Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Fourteen entries qualified to compete in Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008” which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final held on 26 January 2008 and 23 February 2008, respectively.In the final, public televoting exclusively selected "DJ, Take Me Away" performed by Deep Zone and Balthazar as the winning entry with 15.37% of the votes.[1] The nation achieved their best result in the contest in 2007 with the song "Water" performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, which qualified to the final and placed fifth.[2] The competition consisted of three monthly selections on 26 October 2007, 23 November 2007 and 21 December 2007, held at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.Prior to the October selection, "Tseluni noshtta" performed by Katrin was disqualified from the competition, while Begacha and Dobromir Peev withdrew their songs.[21] The final took place on 23 February 2008, hosted by Dragomir Draganov, Aksiniya Chenkova, Dani Georgiev and Niki Iliev.[23][24] Deep Zone and Balthazar made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "DJ, Take Me Away" as the Bulgarian Eurovision entry.Between 2 and 4 April, Deep Zone and Balthazar made radio and television appearances in Ukraine and performed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv.[30][31] In addition to their international appearances, Deep Zone and Balthazar performed during the annual BG Radio Music Awards which was held on 6 April at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.[34] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.
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