Bulgaria in EuroMusic Song Contest

Bulgaria is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the fourteenth edition. BNT is responsible for the Bulgarian participation.

History
The Bulgarian broadcaster, BNT, decided to debuts in the contest for the fourteenth edition. They already showed some interests to particpate in some previous editions, but due some financial difficulties they decided to postpone their debut. In Germany, they first needed to attempt in the semi final. They finished at the 11th place.

In Madrid and Malta, they finished at the 11th place in the semi final. Also in the seventeenth edition they failed to qualify.

During the eigteenth edition, Bulgaria qualified for the final, after three editions of missing out. In the final they finished at their best place so far: second. In the next edition, they finished at the seventeenth place in the final.

In Azerbaijan, during the twentieth edition, Bulgaria was the favorite to win this edition, what they did. They received 229 points. Because of their vicory they hosted the 21st edition. They hosted the contest in Sofia. In the final they finished at the 17th place. In Glasgow, they failed to qualify. In Bucharest, Bulgaria finished at the tenth place.

For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Bulgaria, automatically qualified for the final. Bulgaria finished at the second place in the grand final.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Bulgaria took part and finished at the 11th place. In Baku, they finished at the 8th place. Bulgaria achieved a new top ten result in the 27th edition.

Bulgaria didn't appear at the list of participating countries for the 28th edition. The Bulgarian broadcaster later announced that they were no longer interested to take part in the competition.