Bulgaria kicked off its selection show for Eurovision 2026 – “Bulgaria Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026“.
The selection will last for 3 shows.

Boryana Gramatikova and Georgi Lyubenov hosted the show

The Line-up

15 artists performed tonight. Each of them performed a song from their repertoire:

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1. Dara
2. Dara Ekimova
3. Dia
4. Elizabet
5. Fiki
6. Innerglow
7. Kerana & Cosmonauts
8. Mihaela Fileva
9. Mihaela Marinova
10. Molec
11. Mona
12. Preyah
13. Roksana
14. Vall
15. Veniamin

The Results

• The results were based on a combination of jury votes and pubic votes.
• The national jury panel included 5 members: Toni Dimitrova, Milen Mitev. Vasil Petrov, Petŭr Dundakov, and Rushi. Each of them ranked each performance on a scale of 1-5 points.
• The public voted as well, with one vote per voter.
• The jury points for each artist will be the sum of points given by all jury members (overall, between 3 and 25 points per act).
• The public votes were converted to 1-15 points, with 15 points for first place and 1 point for last place.

The public votes as follows:

After adding up the jury votes, the 8 qualifiers are (tie for 7th place):

• Dara
• Mihaela Marinova
• Molec
• Preyah
• Mona
• Kerana & Cosmonauts
• Roksana
• Innerglow

1. Dara
2. Dara Ekimova
3. Dia
4. Elizabet
5. Fiki
6. Innerglow
7. Kerana & Cosmonauts
8. Mihaela Fileva
9. Mihaela Marinova
10. Molec
11. Mona
12. Preyah
13. Roksana
14. Vall
15. Veniamin

7 artists have ended their journey to represent Bulgaria inEurovision 2026

1. Dara Ekimova
2. Dia
3. Elizabet
4. Fiki
5. Mihaela Fileva
6. Vall
7. Veniamin

The second show will be held on Saturday, January 31st 2026 at 21:00 CET

Bulgaria will compete in semi-final 2 of Eurovision 2026 (May 14th, 2026).
The country will perform in the first half of the show.

Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.