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

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

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
Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Svetozar Hristov & Lora Vladova	"If You Come Baby"	Svetozar Hristov, Lora Vladova	Eliminated
2	Toni Dimitrova & Goresch Pyasak	"Say You Would"	Stefan Diomov, Plamen Stavrev	Finalist
3	Petia	"Runaway"	Petya Pavlova, Peter Godwin	Eliminated
4	Grupata	"Back In Your Heart"	Johan Stentorp, Soren Bregendal, Jascha Richter	Finalist
5	Tedi Kazarova	"Super Fire"	Peter Gorski, Teddy Katsarova	Finalist
6	Pantommind	"Days of Old"	Petr Mihailov, Toni Ivanov	Eliminated
7	Sofi Marinova & Ustata	"Ya tvoya" (I'm yours)	Ivan Georgiev-Ustata, Daniela Stoichkova	Finalist
8	Svetla Ivanova	"No No"	Yasen Kozev, Krum Georgiev	Eliminated
9	Mastilo	"Gettin' Crazy"	Desislav Danchev, Spas Dimitrov	Finalist
10	Dilyana Tsenova	"Confession"	Nivelin Mirkov, Dilyana Tsenova	Eliminated
11	Bella	"Falling Angel"	Yasen Kozev, Krum Georgiev	Eliminated
12	Aksiniya	"Az znam" (I know)	Dani Milev, Vanya Schereva	Finalist
13	S-lavina	"Higher (Balkan heart)"	Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss, Danne Attlerud, Petr Panov	Finalist
14	Margarita Hranova	"Moya lyubov" (My love)	Alexandr Miladinov	Finalist
15	Charlene & Natasha	"Open Your Eyes"	Jonas Gladnikoff, Niall Mooney, Brendan McCarthy, Galya Marinova	Eliminated
16	Dimitar Atanasov	"Only Way Back Home"	Dimitar Atanasov, Scherion Urumov	Finalist
17	Krum	"Dokoga" (How long)	Miro Gechev, Krum Sirakov	Eliminated
18	Galin 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
Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Mastilo	"Gettin' Crazy"	Desislav Danchev, Spas Dimitrov	1,772	8
2	Toni Dimitrova & Goresch Pyasak	"Say You Would"	Stefan Diomov, Plamen Stavrev	1,703	9
3	Aksiniya	"Az znam" (I know)	Dani Milev, Vanya Schereva	562	12
4	Sofi Marinova & Ustata	"Ya tvoya" (I'm yours)	Ivan Georgiev-Ustata, Daniela Stoichkova	4,345	3
5	Kalki	"Freedom and Love"	Kalki	3,253	4
6	Margarita Hranova	"Moya lyubov" (My love)	Alexandr Miladinov	629	11
7	Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov	"Voda" (Water)	Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov	31,376	1
8	S-lavina	"Higher (Balkan heart)"	Thomas Thörnholm, Clauss Attlerud, Dan Attlerud, Petr Panov	1,256	10
9	KariZma	"Fool for You"	Galina Kurdova, Miroslav Kostadinov	5,232	2
10	Tedi Kazarova	"Super Fire"	Peter Gorski, Teddy Katsarova	2,174	7
11	Grupata	"Back In Your Heart"	Johan Stentorp, Soren Bregendal, Jascha Richter	2,574	5
12	Dimitar Atanasov	"Only Way Back Home"	Dimitar Atanasov, Scherion Urumov	2,386	6

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]

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