Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1][2] Bulgaria selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). This was the country's seventh participation in the contest since 2005.[3]
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Evroviziya 2011 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 23 February 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Poli Genova | |||
| Selected song | "Na inat" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th, 48 points) | |||
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Before Eurovision
Evroviziya 2011
Evroviziya 2011 was be the national final format developed by BNT in order to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
Competing entries
Songwriters were able to submit their entries until 9 February 2011. Songs were required to be Bulgarian national product and should not have been published before 1 September 2010.[4][5] A jury committee made up of at least 31 composers, poets, producers, performers, music educators and members of the media, advertising agencies and professional organizations, titled Academy, received questionnaires in which they presented proposals with an official letter three performers they would like to see in the 2011 contest.[6] Performers ranked top ten must submit up to three songs for the national final. The list of competing artists and songs were released on 14 February 2011.[7]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Boyan Mihailov | "Nestinari" | Plamen Bochev, Valeri Kostov |
| Cvetelina Chendova | "Luxury Hotel" | Bastien Gaisne |
| D2 | "Glorious Twist" | D2 |
| Elmira Kostova | "Mome hubava" | Elmira Kostova |
| Emilia Valenti | "Plenyavash me" | Vasil Ivanov, Marios Gligoris |
| Jakob | "Wicked Way of Love" | Petr Panov, Jacob Stadell, Peter Hägerås |
| Jerihon | "Smile" | Jerihon |
| Lazar Kisiov | "Zamestitel" | Lazar Kisiov |
| Milena Slavova | "Fire In My Hair" | Milena Slavova |
| Mona | "Teen Life" | Rachel Row, Maria Ilieva, Georgi Yanev |
| Plamena Petrova | "Bez teb" | Plamena Petrova |
| Poli Genova | "Na inat" | Sebastian Arman, Borislav Milanov, David Bronner, Poli Genova |
| Ruth Koleva | "Fever" | Rachel Row |
| Simona Sivanio & Sprint | "The New Earth" | Evgeny Simeonov, Simona Sivanio |
| Stanny Brown ft. Naso | "I Know" | Stanny Brown, Alex Nyshev, N.A.S.O. |
| Vlado Dimov | "Sjanka" | Vlado Dimov |
| Wickeda | "Blue Cotton Levi's" | Erol Ibrahimov |
| 032 | "On Air" | Rachel Row, Svetlin Kaslev, Georgi Simeonov |
| 5-te Sezona | "Take My Hand" | Plamen Stavrev, Stefan Diomov |
Final
The final took place on 23 February 2011 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, hosted by Maria Ilieva and Orlin Pavlov. Nineteen songs competed and the winner was determined by a 50/50 combination of points awarded by SMS voting and the members of the Academy.[8]
| Final – 23 February 2011 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Wickeda | "Blue Cotton Levi's" | 3 | – | – | 18 |
| 2 | Plamena Petrova | "Bez teb" | – | – | – | 14 |
| 3 | 032 | "On Air" | – | – | – | 7 |
| 4 | Simona Sivanio & Sprint | "The New Earth" | 3 | – | – | 15 |
| 5 | Vlado Dimov | "Sjanka" | – | – | – | 18 |
| 6 | Ruth Koleva | "Fever" | 6 | – | – | 11 |
| 7 | Jerihon | "Smile" | 10 | – | – | 12 |
| 8 | Elmira Kostova | "Mome hubava" | – | – | – | 9 |
| 9 | 5-te Sezona | "Take My Hand" | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| 10 | Mona | "Teen Life" | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | D2 | "Glorious Twist" | 7 | – | – | 6 |
| 12 | Lazar Kisiov | "Zamestitel" | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 13 | Cvetelina Chendova | "Luxury Hotel" | – | – | – | 16 |
| 14 | Stanny Brown ft. Naso | "I Know" | – | – | – | 17 |
| 15 | Poli Genova | "Na inat" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | Boyan Mihailov | "Nestinari" | – | – | – | 10 |
| 17 | Milena Slavova | "Fire In My Hair" | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 18 | Jakob | "Wicked Way of Love" | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 19 | Emilia Valenti | "Plenyavash me" | – | – | – | 13 |
At Eurovision
Bulgaria competed in the 2nd Semi Final or the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on Thursday, 12 May. The country did not qualify for the final, but achieved joint 12th place in the semi-final with Slovakia. Both countries managed to receive 48 points.
Split results
- In the Semi-final 2 Bulgaria came 12th with 48 points: the public awarded Bulgaria 14th place with 43 points and the jury awarded 12th place with 59 points.
Points awarded by Bulgaria[9]
Semi-final 2
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- Hondal, Victor (3 December 2010). "Bulgaria will participate in Eurovision 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- "Bulgaria Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- "Rules for conducting the National Selection" (PDF). Bulgarian National Television. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011. (in bulgarian)
- "Bulgaria: Deadline of submitions ends on February 9". EscDaily.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- "Bulgaria: The jury members announced". ESCDaily.
- "UPDATE: Bulgarian finalists announced". Eurovision.tv. 14 February 2011.
- "BULGARIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
- Eurovision Song Contest 2008
External links
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