Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
| Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Bulgarian National Television (BNT) | |||
| Country | Bulgaria | |||
| Selection process | EuroBGvision and Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008” | |||
| Selection date | 23 February 2008 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "DJ, Take Me Away" | |||
| Artist | Deep Zone and Balthazar | |||
| Songwriters | Dian Savov | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
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Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "DJ, Take Me Away", written by Dian Savov, and performed by the group Deep Zone and Balthazar. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), organised the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008” in order to select its entry for the contest. 56 entries were selected to participate in the first phase of the national final, EuroBGvision, which consisted of three monthly selections. 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. Eighteen entries competed in the semi-final and the top nine songs qualified to the final alongside three pre-qualified songs. 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.
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.