Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Bulgaria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "If Love Was a Crime", written by Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Bo Persson and Poli Genova, and performed by Poli Genova herself. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), announced in November 2015 that it would be returning to the contest after a two-year absence following its withdrawal in 2014 due to financial limitations. On 19 February 2016, it announced that it had selected Poli Genova to compete at the 2016 contest. The song that Genova competed with, "If Love Was a Crime", was also internally selected and was presented to the public on 21 March 2016. Poli Genova had represented Bulgaria in 2011 where she failed to qualify to the final with the song "Na inat".

Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 12, "If Love Was a Crime" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. This marked the second time Bulgaria managed to qualify to the final, which they achieved after nine years since their last appearance in the final in 2007. It was later revealed that Bulgaria placed fifth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 220 points. In the final, Bulgaria performed in position 8 and placed fourth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 307 points.