| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Bulgaria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 March 2017 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Kristian Kostov | |||
| Selected song | "Beautiful Mess" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 403 points) | |||
| Final result | 2nd, 615 points | |||
| Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Beautiful Mess" written by Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Bo Persson, Alex Omar and Alexander V. Blay. The song was performed by Kristian Kostov. On 13 March 2017, the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced that Kristian Kostov had been selected to compete at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The song that Kostov competed with, "Beautiful Mess", was also internally selected and was presented to the public on the same day.
Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 15, "Beautiful Mess" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 403 points. In the final, Bulgaria performed in position 25 and placed second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 615 points. This marked Bulgaria's best placing in the history of the contest.