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]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Bulgaria
National selection
Selection processEvroviziya 2011
Selection date(s)23 February 2011
Selected entrantPoli Genova
Selected song"Na inat"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th, 48 points)
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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by Svetozar Hristov, "Believe" performed by Vessy and "Like a Fairytale" performed by Zhan Shejtanov were later withdrawn from the competition.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
5-te Sezona "Take My Hand" Plamen Stavrev, Stefan Diomov
032 "On Air" Rachel Row, Svetlin Kuslev, Georgi Simeonov
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, KiNK
Simona Sivanio & Sprint "The New Earth" Evgeny Simeonov, Simona Sivanio
Stanny Brown ft. Naso "I Know" Stanny Brown, Alex Nyshev, N.A.S.O.
Sunrize feat. All Access Project "Boogie Man" –
Svetozar Hristov "Wolf's Song" –
Vessy "Believe" Svetlin Kuslev
Vlado Dimov "Sjanka" Vlado Dimov
Wickeda "Blue Cotton Levi's" Erol Ibrahimov
Zhan Shejtanov "Like a Fairytale" –

Final

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 entrants Hotel FM performed as guests.[11]

Final – 23 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Wickeda "Blue Cotton Levi's" 3 – – 18
2 Plamena Petrova "Bez teb" 0 – – 14
3 032 "On Air" 0 – – 7
4 Simona Sivanio & Sprint "The New Earth" 3 – – 15
5 Vlado Dimov "Sjanka" 0 – – 18
6 Ruth Koleva "Fever" 6 – – 11
7 Jerihon "Smile" 10 – – 12
8 Elmira Kostova "Mome hubava" 0 – – 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" 0 – – 16
14 Stanny Brown ft. Naso "I Know" 0 – – 17
15 Poli Genova "Na inat" 12 12 24 1
16 Boyan Mihailov "Nestinari" 0 – – 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" 0 – – 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[12]
Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
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  3. "Bulgaria Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. Montebello, Edward (23 February 2011). "Tonight: Bulgaria decides for Düsseldorf". Esctoday. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. "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)
  6. "Bulgaria: The jury members announced". ESCDaily. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
  7. "Bulgaria: Deadline of submitions ends on February 9". EscDaily.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  8. "UPDATE: Bulgarian finalists announced". Eurovision.tv. 14 February 2011.
  9. "АКАДЕМИЯ "БГ ЕВРОВИЗИЯ 2011"". eurovision.bnt.bg (in Bulgarian). 20 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. "BULGARIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
  11. "Bulgaria 2011". ESCKAZ. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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