Bulgaria in the Turkvision Song Contest
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 2 |
| First appearance | 2014 |
| Best result | 6th: 2015 |
| Worst result | 11th: 2014 |
Bulgaria will participate in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan.[1] The Bulgarian broadcaster, Alfa Media (AMTV), will organise the Bulgarian entry in its début year. In 2014, Bulgaria's first entry at Turkvision, will be İsmail Matev.[1]
History
2014
On 31 October 2014 it was confirmed that Bulgaria would make their official début at the 2014 Song Contest to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan.[1] It was announced that İsmail Matev would represent Bulgaria at the contest in Kazan, the song that İsmail would sing in the contest was not known until the semi final on 19 November 2014.
In the semi final Bulgaria were originally announced as failing to qualify for the final after finishing in 13th place. It later emerged that the scores for Turkmenistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina were incorrectly calculated.[2] The organisers announced on 20 November 2014 that Bulgaria had qualified for the final in 11th place with 168 points.[3]
In the final Bulgaria performed 10th after Yakutia and before Azerbaijan, they finished in 11th place with a total of 172 points.
Contestants
- Table key
| Year | Artist | Title | Language | Final | Points | Semi-final | Points |
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| 2014 | İsmail Matev[1] | "Yollara, taşlara" | Turkish | 11 | 172 | 11 | 168 |
| 2015 | Big Star Life | Istanbuldayiz | Turkish | 6 | 162 | No semi-final | |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Granger, Anthony (31 October 2014). "Bulgaria debut at Turkvizyon 2014". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Exclusive: Voting Fraud At Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon 2014: 15 entries qualified for the final". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.