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]
Before Eurovision
Evroviziya 2011
Evroviziya 2011 was the national final format developed by BNT in order to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The competition took place on 23 February 2011 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, hosted by Maria Ilieva and Orlin Pavlov and broadcast on BNT 1 and BNT World as well as online via the broadcaster's website bnt.bg and at the Eurovision Song Contest official website eurovision.tv.[4]
Competing entries
A jury committee made up of 55 composers, poets, producers, performers, music educators and members of the media, advertising agencies and professional organizations, titled Academy, received questionnaires in which each member presented proposals with an official letter three performers they would like to see represent Bulgaria in Düsseldorf.[5][6] BNT also opened a song submission period for songwriters to submit their songs from 25 January 2011 to 9 February 2011. Songs were required to be Bulgarian national product.[7] Up to three songs were then submitted to BNT by the top ten nominated performers and the list of competing artists and songs were announced on 14 February 2011.[8] "Boogie Man" performed by Sunrise feat. All Access Project, "Wolf's Song" performed by Svetozar Hristov, "Believe" performed by Vessy and "Like a Fairytale" performed by Zhan Shejtanov were later withdrawn from the competition.
The final took place on 23 February 2011. Nineteen entries competed and the winner, "Na inat" performed by Poli Genova, was determined by the 50/50 combination of votes awarded by public televoting and the Academy.[10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Dirty Purches, Tri O Five, Rumanetza & Enchev, 2007 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision entrants Bon-Bon and 2011 Romanian Eurovision entrantsHotel FM performed as guests.[11]
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.
Bulgaria
