| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Bulgaria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008” | |||
| Selection date(s) | EuroBGvision: Monthly selections: 26 October 2007 23 November 2007 21 December 2007 Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008”: Semi-final: 26 January 2008 Final: 23 February 2008 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Deep Zone and Balthazar | |||
| Selected song | "DJ, Take Me Away" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Dian Savov | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
| Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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 Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2008” in order to select the Bulgarian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. 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.