| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Country |  Bulgaria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Selection among Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2013” songs | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 10 February 2013 Song: 11 March 2013 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov | |||
| Selected song | "Samo shampioni" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
| Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Samo shampioni" written by Elitsa Todorova and Kristian Talev. The song was performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, having previously represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 where they placed fifth with the song "Water". In February 2013, the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced that Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov had been selected to compete at the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. The broadcaster organised the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya 2013” in order to select the song that Elitsa and Stoyan competed with. Three songs were selected to participate in the national final, held on 3 March 2013, where "Kismet" emerged as the winning song following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote. The song was withdrawn on 11 March 2013 after failing to secure its copyrights with its apparent songwriter Jonatan Tesei and replaced with runner-up "Samo shampioni".
Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 7, "Samo shampioni" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed twelfth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 45 points.