(The Bulgarian song in Eurovision 2007) was the national final format developed by BNT which determined the artist and song that would represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The competition consisted of a semi-final on 3 February 2007 and a final on 24 February 2007, held at the
National Palace of Culture in
Sofia. Both shows were hosted by Dragomir Simeonov and and broadcast on
Channel 1.
Competing entries On 24 October 2006, BNT opened a submission period for artists and songwriters to submit their entries until 12 January 2007. Songs were required to contain partial Bulgarian involvement. By the end of the deadline, the broadcaster received 32 entries. On 14 January 2007, the eighteen artists and songs selected for the semi-final of the competition by a twelve-member committee were announced. The committee consisted of
Vili Kazasyan (conductor and composer), Toncho Rusev (composer), Alexander Petrov (poet), Ana-Maria Tonkova (music journalist), Jivko Petrov (musician), Vasil Stefanov (director), Maga (composer), Slavcho Nikolov (musician and composer), Georgi Kushvaliev (music journalist), Angel Zaberski-son (musician and composer), Misho Shishkov (musician and composer) and
Mariana Popova (singer). An additional three entries were produced by BNT and automatically qualified for the final of the competition. On 16 January 2007, "Az moga!!!" performed by Pippo and Sasheto was disqualified from the competition due to plagiarism while
Una Healy withdrew her song "Too Late for Heartache" due to prior engagements. They were replaced with the songs "Only Way Back Home" performed by Dimitar Atanasov and "V ochakvane" performed by Galin Raichev. On 19 January 2006, "Tova e lyubovta" performed by
Orlin Goranov was withdrawn from the competition and replaced with the song "Say You Would" performed by Toni Dimitrova and Goresch Pyasak.
Shows Semi-final The semi-final took place on 3 February 2007. Nine entries qualified to the final based on the votes of a jury panel. The twelve-person jury consisted of
Vili Kazasyan, Toncho Rusev, Alexander Petrov, Ana-Maria Tonkova, Jivko Petrov, Vasil Stefanov, Magomed Aliyev-Maga, Slavcho Nikolov, Georgi Kushvaliev, Angel Zaberski, Misho Shishkov and
Mariana Popova. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers were Vakali, Veda Junior and the three pre-qualified artists:
Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, Kalki and
KariZma.
Final The final took place on 24 February 2007. The nine semi-final qualifiers along alongside the three automatic qualifiers competed and "Voda" performed by
Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov was selected as the winner exclusively by public televoting. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers were
Vasil Naydenov and
Bulgarian Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entrant Mariana Popova.
Promotion Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Water" as the Bulgarian Eurovision entry. On 15 March, Elitsa and Stoyan performed "Water" during the Greek Eurovision national final
Feel the Party. Between 21 and 24 March, Elitsa and Stoyan took part in promotional activities in Croatia and Serbia where they made radio and television appearances, including a performance during the
Francophonie Night event which was held at the
Sava Centar in
Belgrade. On 25 March, the duo performed during the
Stars of Europe concert which was held at the
Colosseum in
Rome, Italy. Elitsa and Stoyan also took part in a month-long cruise trip through Slovakia, Austria and Germany. ==At Eurovision==