Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Bulgaria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Lorraine" written by Vesselin Vesselinov-Eko and Orlin Pavlov. The song was performed by the band Kaffe. The Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) organised the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2005” in order to select the Bulgarian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 24 entries were selected to participate in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final, held on 22 January 2005 and 12 February 2005, respectively. The top twelve songs of the semi-final as determined by an eleven-member jury panel qualified to the final. In the final, public televoting exclusively selected "Lorraine" performed by Kaffe as the winning entry with 76,590 votes.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country | Bulgaria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2005” | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 22 January 2005 Final: 12 February 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kaffe | |||
| Selected song | "Lorraine" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (19th) | |||
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Bulgaria competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 21, "Lorraine" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed nineteenth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 49 points.