Bulgaria: Dara Wins Eurovision 2026!

Live from Vienna, the grand final of Eurovision 2026 was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, at 21:00 CET.

You can watch the show here:

The running order for tonight was:

  1. 🇩🇰 Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany: Sarah Engels – Fire
  3. 🇮🇱 Israel: Noam Bettan Michelle
  4. 🇧🇪 Belgium: ESSYLA Dancing on the Ice
  5. 🇦🇱 Albania: Alis – Nân
  6. 🇬🇷 Greece: Akylas – Ferto
  7. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: LELÉKARidnym
  8. 🇦🇺 Australia: Delta GoodremEclipse
  9. 🇷🇸 Serbia: LAVINA – Kraj mene
  10. 🇲🇹 Malta: AIDAN Bella
  11. 🇨🇿 Czechia: Daniel ŽižkaCrossroads
  12. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: DARA – Bangaranga
  13. 🇭🇷 Croatia: LELEK ANDROMEDA
  14. 🇬🇧 UK: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Eins, Zwei, Drei
  15. 🇫🇷 France: Monroe – Regarde!
  16. 🇲🇩 Moldova: Satoshi Viva, Moldova
  17. 🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen Liekinheitin
  18. 🇵🇱 Poland: ALICJA Pray
  19. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más
  20. 🇸🇪 Sweden: FELICIA – My System
  21. 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Antigoni – Jalla
  22. 🇮🇹 Italy: Sal Da Vinci Per sempre sì
  23. 🇳🇴 Norway: JONAS LOVV YA YA YA
  24. 🇷🇴 Romania: Alexandra CapitanescuChoke Me
  25. 🇦🇹 Austria COSMÓ – Tanzschein

The Show

Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrwoski hosted the show, while Emily Busvine was the Green Room host

The Format

  • 25 countries competed for the desired Eurovision trophy.
  • Viewers from the 35 participating countries were able to vote, as well as viewers from the rest of The World (any country that doesn’t compete in Eurovision 2026)
  • The jury panel of each of the 35 countries featured 7 members.
  • Both the jury and the public voted and granted a set of 1-8, 10, and 12 points.

The Resells

The jury voted as follows:

Adding the public vote on top:

Therefore, Bulgaria’s Dara is the Eurovision 2026 winner with the song “Bangaranga

This is Bulgaria’s very first win in the contest!
It is the first time since 2017 that the jury and the public vote agree on the winner

Don’t forget to visit our Eurovision 2026 homepage

Doron Lahav is 30-year-old, who lives in Israel. Doron has been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since early 2000s. Doron works as a Data Scientist and shows interest in singing and writing.

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