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Bulgaria made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. In 2019, the country withdrew from the contest but returned again in 2020.

Bulgaria, located in southeastern Europe bordering the Black Sea in the east, has used a mixture of internal selections and national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Bulgaria entry in 2012, Love Unlimited by Sofi Marinova, was sung in Bulgarian but also contains phrases in Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, French, Greek, Italian, Romani, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish and Turkish!

Bulgaria hosted the 2015 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia and in 2016 Poli Genova took the country to its best-ever placing at that time, fourth in the Grand Final. In 2017, Kristian Kostov beat Poli's record and went on to finish second in the Grand Final with his song Beautiful Mess.

Participation history

Event Contestant Song Place
Turin 2022
Intention
Semi-Final
16th - 29 points
Rotterdam 2021
Growing Up Is Getting Old
Semi-Final
3rd - 250 points
Grand Final
11th - 170 points
Rotterdam 2020
Tears Getting Sober
Lisbon 2018
Bones
Semi-Final
7th - 177 points
Grand Final
14th - 166 points
Kyiv 2017
Beautiful Mess
Semi-Final
1st - 403 points
Grand Final
2nd - 615 points
Stockholm 2016
If Love Was A Crime
Semi-Final
5th - 220 points
Grand Final
4th - 307 points
Malmö 2013
Samo Shampioni (Only Champions)
Semi-Final
12th - 45 points
Baku 2012
Love Unlimited
Semi-Final
11th - 45 points
Düsseldorf 2011
Na Inat
Semi-Final
12th - 48 points
Oslo 2010
Angel Si Ti
Semi-Final
15th - 19 points
Moscow 2009
Illusion
Semi-Final
16th - 7 points
Belgrade 2008
DJ, Take Me Away
Semi-Final
12th - 56 points
Helsinki 2007
Water
Semi-Final
6th - 146 points
Grand Final
5th - 157 points
Athens 2006
Let Me Cry
Semi-Final
17th - 36 points
Kyiv 2005
Lorraine
Semi-Final
19th - 49 points