won it in 2026
Bulgaria at Eurovision
Bulgaria first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 and has entered 15 contests. It has won once, in 2026, with “Bangaranga” by Dara.
- 15
- contests
- 1
- win
- first song
- 2005
- contests
- 15
- wins
- 1 — 2026
- second place
- 1 — 2017
- in the final
- 6 of 15 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- English (11), Bulgarian (5), Greek (1)
- not in the line-up
- 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023–2025
The win
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2026, Vienna “Bangaranga”
Dara · 516 points
Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.
Every song
All 16 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Vienna | Dara | “Bangaranga” English | winner! | 516 |
| 2022 Turin | Intelligent Music Project | “Intention” English | Out in semi-final 1 (16th of 17) | 29 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Victoria | “Growing Up Is Getting Old” English | 11th of 26 | 170 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Victoria | “Tears Getting Sober” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2018 Lisbon | Equinox | “Bones” English | 14th of 26 | 166 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Kristian Kostov | “Beautiful Mess” English | 2nd of 26 | 615 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Poli Genova | “If Love Was a Crime” English | 4th of 26 | 307 |
| 2013 Malmö | Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov | “Samo shampioni (Само шампиони)” Bulgarian | Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 17) | 45 |
| 2012 Baku | Sofi Marinova | “Love Unlimited” Bulgarian, Greek | Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 18) | 45 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Poli Genova | “Na inat (На инат)” Bulgarian | Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 19) | 48 |
| 2010 Oslo | Miro | “Angel si ti (Ангел си ти)” Bulgarian, English | Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 17) | 19 |
| 2009 Moscow | Krassimir Avramov | “Illusion” English | Out in semi-final 1 (16th of 18) | 7 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Deep Zone and Balthazar | “DJ, Take Me Away” English | Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 19) | 56 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov | “Water” Bulgarian | 5th of 24 | 157 |
| 2006 Athens | Mariana Popova | “Let Me Cry” English | Out in the semi-final (17th of 23) | 36 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Kaffe | “Lorraine” English | Out in the semi-final (19th of 25) | 49 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The three acts Bulgaria has sent to more than one contest.
- Elitsa and Stoyan 2007, 2013
- Poli Genova 2011, 2016
- Victoria Georgieva 2020 (cancelled), 2021
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Bulgaria, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- BNT 1 Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev
- 2022
- BNT 1, BNT 4 Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev
- 2021
- BNT 1, BNT 4 Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev
- 2018
- BNT 1 Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
- 2016
- BNT 1, BNT HD Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
- 2015
- BNT 1, BNT HD (final) Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
- 2008
- BNT Elena Rosberg and Georgi Kushvaliev
- 1989
- BT 1
- 1988
- BT 1
- 1987
- BT 1
- 1978
- BT 1
In our contest stories
Lines about Bulgaria from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2005 Thirty-nine
Bulgaria and Moldova entered for the first time and Hungary came back after six years.
- 2007 The semi-final
The ten that went through were Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova.
- 2014 A smaller contest
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia stayed at home.
- 2017 The result
"Amar pelos dois" finished on 758 points, 143 ahead of Bulgaria.
- 2017 The result
Bulgaria's second place and Moldova's third were the best results either country had had.
- 2020 What was planned
Forty-one countries had entered, with Bulgaria and Ukraine returning and Hungary and Montenegro dropping out.
- 2023 A smaller field
Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia stayed away, mainly because of the cost in the middle of an energy crisis.
- 2026 What that did to the contest
Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova all returned, which kept the number from falling further.
- 2026 The audience
The contest goes next to Burgas, on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, in May 2027.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Bulgaria was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.