Dara from Bulgaria has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna with 516 points.
Bulgaria is the winner of the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. The song that Dara performed in Vienna was called “Bangaranga”. It was written and composed by Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova (Dara), Dimitris Kontopoulos.
The full results are as follows:
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – “Før vi går hjem” (243 points) 7th
- 🇩🇪 Germany: Sarah Engels – “Fire” (12 points) 23rd
- 🇮🇱 Israel: Noam Bettan – “Michelle” (343 points) 2nd
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: Essyla – “Dancing on the Ice” (36 points) 21st
- 🇦🇱 Albania: Alis – “Nân” (145 points) 13th
- 🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – “Ferto” (220 points) 10th
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Leléka – “Ridnym” (221 points) 9th
- 🇦🇺 Australia: Delta Goodrem – “Eclipse” (287 points) 4th
- 🇷🇸 Serbia: Lavina – “Kraj mene” (90 points) 17th
- 🇲🇹 Malta: Aidan – “Bella” (89 points) 18th
- 🇨🇿 Czechia: Daniel Zizka – “Crossroads” (113 points) 16th
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Dara – “Bangaranga” (516 points) 1st
- 🇭🇷 Croatia: Lelek – “Andromeda” (124 points) 15th
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Look Mum No Computer – “Eins, Zwei, Drei” (1 points) 25th
- 🇫🇷 France: Monroe – “Regarde !” (158 points) 11th
- 🇲🇩 Moldova: Satoshi – “Viva, Moldova!” (226 points) 8th
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen – “Liekinheitin” (279 points) 6th
- 🇵🇱 Poland: Alicja – “Pray” (150 points) 12th
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – “Sólo quiero más” (22 points) 22nd
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Felicia – “My System” (51 points) 20th
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Antigoni – “Jalla” (75 points) 19th
- 🇮🇹 Italy: Sal da Vinci – “Per sempre sì” (281 points) 4th
- 🇳🇴 Norway: Jonas Lovv – “Ya Ya Ya” (134 points) 14th
- 🇷🇴 Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me” (296 points) 3rd
- 🇦🇹 Austria: Cosmó – “Tanzschein” (6 points) 24th
The result brings Bulgaria its first victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. DARA is also the first artist since Salvador Sobral in 2017 to win both the public and jury votes. Prior to this, the country’s best result was second place, achieved by Kristian Kostov in 2017. As Bulgaria emerged as a dark horse contender, rapidly climbing in the betting odds after the second rehearsal. No discussions regarding the hosting of the 2027 contest have yet taken place.
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 17-year-old Kristian Kostov finished in second place in the Grand Final. Bulgaria has qualified for the Grand Final five times out of thirteen attempts at the contest. Bulgaria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2005. The country competed annually from 2005 to 2013, before withdrawing for two years due to financial issues. Since returning to the contest in 2016, Bulgaria qualified for the final in every contest they have competed in up until the 2022 contest.
