Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Bulgaria was represented at Eurovision 2005 by the group Kaffe and the song "Lorraine", written by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko and Orlin Pavlov and composed by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Bulgaria
National selection
Selection processEuroBGVision 2005
Selection date(s)Semi-final:
22 January 2005
Final:
12 February 2005
Selected entrantKaffe
Selected song"Lorraine"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 49 points)
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

EuroBGVision 2005

EuroBGVision 2005 was the national final format developed by BNT in order to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition consisted of a semi-final and a final on 22 January and 12 February 2005 respectively. The semi-final took place at the BNT studios in Sofia and the final took place at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. Both shows were hosted by Aleksandra Surchadzhieva and Deyan Slavchev.[1]

Format

The competition consisted of a semi-final on 22 January 2005 and a final on 12 February 2005. Twenty-four songs competed in the semi-final and the top twelve qualified by the votes of an expert jury. Twelve songs consisting of the twelve semi-final qualifiers competed in the final, where public televoting determined the winner.

Competing entries

BNT received 93 entries, and an expert committee selected twenty-four songs for the competition. The list of competing artists and songs were released on 18 January 2005.[2]

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 22 January 2005. Twenty-four songs competed and the top twelve entries as determined by an expert jury advanced to the final.[3]

Semi-final – 22 January 2005
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Relax "Tyrsia teb" Eliminated
2 Kaffe "Lorraine" Finalist
3 Doni & Neti "Pokazi mi" Eliminated
4 Vasil Naydenov, Roberta, Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov "Az znam" Finalist
5 Grafa "Ako ima rai" Finalist
6 Slavi Trifonov & Sofi Marinova "Edinstveni" Finalist
7 Nona Yotova "Ke te molam" Eliminated
8 Krystina Kokorska "Call On Me" Eliminated
9 Nina Nikolina "Ne moga" Eliminated
10 Darina Ivanova & United Voices "United" Eliminated
11 Sashka Vittau "Kissing Your Lips" Eliminated
12 Ivan Georgiev-Ustata "Vsichki drehi mi prechat" Finalist
13 Stoian Roianov "Taodos" Finalist
14 Aija "My Love" Finalist
15 N.G. "Nyakoy te chaka" Eliminated
16 Deep Zone Project feat. Aiya & Vesela "The Dance of the World" Finalist
17 Veselin Marinov "Sleda po piasyka" Eliminated
18 Duet Mania "Bitter Sweet" Finalist
19 Vasko Ivanov "Samo edin moment" Eliminated
20 Galina Dimitrova-Kali "Molitva" Finalist
21 L.A. "Lyubov na snimka" Eliminated
22 Gravity Co. "What I Want" Finalist
23 Melody "Otkriy me sega" Finalist
24 Vesela Zheleva "Vyarvay" Eliminated

Final

The final took place on 12 February 2005. Twelve songs consisting of the twelve semi-final winners competed and the winner was determined by public televoting. Slavi Trifonov & Sofi Marinova refused to perform as they believed that the final was fixed in favour of Kaffe. At the conclusion of the voting, "Lorraine" performed by Kaffe was indeed the winner. Only the results of the top two were known, while the other results presented below were those that were on screen 10 minutes before the voting ended.[4]

Final – 12 February 2005
DrawArtistSong Songwriter(s)TelevotePlace
1Kaffe"Lorraine" Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko, Orlin Pavlov52.83%1
2Vasil Naydenov, Roberta, Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov"Az znam" Daniela Kuzmanova, Rumen Boyadzijev, Aleksander Burzitsov2.58%5
3Grafa"Ako ima rai" Vladimir Ampov 5.11%3
4Slavi Trifonov & Sofi Marinova"Edinstveni" Evgeni Dimitrov, Slavi Trifonov, Georgi Milchev28.33%2
5Ivan Georgiev-Ustata"Vsichki drehi mi prechat" Ivan Georgiev-Ustata2.12%6
6Stoian Roianov"Taodos" Stoian Roianov2.85%4
7Aija"My Love" Ljubomir Savov 0.37%11
8Deep Zone Project feat. Aiya & Vesela"The Dance of the World" Dian Savov, Ljubomir Savov, Aleksander Kiprov 0.31%12
9Duet Mania"Bitter Sweet" Stefan Shirokov 0.69%10
10Galina Dimitrova-Kali "Molitva" Tzvetan Spasov, Georgi Kurtev, Ivailo Vilchev 2.02%7
11Gravity Co"What I Want" Gravity Co. 1.73%8
12Melody"Otkriy me sega" Boris Chakurov, Rozina Karaslovova 1.16%9

At Eurovision

Bulgaria made their debut, so the country was forced to compete in the semi-final. Bulgaria performed 21st, following Croatia and preceding Ireland. They came 19th with 49 points, failing to qualify to the Grand Final. Therefore, Bulgaria had to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.

The spokesperson who revealed Bulgaria's votes for other countries was BNT employee Evgenia Atanasova.[5]

Points awarded by Bulgaria[6]

Points awarded to Bulgaria
Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. "EuroBGVision 2005". 4lyrics.
  2. Bakker, Sietse (18 January 2005). "Bulgaria: 24 semifinal participants revealed". Esctoday.
  3. "BULGARIAN SEMI-FINAL 2005".
  4. "BULGARIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2005".
  5. Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  6. Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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