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Bulgaria Bulgaria is an active participant of the Eurovisn't Song Contest. They first participated in the first edition.

Edition #1[]

National final[]

Upon making a decision to participate in the Eurovisn't Song Contest, the Bulgarian broadcaster have decided to hold a national final to determine their first entry. The national final got the name EuroFakeFest BG and consisted of 10 entries. On 21 August 2021, the competing entries were revealed.

EuroFakeFest BG was held on 22 August 2021 in Armeets Arena in Sofia.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 4 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person had 10 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want).

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Tihomir Hristov "Scream to the world" 22 13 35 6
2 Energiser "I never stop" 20 26 46 3
3 Grey Rust "Reaching for thunders" 1 4 5 10
4 Lilyana Dobreva "Imaginary world" 24 21 45 4
5 Daniel Adamov "Leave me" 3 9 12 8
6 Moebius "Violet blur" 36 39 75 1
7 Samuil Kirilov "Lone" 16 21 37 5
8 Epsilon "You" 16 9 25 7
9 Iliyana Popova "Living in dim lights" 28 30 58 2
10 Lidiya Todorova "Time to act" 6 0 6 9

Moebius have won EuroFakeFest BG with their song "Violet blur", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the inaugural edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Moebius performed 1st in the first semi-final on 24 August 2021. They received 50 points (15th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #2[]

National final[]

For the second edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as EuroFakeFest BG (in the same format) as its national final.

On 7 September 2021, the competing entries of EuroFakeFest BG 02 were revealed. The original list of entries have included "Deranged" by Bombshell Secrets, which was disqualified later that day. On the next day, the replacement entry was announced: "You are so far away" by Lunar Eclipse.

EuroFakeFest BG 02 was held on 19 September 2021 in Armeets Arena in Sofia.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 2 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person had 10 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want).

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Lilyana Dobreva "Shall I rise or fall" 10 17 27 2
2 Lunar Eclipse "You are so far away" 22 34 56 1
3 Samuil Kirilov "My mistake" 1 0 1 9
4 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Yellow" 12 9 21 5
5 Daniel Adamov "Memories" 6 0 6 7
6 Tsvetana Buneva "Your precious love" 1 0 1 10
7 The Gallowthrift "Inner mirages" 10 0 10 6
8 Iliyana Popova "The discovered minds" 6 17 23 4
9 Stefan Bratuhchev "Silence" 16 9 25 3
10 Pandora "Surface" 2 0 2 8

Lunar Eclipse have won EuroFakeFest BG 02 with their song "You are so far away", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the second edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Lunar Eclipse performed 10th in the second semi-final on 29 September 2021. They received 34 points (14th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #3[]

National final[]

For the third edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as EuroFakeFest BG (in the same format) as its national final. On 9 October 2021, the competing entries of EuroFakeFest BG 03 were revealed.

EuroFakeFest BG 03 was held on 12 October 2021 in the TV studio, situated inside the BN'T headquarters in Sofia, without audience.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 3 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person had 10 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want).

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Epsilon "Sărtse" 12 17 29 4
2 Ô "The neutral manifests" 18 17 35 3
3 Daniel Adamov "I'm alive" 2 4 6 10
4 Lilyana Dobreva "Hello" 11 9 20 8
5 Bulgarian Army Choir "Beloved Motherland" 14 9 23 5
6 Grozda Bacheva "I see the square in the sky" 12 9 21 7
7 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Living in a dream" 20 17 37 2
8 Energiser "Study hard, party harder" 2 9 11 9
9 Athena & Samira "Fragile peace" 13 9 22 6
10 Felidæ "Miaow" 25 29 54 1

Felidæ have won EuroFakeFest BG 03 with their song "Miaow", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the third edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Felidæ performed 6th in the second semi-final on 21 October 2021. They received 94 points (7th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's first qualification.

They performed 11th in the grand final on 23 October 2021. They received 91 points (17th place).

Edition #4[]

National final[]

For the fourth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as EuroFakeFest BG (in the same format) as its national final. On 15 November 2021, the competing entries of EuroFakeFest BG 04 were revealed.

EuroFakeFest BG 04 was held on 17 November 2021 in the Hall 2 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 4 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person had 10 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want).

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Guilt" 15 34 49 4
2 Ginger People "Witch" 36 51 87 1
3 Eli Rayanova "Cousin" 0 0 0 10
4 Fishband "Black caviar" 9 0 9 8
5 Pseudo-Aussies "Mate" 32 43 75 2
6 Pandora "Neutral clouds" 17 9 26 5
7 Iliyana Popova "Connected forever" 12 9 21 6
8 The Internationals "Você fala português?" 19 0 19 7
9 Point Of No Return "The prison of machines" 28 26 54 3
10 Energiser "We love Nat" 4 0 4 9

Ginger People have won EuroFakeFest BG 04 with their song "Witch", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the fourth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Ginger People performed 12th in the first semi-final on 23 November 2021. They received 15 points (23rd place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #5[]

National final[]

For the fifth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as EuroFakeFest BG (in the same format) as its national final. On 7 December 2021, the competing entries of EuroFakeFest BG 05 were revealed.

EuroFakeFest BG 05 was held on 17 December 2021 in the Theatre of New Bulgarian University in Sofia.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 5 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs. The rules of televoting, however, were updated:

  • each person had 100 SMS votes (instead of 10) to distribute in any way they want;
  • in addition, the app voting was introduced, which allowed every user to rate the competing entries between 0 and 5 votes (these votes were added to the SMS votes).
Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 The Internationals "A sign in Canterbury" 24 23 47 4
2 Grozda Bacheva & Malou Prittstick "Me do you do I" 28 10 38 6
3 Actual Portuguese People "Orgulho português" 26 34 60 2
4 Energiser "Make me feel loved" 13 13 26 9
5 Lilyana Dobreva "You mean the universe to me" 15 14 29 8
6 Stanko Nikolov "Speak" 24 12 36 7
7 Milan Avramov "If I have a heart" 26 25 51 3
8 Eli Rayanova "Was I robbed?" 14 26 40 5
9 Rositsa Kuchkudelova & Lidiya Todorova "Forever together" 13 6 19 10
10 Pseudo-Aussies "G'day" 32 52 84 1

Pseudo-Aussies have won EuroFakeFest BG 05 with their song "G'day", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the fifth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Pseudo-Aussies performed 20th in the second semi-final on 30 December 2021. They received 37 points (15th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #6[]

National final[]

For the sixth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as EuroFakeFest BG (in the same format) as its national final. On 10 January 2022, the competing entries of EuroFakeFest BG 06 were revealed.

EuroFakeFest BG 06 was held on 16 January 2022 in the Hall 1 of National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

The voting system consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting. International jury was represented by 5 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person had 100 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want; in addition, each voting app user could add between 0 to 5 votes to each competing song).

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Yovana Yankova "Deep inside my heart" 23 20 43 5
2 Spike Proteins "Social distancing" 20 43 63 3
3 Stanimira Bergström "Two homelands" 7 11 18 9
4 The Internationals "Two letters and a stroke" 16 55 71 1
5 Konstantin Bakalov "Please call Stella" 34 24 58 4
6 Martin Radulov "In a hundred years" 17 13 30 8
7 Radomir Dimitrov "I am a Pacman" 46 23 69 2
8 Agata Borisova "Average" 17 14 31 7
9 Magdalena Gavrilova "I love working nine-to-five" 30 6 36 6
10 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Never" 5 6 11 10

The Internationals have won EuroFakeFest BG 06 with their song "Two letters and a stroke", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the sixth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

The Internationals performed 3rd in the second semi-final on 27 January 2022. They received 28 points (19th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #7[]

National final[]

On 28 January 2022, the Bulgarian delegation have announced that EuroFakeFest BG will no longer be used as Bulgaria's national final for Eurovisn't Song Contest. A new national final format was announced: the festival, provisionally known as Pesenen Fakestival, was supposed to consist of three nights (first night for established artists, second night for newcomers, and third night with 10 contestants from both previous nights). Additionally, it was announced that the winner of the brand new show, The Voicen't of Bulgaria, will get the wildcard for competing in Newcomers section of the new festival.

The first show of The Voicen't of Bulgaria was aired on 31 January 2022. All shows of The Voicen't of Bulgaria were held in the TV studio, situated inside the BN'T headquarters in Sofia.

On 6 February 2022, the delegation have announced that through the course of production of The Voicen't of Bulgaria, they are falling behind the schedule, and the postponement of Pesenen Fakestival to year 8 is a possible scenario. In case it needs to happen, the winner of The Voicen't of Bulgaria would also be declared as Bulgarian representative in the Eurovisn't Song Contest, with their song determined later in a national final consisting of four songs.

On 13 February 2022, the delegation have confirmed the scenario discussed earlier. The inaugural edition of the new festival was postponed into year 8; The Voicen't of Bulgaria was confirmed as a national final.

The final of The Voicen't of Bulgaria was held on 17 January 2022. The winner was picked in three rounds, with each round leading to elimination of one contestant: in the first round, the results were determined by the app voting; in the second and third rounds, the results were determined by the televoting.

Draw Contestant Coach Place
1 Strahil Vasilev Stefan Bratuhchev 3
2 Kostadin Valeriev Brayko Zhivkov 2
3 Rayka Valova Simona Koritarova 4
4 Obreyka Manevska Aneliya Valerieva 1

Obreyka Manevska was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the seventh edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

On 18 February 2022, four potential Eurovisn't entries for Obreyka were revealed. The Eurovisn't entry was chosen during the special show of The Voicen't of Bulgaria on 19 February 2022.

The voting system consisted of 40% international jury and 60% televoting. The total results were calculated in percents rather than points. International jury was represented by 3 countries, dividing 100% of their vote in the way they want. The televoting percentages were equal to shares of vote each song have received (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 "Caríosa" 3rd =2nd 15.9% 3
2 "Tsvetya" 1st 1st 53.6% 1
3 "Make me forget" 2nd =2nd 18.7% 2
4 "I believe in you" 4th =2nd 11.8% 4

"Tsvetya" was confirmed as Obreyka's Eurovisn't entry.

At Eurovisn't[]

Obreyka Manevska performed 4th in the second semi-final on 25 February 2022. She received 85 points (9th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's second qualification.

She performed 26th in the grand final on 27 February 2022. She received 72 points (20th place).

Edition #8[]

National final[]

The festival, provisionally known as Pesenen Fakestival, was confirmed for year 8, with the definitive name Varnenski Pesenen Festival (with possible abbreviations Varnenski Fest and VPF). The format of the festival remained unchanged. On 3 March 2022, the competing entries of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 8 were revealed.

First night[]

The first night was held on 10 March 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 10 acts in "Established artists" section.

The voting system consisted of 75% international jury and 25% televoting. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 9 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person could cast between 0 to 4 votes for each competing song). Top 5 songs qualified to the third (final) night of the festival.

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Agata Borisova "Solitude" 57 20 77 4
2 Energiser feat. Simona Koritarova "Happy girls" 62 14 76 5
3 Lunar Eclipse "More than ever" 49 20 69 7
4 Eli Rayanova "Survivor" 56 14 70 6
5 Fishband "Fowl is foul" 44 20 64 8
6 Grey Rust "The city of sorrow" 59 22 81 3
7 Felidæ "Illegal" 79 19 98 2
8 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "I don't want to wait" 46 16 62 10
9 Iliyana Popova "Ako ima greshka, ima i proshka" 44 19 63 9
10 Ô "Trust issues" 74 26 100 1

Second night[]

The second night was held on 11 March 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 10 acts in "Newcomers" section.

The voting system consisted of 75% international jury and 25% televoting. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 9 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the number of votes received by songs (each person could cast between 0 to 4 votes for each competing song). Top 5 songs qualified to the third (final) night of the festival.

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Kristina Stefanova "Bad habit" 72 19 91 1
2 Krasimira Karapetova "I can break my own heart" 72 16 88 3
3 Preslava Glavcheva "The day you gave me thistle" 60 29 89 2
4 Dimităr Kochanov "Superpower" 65 21 86 4
5 Danail Chavdar "Chill" 57 21 78 6
6 Georgi Boyanovski "Walking under the moon" 57 17 74 7
7 Elena Tsaneva "Dis-moi tout" 62 17 79 5
8 Bozhidar Zhelev "Davam ti dushata si" 31 13 44 10
9 Radoslava Dzhakolarova "Starting a new life" 50 16 66 8
10 Kostadin Valeriev "Disbelief" 44 21 65 9

Third night[]

The third night was held on 13 March 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs that qualified from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury, which was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 9 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Grey Rust "The city of sorrow" 56 6
2 Kristina Stefanova "Bad habit" 57 5
3 Ô "Trust issues" 62 3
4 Felidæ "Illegal" 77 1[Ed8-N3 1]
5 Elena Tsaneva "Dis-moi tout" 49 9
6 Preslava Glavcheva "The day you gave me thistle" 47 10
7 Energiser feat. Simona Koritarova "Happy girls" 58 4
8 Krasimira Karapetova "I can break my own heart" 62 2[Ed8-N3 2]
9 Dimităr Kochanov "Superpower" 51 8
10 Agata Borisova "Solitude" 51 7
  1. Also won the "Established artists" section, as the highest-ranked song in the section.
  2. Also won the "Newcomers" section, as the highest-ranked song in the section.

Felidæ have won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 8 with their song "Illegal", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the eighth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Felidæ performed 20th in the first semi-final on 29 March 2022. They received 67 points (11th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #9[]

National final[]

For the ninth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final. Several changes were made to the format of festival, such as:

  • the festival consisted of 5 nights, instead of 3;
  • both sections ("Established artists" and "Newcomers") now consisted of 8 acts each, instead of 10;
  • each act in "Established artists" section had to enter with two songs, with the public choosing the song that advances;
  • the winners of separate sections were picked in the nights dedicated to these sections (third and fourth nights), instead of the final night;
  • only the winners of separate sections, instead of top 5, advanced to the final night;
  • the final night consisted of two songs (separate sections' winning songs), and the overall winner was picked among them.

In addition to that, a position of Artistic Director was established. The Artistic Director of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 9 was Dichotomous Octopus.

The competing entries of "Established artists" section were not revealed prior to their first festival appearance. The competing entries of "Newcomers" section were revealed on 13 April 2022.

First night[]

The first night was held on 11 April 2022 in the Hall 1 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 4 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Path" 33.33%
2 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "I don't know what this is" 66.67%
II 3 Ô "Lazy" 42.86%
4 Ô "Greed" 57.14%
III 5 Eli Rayanova "Look into my eyes" 66.67%
6 Eli Rayanova "Fake it till you make it" 33.33%
IV 7 Radomir Dimitrov "July" 62.50%
8 Radomir Dimitrov "Animal" 37.50%

Second night[]

The second night was held on 12 April 2022 in the Hall 1 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 4 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Lilyana Dobreva "Silence" 57.14%
2 Lilyana Dobreva "Infinity of the rain" 42.86%
II 3 Actual Portuguese People "A noite é escura" 42.86%
4 Actual Portuguese People "Pérola" 57.14%
III 5 Elena Tsaneva "Parfait" 42.86%
6 Elena Tsaneva "Ochi" 57.14%
IV 7 Fishband "That's fishy" 28.57%
8 Fishband "Shrimps and lobsters" 71.43%

Third night[]

The third night was held on 15 April 2022 in the Hall 1 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest share of vote was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 80% international jury and 20% televoting (with the total result counted in percents rather than points). International jury was represented by 6 countries. Both jury and televoting percentages were equal to shares of vote each song have received in jury vote and televote respectively. Each person had one of five options to choose in the app ("Love", "Like", "OK", "Meh", "Dislike"), which were converted to votes; the total number of votes formed the televote results.

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Rayka Vrancheva "Window to the world" 12.97% 9.59% 12.29% 4
2 Simeon Pavlov "Counterfeit heart" 11.90% 12.33% 11.99% 6
3 Darina Vankova "Pressure" 9.75% 12.33% 10.26% 8
4 Boris Cherganski "Ako mozheh" 12.38% 15.07% 12.92% 3
5 Marin Velinov "Black hole" 15.53% 15.07% 15.44% 1
6 Zia Maria "Eternity" 12.01% 6.85% 10.98% 7
7 Strahil Vasilev "Abandoned place" 14.27% 12.33% 13.88% 2
8 Emiliya Atanasova "Until morning" 11.19% 16.43% 12.24% 5

Marin Velinov has won the "Newcomers" section with his song "Black hole", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fourth night[]

The fourth night was held on 16 April 2022 in the Hall 1 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest share of vote was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 80% international jury and 20% televoting (with the total result counted in percents rather than points). International jury was represented by 6 countries. Both jury and televoting percentages were equal to shares of vote each song have received in jury vote and televote respectively. Each person had one of five options to choose in the app ("Love", "Like", "OK", "Meh", "Dislike"), which were converted to votes; the total number of votes formed the televote results.

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Radomir Dimitrov "July" 13.45% 9.20% 12.60% 5
2 Actual Portuguese People "Pérola" 11.17% 14.11% 11.76% 6
3 Elena Tsaneva "Ochi" 15.46% 12.27% 14.83% 1
4 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "I don't know what this is" 12.19% 15.34% 12.82% 4
5 Ô "Greed" 13.05% 14.73% 13.38% 3
6 Lilyana Dobreva "Silence" 14.68% 11.04% 13.95% 2
7 Eli Rayanova "Look into my eyes" 9.10% 14.11% 10.10% 8
8 Fishband "Shrimps and lobsters" 10.90% 9.20% 10.56% 7

Elena Tsaneva has won the "Established artists" section with her song "Ochi", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fifth night[]

The fourth night was held on 17 April 2022 in the Hall 1 of Festival and Congress Centre in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had up to 3 SMS votes).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Elena Tsaneva "Ochi" 40.00% 2
2 Marin Velinov "Black hole" 60.00% 1

Marin Velinov has won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 9 with his song "Black hole", and was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the ninth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Marin Velinov performed 8th in the second semi-final on 28 April 2022. He received 79 points (7th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's third qualification.

He performed 2nd in the grand final on 30 April 2022. He received 45 points (24th place).

Edition #10[]

National final[]

For the tenth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final. Some changes were made to the format of festival, such as:

  • both sections ("Established artists" and "Newcomers") once again consisted of 10 acts each, rather than 8;
  • the voting in the third and fourth nights is divided into two rounds: the first round consisted of 100% jury voting, the second round consisted of 50% jury voting and 50% televoting.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

The competing entries of "Established artists" section were not revealed prior to their first festival appearance. The competing entries of "Newcomers" section were revealed on 4 May 2022.

First night[]

The first night was held on 2 May 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 5 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Aneliya Valerieva "Gorda ptitsa" 42.86%
2 Aneliya Valerieva "Edinstvo" 57.14%
II 3 Elena Tsaneva "Az se kriya ot sveta" 42.86%
4 Elena Tsaneva "Ivre" 57.14%
III 5 Preslava Glavcheva "Cycle" 57.14%
6 Preslava Glavcheva "Five days and five nights" 42.86%
IV 7 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Hidden appreciation" 57.14%
8 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Backwards" 42.86%
V 9 The Gallowthrift "Summer warmth" 57.14%
10 The Gallowthrift "Getting rid" 42.86%

Second night[]

The second night was held on 3 May 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 5 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Konstantin Bakalov "Eyes of the future" 20.00%
2 Konstantin Bakalov "Buffoonery" 80.00%
II 3 The Internationals "Tivù" 33.33%
4 The Internationals "Don't tread on me" 66.67%
III 5 Samuil Kirilov "Fernweh" 60.00%
6 Samuil Kirilov "Promise" 40.00%
IV 7 Milan Avramov "Lost" 60.00%
8 Milan Avramov "Slave of choice" 40.00%
V 9 Martin Radulov "Sounds of your soul" 50.00%[Ed10-N2 1]
10 Martin Radulov "Departure" 50.00%
  1. Advanced by the tie-break rule of Artistic Director's preference.

Third night[]

The third night was held on 6 May 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 10 acts in "Newcomers" section.

The voting was conducted in two rounds. The song with the highest share of vote in the second round of voting was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The first round consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 6 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. Top 3 songs advanced to the second round of voting.

The second round consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting (with the total result counted in percents rather than points). Jury percentages were proportional to the numbers of points received by top 3 songs. Televoting percentages were equal to shares of vote each song have received in televote (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Round 1 Tele Round 2 Place
1 Mila Hristova "Lights" 38 37.50% 35.42% 2
2 Iskren Georgiev "At odds" 32 50.00% 39.03% 1
3 Plamen Gavrilov "Fly versus airplane" 20 - - 7
4 Diana Spasova "This ocean has no end" 30 - - 4
5 Rayka Valova "Not the best" 3 - - 10
6 Emil Vitanov "Not in your sight anymore" 30 - - 5
7 Margarita Nikolova "Timeline" 13 - - 9
8 Mihail Krastanov "Gift" 20 - - 8
9 Dragomir Svetkov "Trap of prejudice" 28 - - 6
10 Radka Markova "Rebel" 44 12.50% 25.55% 3

Iskren Georgiev has won the "Newcomers" section with his song "At odds", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fourth night[]

The fourth night was held on 7 May 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 10 songs, performed by 10 acts in "Established artists" section.

The voting was conducted in two rounds. The song with the highest share of vote in the second round of voting was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The first round consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 6 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. Top 3 songs advanced to the second round of voting.

The second round consisted of 50% international jury and 50% televoting (with the total result counted in percents rather than points). Jury percentages were proportional to the numbers of points received by top 3 songs. Televoting percentages were equal to shares of vote each song have received in televote (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Round 1 Tele Round 2 Place
1 Preslava Glavcheva "Cycle" 10 - - 10
2 Aneliya Valerieva "Edinstvo" 32 - - 4
3 Elena Tsaneva "Ivre" 26 - - 5
4 Konstantin Bakalov "Buffoonery" 24 - - 6
5 Milan Avramov "Lost" 22 - - 7
6 The Internationals "Don't tread on me" 17 - - 8
7 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Hidden appreciation" 44 50.00% 44.64% 1
8 Samuil Kirilov "Fernweh" 15 - - 9
9 Martin Radulov "Sounds of your soul" 33 33.33% 31.40% 2
10 The Gallowthrift "Summer warmth" 35 16.67% 23.96% 3

Rositsa Kuchkudelova has won the "Established artists" section with her song "Hidden appreciation", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fifth night[]

The fifth night was held on 8 May 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Rositsa Kuchkudelova "Hidden appreciation" 58.33% 1
2 Iskren Georgiev "At odds" 41.67% 2

Rositsa Kuchkudelova has won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 10 with her song "Hidden appreciation", and was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the tenth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Rositsa Kuchkudelova performed 22nd in the first semi-final on 31 May 2022. She received 45 points (15th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #11[]

National final[]

For the eleventh edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final. Some changes were made to the format of festival, such as:

  • both sections ("Established artists" and "Newcomers") once again consisted of 8 acts each, rather than 10;
  • the voting in the third and fourth nights consisted of one round with 100% jury voting.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

The competing entries of "Established artists" section were not revealed prior to their first festival appearance. The competing entries of "Newcomers" section were revealed on 15 June 2022.

First night[]

The first night was held on 13 June 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 4 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Tihomir Hristov "No one" 33.33%
2 Tihomir Hristov "Radio silence" 66.67%
II 3 Martin Radulov "Hope" 66.67%
4 Martin Radulov "Aboard with me" 33.33%
III 5 Grey Rust "Following the steps" 40.00%
6 Grey Rust "Too young" 60.00%
IV 7 Iliyana Popova "Rebuilding myself" 77.78%
8 Iliyana Popova "Distraction" 22.22%

Second night[]

The second night was held on 14 June 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 4 acts in "Established artists" section (each act performed two songs). Two songs by the same act were being performed in the same duel, with the song that got more votes advancing to the fourth night.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 vote in each duel).

Duel Draw Artist Song Votes
I 1 Point Of No Return "Father of the nation" 33.33%
2 Point Of No Return "Evacuation" 66.67%
II 3 Your Tupperbox Home Party "Just a number" 20.00%
4 Your Tupperbox Home Party "Bittersweet" 80.00%
III 5 Krasimira Karapetova "Celestial" 60.00%
6 Krasimira Karapetova "Victim" 40.00%
IV 7 Pandora "Freedom" 0.00%
8 Pandora "Poisoned life" 100.00%

Third night[]

The third night was held on 17 June 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 8 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Borislava Simeonova "Mountain girl" 54 2
2 Plamen Stanchev "Reject modernity" 50 4
3 Johan Peters "Loop of trying" 24 8
4 Zdravko Vladimirov "Careful" 29 7
5 Ivanka Angelova "Vulnerable soul" 39 5
6 Zhelyazko Grigorov "Hollow" 61 1
7 Iggle Squiggs "Figuring it out" 52 3
8 Nikolina Mitova "Like there's no tomorrow" 35 6

Zhelyazko Grigorov has won the "Newcomers" section with his song "Hollow", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fourth night[]

The fourth night was held on 18 June 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the fifth (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 8 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Point Of No Return "Evacuation" 40 4
2 Iliyana Popova "Rebuilding myself" 38 5
3 Martin Radulov "Hope" 28 7
4 Krasimira Karapetova "Celestial" 60 2
5 Pandora "Poisoned life" 58 3
6 Tihomir Hristov "Radio silence" 64 1
7 Your Tupperbox Home Party "Bittersweet" 31 6
8 Grey Rust "Too young" 25 8

Tihomir Hristov has won the "Established artists" section with his song "Radio silence", and advanced to the fifth night.

Fifth night[]

The fifth night was held on 19 June 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Zhelyazko Grigorov "Hollow" 28.57% 2
2 Tihomir Hristov "Radio silence" 71.43% 1

Tihomir Hristov has won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 11 with his song "Radio silence", and was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the eleventh edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Tihomir Hristov performed 9th in the second semi-final on 1 July 2022. He received 41 points (18th place) and didn't qualify to the final.

Edition #12[]

National final[]

For the twelfth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final. A change were made to the format of festival: the round of selection of a better song for each act in "Established artists" section was removed, and therefore, the number of festival nights was decreased to 3.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

On 14 July 2022, the competing entries of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 12 were revealed.

First night[]

The first night was held on 15 July 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Kristina Stefanova "Our achievements" 59 4
2 Eli Rayanova "Call you out" 48 5
3 Yovana Yankova "Tears of the sky" 96 2
4 Radomir Dimitrov "Scam of a decade" 46 6
5 Spike Proteins "Contagion" 18 8
6 Stefan Bratuhchev "Minute" 66 3
7 Ô "Don't cut the wings" 112 1
8 Energiser "Drive me crazy" 45 7

Ô have won the "Established artists" section with their song "Don't cut the wings", and advanced to the third night.

Second night[]

The second night was held on 16 July 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Nevena Mircheva "Duality" 99 1[Ed12-N2 1]
2 Lala Balkanska "Martenitsa" 99 2
3 Stoyan Tenev "Last time" 51 5
4 Asen Bogdanov "Tinfoil hat" 77 3
5 Viktor Peshev "Life" 41 6
6 Oculus "Headache" 37 7
7 Nady K "Radio waves" 26 8
8 Galina "Kokteyl Molotov" 60 4
  1. Won by the tie-break rule of having received more sets of 15 points.

Nevena Mircheva has won the "Newcomers" section with her song "Duality", and advanced to the third night.

Third night[]

The third night was held on 17 July 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Nevena Mircheva "Duality" 13.33% 2
2 Ô "Don't cut the wings" 86.67% 1

Ô have won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 12 with their song "Don't cut the wings", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the twelfth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Ô performed 18th in the second semi-final on 28 July 2022. They received 60 points (10th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's fourth qualification.

They performed 17nd in the grand final on 30 July 2022. They received 67 points (18th place).

Edition #13[]

National final[]

For the thirteenth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

On 11 August 2022, the competing entries of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 13 were revealed.

First night[]

The first night was held on 12 August 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Samuil Kirilov "Invisible" 61 5
2 Asen Bogdanov "Pretend" 88 1
3 Elena Tsaneva "Victimes" 71 4
4 Epsilon "My reflection" 49 6
5 Lala Balkanska "Ogăn" 86 2
6 Ivan Sotirov "Connection lost" 81 3
7 Bulgarian Army Choir "Three-colour hearts" 22 8
8 Simona Koritarova "Air of freedom" 32 7

Asen Bogdanov has won the "Established artists" section with his song "Pretend", and advanced to the third night.

Second night[]

The second night was held on 13 August 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 100% international jury. International jury was represented by 10 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each.

Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Krăstomir Stamatov "Heartshake" 76 2
2 Dragodan Sokolov "Slow down" 37 8
3 Kira Eminova "Burnt into ashes" 40 7
4 Zora Ivanova "Anti-doubt pill" 106 1
5 Rodion Yosifov "Cosmic energy" 40 6
6 Daniela Goranova "Envy" 68 4
7 Regina Miladinova "The world below" 75 3
8 Sesiliya Demireva "Distant land" 48 5

Zora Ivanova has won the "Newcomers" section with her song "Anti-doubt pill", and advanced to the third night.

Third night[]

The third night was held on 14 August 2022 in Summer Theatre in Primorski Park in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Asen Bogdanov "Pretend" 36.84% 2
2 Zora Ivanova "Anti-doubt pill" 63.16% 1

Zora Ivanova has won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 13 with her song "Anti-doubt pill", and was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the thirteenth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Zora Ivanova performed 8th in the first semi-final on 28 August 2022. She received 184 points (3rd place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's fifth qualification.

She performed 25th in the grand final on 3 September 2022. She received 90 points (17th place).

Edition #14[]

National final[]

For the fourteenth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

On 15 September 2022, the competing entries of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 14 were revealed.

First night[]

The first night was held on 16 September 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 85% international jury and 15% televoting. International jury was represented by 7 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the average of percentages of vote shares in SMS voting and app voting (in SMS voting, each person had 3 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want; in app voting, each person had one of four options to choose in the app: "It's at the top", "It's near the top", "It's in the middle", "It's at the bottom").

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Moebius "Orbit" 46 11 57 1
2 Nevena Mircheva "To those who search" 12 2 14 8
3 Daniela Goranova "On hold" 29 4 33 6
4 Ivanka Angelova "Follow the candle" 30 4 34 4
5 Samuil Kirilov "Words of affirmation" 22 2 24 7
6 Aneliya Valerieva "Srebro" 43 4 47 2
7 Strahil Vasilev "Your own business" 26 8 34 5
8 The Internationals "Birdsong" 30 7 37 3

Moebius have won the "Established artists" section with their song "Orbit", and advanced to the third night.

Second night[]

The second night was held on 17 September 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 85% international jury and 15% televoting. International jury was represented by 7 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the average of percentages of vote shares in SMS voting and app voting (in SMS voting, each person had 3 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want; in app voting, each person had one of four options to choose in the app: "It's at the top", "It's near the top", "It's in the middle", "It's at the bottom").

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Pavel Stavrev "Imagining the past" 24 2 26 8
2 Stoyan Krumov "Adventure" 29 3 32 5
3 Kameliya Valeva "Hayde" 34 8 42 2
4 Marina Stankova "Hanging gardens" 36 9 45 1
5 Svetoslav Markov "Integrity" 25 2 27 7
6 Melaniya Ignatova "Footprints on sand" 32 5 37 4
7 German Anastasov "Small talk, big talk" 24 5 29 6
8 Sandra Minkova "Synchronised" 34 8 42 3

Marina Stankova has won the "Newcomers" section with her song "Hanging gardens", and advanced to the third night.

Third night[]

The third night was held on 18 September 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Marina Stankova "Hanging gardens" 50.00% 2
2 Moebius "Orbit" 50.00% 1[Ed14-N3 1]
  1. Won by the tie-break rule of having received more points during the section night

Moebius have won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 14 with their song "Orbit", and were announced as the representatives of Bulgaria in the fourteenth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Moebius performed 1st in the third semi-final on 30 September 2022. They received 144 points (4th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's sixth qualification.

They performed 25th in the grand final on 1 October 2022. They received 54 points (21st place).

Edition #15[]

National final[]

For the fifteenth edition of Eurovisn't, Bulgaria confirmed its participation, as well as Varnenski Pesenen Festival as its national final.

Dichotomous Octopus remained an Artistic Director of the Festival.

On 16 October 2022, the competing entries of Varnenski Pesenen Festival 15 were revealed.

First night[]

The first night was held on 17 October 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Established artists" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Established artists" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 85% international jury and 15% televoting. International jury was represented by 14 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the average of percentages of vote shares in SMS voting and app voting (in SMS voting, each person had 3 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want; in app voting, each person had one of four options to choose in the app: "It's at the top", "It's near the top", "It's in the middle", "It's at the bottom").

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Stefan Bratuhchev "No erasure" 55 10 65 4
2 Krasimira Karapetova "Like a draft" 52 9 61 5
3 Regina Miladinova "Whisper" 48 8 56 7
4 Kliment Karavelov "Tide" 52 4 56 6
5 Actual Portuguese People "Do começo" 69 13 82 3
6 Simeon Pavlov "The art of peace" 77 12 89 2
7 Iggle Squiggs "Tangible" 40 10 50 8
8 Marina Stankova "Silentium videtur confessio" 83 18 101 1

Marina Stankova have won the "Established artists" section with her song "Silentium videtur confessio", and advanced to the third night.

Second night[]

The second night was held on 18 October 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 8 songs, performed by 8 acts in "Newcomers" section. The song with the highest amount of points was declared the winner of "Newcomers" section and advanced to the third (final) night.

The voting system consisted of 85% international jury and 15% televoting. International jury was represented by 14 countries, awarding the points to top 7 entries each. The points from televoting were distributed proportionally to the average of percentages of vote shares in SMS voting and app voting (in SMS voting, each person had 3 SMS votes to distribute in any way they want; in app voting, each person had one of four options to choose in the app: "It's at the top", "It's near the top", "It's in the middle", "It's at the bottom").

Draw Artist Song Jury Tele Total Place
1 Zahar Davidov "Good riddance" 43 12 55 8
2 Mitrofan Yakimov "Greyscale" 65 14 79 2
3 Dragana Mladenova "Chapter" 71 2 73 4
4 Danislava Andreeva "Imagine me" 70 10 80 1
5 Milen Delchev "Human core" 54 13 67 6
6 Elina Milenkova "New enlightenment" 58 14 72 5
7 Blagovesta Martinova "California" 48 10 58 7
8 Evgeni Pehlivanov "Division" 67 9 76 3

Danislava Andreeva has won the "Newcomers" section with her song "Imagine me", and advanced to the third night.

Third night[]

The third night was held on 19 October 2022 in Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. It included 2 songs that advanced from two previous nights.

The voting system consisted of 100% televoting (each person had 1 SMS vote).

Draw Artist Song Votes Place
1 Marina Stankova "Silentium videtur confessio" 66.67% 1
2 Danislava Andreeva "Imagine me" 33.33% 2

Marina Stankova has won Varnenski Pesenen Festival 15 with her song ''Silentium videtur confessio'', and was announced as the representative of Bulgaria in the fifteenth edition of the Eurovisn't Song Contest.

At Eurovisn't[]

Marina Stankova performed 11th in the third semi-final on 27 October 2022. She received 115 points (4th place) and qualified to the final, earning Bulgaria's seventh qualification.

She performed 8th in the grand final on 29 October 2022. She received 40 points (24th place).

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