Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Bulgaria
National selection
Selection process	Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2007”
Selection date(s)	Semi-final:; 3 February 2007; Final:; 24 February 2007
Selected entrant	Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov
Selected song	"Water"
Selected songwriter(s)	Elitsa Todorova; Stoyan Yankoulov;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 146 points)
Final result	5th, 157 points
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Water" written and performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov. The Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) organised the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2007” in order to select the Bulgarian entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 21 entries were selected to participate in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final, held on 3 February 2007 and 24 February 2007, respectively. Eighteen entries competed in the semi-final and the top nine songs as determined by a twelve-member jury panel qualified to the final alongside three pre-qualified songs. In the final, public televoting exclusively selected "Voda" performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov as the winning entry with 31,376 votes. The song was later retitled for the Eurovision Song Contest as "Water".

Bulgaria competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Water" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. This marked the first qualification to the final for Bulgaria since they debuted in the contest in 2005. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed sixth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 146 points. In the final, Bulgaria performed in position 21 and placed fifth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 157 points.