Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Bulgarian entry was selected through a combination of an internal selection to select the artist and a national final to select the song, organised by the Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT). After a copyright issue with winning song of the national final, "Kismet", the song was replaced with the runner-up.Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov represented Bulgaria with the song "Samo shampioni", which failed to qualify from the second semi-final of the competition, placing 12th and scoring 45 points.

On 26 September 2012, BNT announced its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 by issuing a statement that the television company was in the process of determining the structure for their entry selection. On 31 January 2013, BNT announced that it would hold an internal selection where a committee, including producers from BNT, would select the artist that will eventually represent Bulgaria. Once the committee made their decision, the selected artist was required to submit five songs, of which only three were selected by the committee for the national final. On 10 February, Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov were announced as the internally selected artists. Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov previously represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 where they qualified from the semifinal and achieved 5th place in the final with 157 points.

The national final to select Bulgaria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest took place on 3 March 2013, hosted by Dragomir Draganov. Elitsa and Stoyan presented their three candidate songs to the public on 17 February in the show Nedelya x 3. After the presentation, BNT broadcast and aired the songs on their television and radio mediums for a two-week period. On 3 March, the songs were performed live followed by a telephone/SMS vote (50%) and a five-member jury vote (50%) which determined the results. After a tie between "Samo shampioni" and "Kismet", the televoting results took precedence which resulted in "Kismet" being selected as the winning song.

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