Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "DJ, Take Me Away" written by Dian Savov. The song was performed by the group Deep Zone and Balthazar. The Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) organised the national final EuroBGvision in order to select the Bulgarian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. A total of 63 entries were selected to participate in the national final which consisted of five shows: three quarter-finals, a semi-final and a final, where "DJ, Take Me Away" performed by Deep Zone and Balthazar eventually emerged as the winning entry with 15.37% of the public televote.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country | Bulgaria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | EuroBGvision | |||
| Selection date(s) | Quarter-finals: 26 October 2007 23 November 2007 21 December 2007 Semi-final: 26 January 2008 Final: 23 February 2008 | |||
| Selected entrant | Deep Zone and Balthazar | |||
| Selected song | "DJ, Take Me Away" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Dian Savov | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
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Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 12, "DJ, Take Me Away" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed eleventh out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 56 points.