Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Bulgaria was represented by Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Voda".

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Bulgaria
National selection
Selection processPesen Na Evrovizija 2007
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
3 February 2007
Final:
24 February 2007
Selected entrantElitsa Todorova and
Stoyan Yankoulov
Selected song"Water"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 146 points)
Final result5th, 157 points
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2006 • 2007 • 2008►

Before Eurovision

Pesen Na Evrovizija 2007

Pesen Na Evrovizija 2007 was the national final format developed by BNT in order to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 3 and 24 February 2007 respectively. Both shows took place at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, hosted by Dragomir Simeonov and Iva Doichinova.[1]

Format

The competition consisted of a semi-final on 3 February 2007 and a final on 24 February 2007. Eighteen songs competed in the semi-final and the top nine qualified by the votes of an expert jury. Twelve songs consisting of the nine semi-final qualifiers alongside three pre-qualified finalists competed in the final, where public televoting determined the winner.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries until 12 January 2007. From all songs submitted to BNT, an expert committee selected eighteen songs for the competition. The list of competing artists and songs were released on 14 January 2007.[2] After the list was released, Una Healy and Orlin Goranov withdrew from the competition while Pippo & Sasheto were disqualified. As a result of this, Toni Dimitrova & Goresch Pyasak, Galin Raichev and Dimitar Atanasov participated in the national final instead.

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 3 February 2007. Eighteen songs competed and the top nine entries as determined by an expert jury advanced to the final.

Semi-final – 3 February 2007
DrawArtistSong (English translation) Songwriter(s) Result
1Svetozar Hristov & Lora Vladova "If You Come Baby" Svetozar Hristov, Lora Vladova Eliminated
2Toni Dimitrova & Goresch Pyasak "Say You Would" Stefan Diomov, Plamen Stavrev Finalist
3Petia"Runaway" Petya Pavlova, Peter Godwin Eliminated
4Grupata "Back In Your Heart" Johan Stentorp, Soren Bregendal, Jascha Richter Finalist
5Tedi Kazarova "Super Fire" Peter Gorski, Teddy Katsarova Finalist
6Pantommind"Days of Old" Petr Mihailov, Toni Ivanov Eliminated
7Sofi Marinova & Ustata"Ya tvoya" (I'm yours) Ivan Georgiev-Ustata, Daniela Stoichkova Finalist
8Svetla Ivanova"No No" Yasen Kozev, Krum Georgiev Eliminated
9Mastilo"Gettin' Crazy" Desislav Danchev, Spas Dimitrov Finalist
10 Dilyana Tsenova "Confession" Nivelin Mirkov, Dilyana Tsenova Eliminated
11Bella"Falling Angel" Yasen Kozev, Krum Georgiev Eliminated
12Aksiniya"Az znam" (I know) Dani Milev, Vanya Schereva Finalist
13S-lavina"Higher (Balkan heart)" Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss, Danne Attlerud, Petr Panov Finalist
14Margarita Hranova "Moya lyubov" (My love) Alexandr Miladinov Finalist
15Charlene & Natasha"Open Your Eyes" Jonas Gladnikoff, Niall Mooney, Brendan McCarthy, Galya Marinova Eliminated
16Dimitar Atanasov "Only Way Back Home" Dimitar Atanasov, Scherion Urumov Finalist
17Krum"Dokoga" (How long) Miro Gechev, Krum Sirakov Eliminated
18Galin Raichev "V ochakvane" (In expectance) Petr Pesev, Galin Raichev Eliminated

Final

The final took place on 24 February 2007. Twelve songs consisting of the nine semi-final winners alongside three pre-qualified entries competed and the winner was determined by public televoting.[3] At the conclusion of the voting, "Voda" performed by Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov were the winners, receiving 26,000 more votes than the second place, "Fool for You" performed by KariZma.

Final – 24 February 2007
DrawArtistSong (English translation) Songwriter(s)TelevotePlace
1Mastilo"Gettin' Crazy" Desislav Danchev, Spas Dimitrov1,7728
2Toni Dimitrova & Goresch Pyasak "Say You Would" Stefan Diomov, Plamen Stavrev1,7039
3Aksiniya "Az znam" (I know) Dani Milev, Vanya Schereva56212
4Sofi Marinova & Ustata"Ya tvoya" (I'm yours) Ivan Georgiev-Ustata, Daniela Stoichkova4,3453
5Kalki"Freedom and Love" Kalki3,2534
6Margarita Hranova "Moya lyubov" (My love) Alexandr Miladinov62911
7Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov"Voda" (Water) Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov31,3761
8S-lavina"Higher (Balkan heart)" Thomas Thörnholm, Clauss Attlerud, Dan Attlerud, Petr Panov1,25610
9KariZma"Fool for You" Galina Kurdova, Miroslav Kostadinov 5,2322
10Tedi Kazarova "Super Fire" Peter Gorski, Teddy Katsarova2,1747
11Grupata "Back In Your Heart" Johan Stentorp, Soren Bregendal, Jascha Richter2,5745
12Dimitar Atanasov"Only Way Back Home" Dimitar Atanasov, Scherion Urumov2,3866

Promotion

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

As Bulgaria failed to qualify from the semi-final for the second time in a row, Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov had to compete in the semi-final on 10 May. The Bulgarian entry was performed first, preceding Israel. Bulgaria finished 6th in the semi-final, and therefore qualified for the final on 12 May, where they performed 21st following Romania and preceding Turkey. The entry finished in 5th place with 157 points. With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008, Bulgaria would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As Bulgaria was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four, other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest.

Points awarded by Bulgaria[4]
Points awarded to Bulgaria (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Received by Bulgaria (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
gollark: Although you could *sort of* do those things with a static site too.
gollark: Mine is designed as a mostly-static website, which doesn't do either of those.
gollark: I went to a lot of effort to speed up my site, including inlining the CSS in the page itself, so it has to be small.
gollark: Mine is basically just the default CSS with some stuff for a navbar, and some minor enhancements to links and stuff.
gollark: It looks nice, minimal and all.

References
  1. "Pesen na Evroviziya 2007". 4lyrics.
  2. Kulpers, Michael (14 January 2007). "Bulgarian semifinalists announced". Esctoday.
  3. "BULGARIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2007".
  4. Eurovision Song Contest 2007

See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.