Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |
| Country |
Bulgaria |
| National selection |
| Selection process |
National Final |
| Selection date(s) |
Semi-final
22 January 2005
Final
12 February 2005 |
| Selected entrant |
Kaffe |
| Selected song |
"Lorraine" |
| Finals performance |
| Semi-final result |
Failed to qualify (19th) |
Bulgaria was represented at Eurovision 2005 by the group Kaffe and the song "Lorraine". The Bulgarian Final was held on February 12, 2005 at the Grand Concert Hall. Before the final there was a semi-final on January 21 with a total of 24 competing songs. A professional jury selected 12 of these 24 songs to go forward to the final where the winner was chosen by televoting. A jazz inspired band Kaffe was elected with the song "Lorraine", which is written by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko & Orlin Pavlov and composed by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko.
The spokesperson who revealed Bulgaria's votes for other countries was BNT employee Evgenia Atanasova.[1]
National final
| Draw |
Song |
Singer |
Points |
Place |
| 1 |
"Lorraine" |
Kaffe |
52.83% |
1st |
| 2 |
"Az znam" |
Vasil Naidenov, Roberta, Mariana Popova, Orlin Goranov |
2.58% |
5th |
| 3 |
"Ako ima rai" |
Grafa |
5.11% |
3rd |
| 4 |
"Edinstveni" |
Slavi Trifonov & Sofi Marinova |
28.33% |
2nd |
| 5 |
"Vsichki drehi mi prechat" |
Ivan Georgiev-Ustata |
2.12% |
6th |
| 6 |
"Taodos" |
Stoian Roianov |
2.85% |
4th |
| 7 |
"My Love" |
Aija |
0.37% |
11th |
| 8 |
"The Dance of the World" |
Deep Zone Project |
0.31% |
12th |
| 9 |
"Bitter Sweet" |
Duet Mania |
0.69% |
10th |
| 10 |
"Molitva" |
Kali |
2.02% |
7th |
| 11 |
"What I Want" |
Gravity Co |
1.73% |
8th |
| 12 |
"Otkriy me sega" |
Melody |
1.16% |
9th |
At Eurovision
Points Awarded by Bulgaria[2]
References
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Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.
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