece 10 points  Macedonia 8 points  Armenia 7 points  Turkey 6 points  Serbia 5 points  Russia 4 points  Moldova 3 points  Ukraine 2 points  Romania 1 point  Belarus

Points Awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Cyprus  Turkey	Czech Republic  Greece  Spain	France  Hungary	Macedonia	Austria  Croatia  Israel  United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Moldova  Montenegro  Portugal  Serbia	Germany	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Georgia  Malta	Belgium  Finland  Ukraine	Albania  Armenia  Romania

Points Received by Bulgaria (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Greece	Cyprus  Hungary  Spain	Macedonia	Czech Republic  Malta  Slovenia	Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Portugal  Serbia  Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Finland  France  Montenegro  Romania  United Kingdom	Armenia  Belgium  Germany  Russia	Moldova  Ukraine	Latvia	Estonia

References

See also

• Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2007