Bulgaria in the Europa Song Contest 1

Europa Song Contest 1
Country	Bulgaria
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	27 April 2017
Selected entrant	Dara
Selected song	"Rodena Takava"
Selected songwriter(s)	Pavell, Venci Venc', Darina Yotova
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 64 points
Bulgaria in the Europa Song Contest
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Bulgaria took part in the first edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Sofia. The country was represented by Dara with the song "Rodena Takava". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Bulgarias Radio (BNT). The song got the 20th place in the final with 64 points.

Before ESC[]

On April 23, BNT announced that the country planned an internal selection, for their next act, letting no clue about who could be the Bulgarian participant. It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on April 27.

Internal Selection[]

On April 27 2017, the Bulgarian entrant was selected. It was chosen that Dara would represent Bulgaria with her second single "Rodena Takava".

At ESC[]

Daralive — Dara performing "Rodena Takava" during the final in Sofia.

At the allocation draw, Bulgaria was drawn to vote in the first semi-final. As a host Bulgaria went straight to the final. At the running order draw, Bulgaria was drawn to perform eighteenth, following TBA and preceding the TBA.

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by BNT. George Rospier was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Gery-Nikol was the spokesperson that announced the Bulgarian voting in the final.

Voting[]

Points awarded to Bulgaria[]

Points awarded to Bulgaria (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Portugal	France		Croatia	Moldova
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Romania	Albania Denmark Spain	Israel Monaco	Italy Ukraine	Faroe Serbia

Points awarded by Bulgaria[]

Semi-final 1 votes
Points	Country
12	Germany
10	Lithuania
8	Estonia
7	United Kingdom
6	Ukraine
5	Netherlands
4	Portugal
3	Spain
2	Italy
1	Monaco

Final votes
Points	Country
12	Finland
10	Belgium
8	Greece
7	United Kingdom
6	Germany
5	Estonia
4	Portugal
3	Sweden
2	France
1	Romania

Split voting results[]

The following five members comprised the Bulgarian jury:

Gery-Nikol – singer, songwriter
Galena – singer
Mihaela Fileva – singer, songwriter
Pavell – singer, songwriter
Krisko – singer, songwriter

Semi-final 1 results
Draw	Country	Gery-Nikol	Galena	M. Fileva	Pavell	Krisko	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank
01	Lithuania	8	6	3	5	2	3	1	2
02	Spain	14	10	12	8	9	12	8	8
03	UK	12	5	1	10	4	6	3	4
04	Estonia	2	2	7	9	3	2	4	3
05	Italy	10	8	11	16	11	13	7	9
06	Turkey	7	3	9	12	15	11	14	13
07	Monaco	9	7	16	2	8	10	11	10
08	Czech R.	15	16	13	15	14	15	16	16
09	Portugal	3	12	2	7	5	4	9	7
10	Armenia	6	4	10	11	7	8	13	11
11	Germany	1	1	8	6	1	1	2	1
12	Netherlands	11	9	4	1	12	7	6	6
13	Serbia	16	13	15	14	16	16	10	14
14	Croatia	13	15	14	13	13	14	15	15
15	Moldova	5	14	6	3	10	9	12	12
16	Ukraine	4	11	5	4	6	5	5	5

Final results
Draw	Country	Gery-Nikol	Galena	M. Fileva	Pavell	Krisko	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank
01	Germany
02	Moldova
03	Sweden
04	Lithuania
05	Romania
06	Belgium
07	Serbia
08	Ireland
09	Finland
10	Ukraine
11	Estonia
12	Belarus
13	Monaco
14	UK
15	Faroe Islands
16	Denmark
17	Greece
18	Bulgaria
19	Portugal
20	Turkey
21	France