Eurovision 2026 ended last Saturday, with the winner, Dara from Bulgaria.
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The Winner Takes it All: Dara

• It is the first win for Bulgaria in the Eurovision
• It is the first time since 2017 that the public and the jury have the same winner, that also won overall.
• Dara ended up in first place with the jury (204 points) and first place with the public (312 points). This puts them with a total of 516 points.
• Bulgaria won with the biggest ever margin (172 points above the 2nd place).
• Bulgaria got points from every possible country (jury or public vote).
• Bulgaria got 0 points from the jury in Austria, Finland, Portugal, and Ukraine.
• Bulgaria received 10 sets of 12 points from the public: Israel, Australia, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, Luxembourg, ROW, and the UK.
• Bulgaria‘s lowest public score was 4 points from Ukraine
• Australia won the jury vote by 39 points, getting 4 sets of 12 points:Austria, Denmark, Malta, and Lithuania.
• Dara performed as song number 12th. He is the 5th artist to win from this position, following Italy 1964, Ireland 1970, the Netherlands 2019, and Ukraine 2022.
• Dara achieved the 3rd lowest combined result under the new system (2016 and later on), just behind Duncan Laurence (The Netherlands 2019) with 498 points, and JJ with (Austria 2025) with 436 points
• Dara also won semi-final 2 (placing first with the public, 5th with the jury)
• It is the 3rd time that a country withdraws and wins in the year it comes back: Ukraine (2016), Portugal (2017), and Bulgaria (2026).
• This is the 4th winner in a row who rose to prominence via a music talent show: Loreen (Swedish Idol), Nemo (Swiss Got Talent), JJ (The Voice UK), and Dara (X Factor Bulgaria)

The Grand Final

This is how the national jury voted:

Here’s how the public voted:

Rank	Country	Points
1	Bulgaria	312
2	Romania	232
3	Israel	220
4	Moldova	183
5	Ukraine	167
6	Italy	147
7	Greece	147
8	Finland	138
9	Australia	122
10	Albania	85
11	Denmark	78
12	Croatia	71
13	Serbia	52
14	Cyprys	34
15	Norway	19
16	Poland	17
17	Sweden	16
18	France	14
19	Lithuania	12
20	Czechia	9
21	Malta	8
22	Austria	5
23	Belgium	0
24	Germany	0
25	UK	0

The combined results (jury and public) are:

Jury Vote vs Public Vote

Unsurprisingly, we have some differences between the jury votes and the public vote.

The top 5 countries that had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the jury than the public) are:

• France: 144 points from the jury, 14 points from the public – a difference of 130 points
• Poland 133 points from the jury, 17 points from the public – a difference of 116 points
• Norway: 115 points from the jury, 19 points from the public – a difference of 96 points
• Czechia: 104 points from the jury, 9 points from the public – a difference of 95 points
• Denmark: 165 points from the jury, 78 points from the public – a difference of 87 points

The top 5 countries that had the biggest points gap between the jury and the public (much higher in the public than the jury) are:

• Romania: 232 points from the public, 62 points from the jury – a difference of 168 points
• Moldova: 183 points from the public, 43 points from the jury – a difference of 140 points
• Ukraine: 167 points from the public, 54 points from the jury – a difference of 113 points
• Bulgaria: 312 points from the public, 204 points from the jury – a difference of 108 points
• Israel: 220 points from the public, 123 points from the jury – a difference of 97 points

Here, you can see the share of points each country received from the jury vote and the public vote:

Running Order vs Place Overview

We would like to sum up this chapter with 3 graphs:

Comparison of jury votes per running order: 2016-2025 and 2026

Comparison of public votes per running order: 2016-2025 and 2026

Comparison of total points per running order: 2016-2024 and 2025

The Grand Final / Historical Events

1. All 3 returning countries managed to reach the top 4 of the public vote: Bulgaria (1st), Romania (2nd), and Moldova (4th). As well as, ending in the top 10 overall.
2. The UK ended with 0 points from the public for the 5th time in history: 2003, 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
3. Israel, Italy, and Ukraine ended in the same places as last year: 2nd, 5th, and 9th, respectively.
4. All the Caucasian countries didn’t make it to the final: Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
5. All Nordic countries made it to the final: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark for the 2nd year in a row.
6. Denmark has achieved its best place (7th) since their win in 2013.
7. Romania achieved its best score in 2005/2010, ranking 3rd.
8. Ukraine has finished in the top 10 for the 6th consecutive year (2021-2026).
9. Israel has finished in the top 5 for the 4th consecutive year (2023-2026).
10. Italy finished in the top 10 for the 9th year in a row (2017-2026)
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12. It is the first time that Israel hasn’t won the Rest of The World.
13. Germany is back to the bottom 5 after 2 years outside.
14. 2 countries reached the 2nd place of the jury with 165 points: Australia and Denmark
15. Sweden achieved its third-worst final score (22nd in 1992, 21st in 2009)
16. In both semi-finals, the 6th position (Georgia and Armenia) and 9th position (Estonia and Latvia) songs didn’t qualify for the final.
17. This is the first time since 1994 that Poland has achieved a top 10 with the jury.
18. 7 of the top 10 songs feature non-English languages: Israel, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, and Greece.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final results are:

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Place	Country	Jury Points	Jury Rank	Public Points	Public Rank	Points
1	Israel	106	3	163	1	177
2	Poland	137	1	110	4	122
3	Finland	127	2	100	5	121
4	Moldova	62	8	146	2	118
5	Serbia	56	9	131	3	113
6	Croatia	85	5	90	6	97
7	Greece	88	4	71	7	85
8	Lithuania	46	10	55	8	82
9	Sweden	79	7	17	13	56
10	Belgium	81	6	10	14	46
11	Estonia	33	12	46	9	44
12	Portugal	39	11	35	11	74
13	Montenegro	26	14	45	10	71
14	San Marino	18	14	23	12	41
15	Georgia	3	15	2	15	7

1. The public and the jury agreed on 8 of the qualifiers: The jury preferred Sweden and Belgium over Montenegro and Estonia. The jury’s top 10 qualified for the final, and the public’s top 8 qualified for the final. In fact, Sweden could have witnessed their first non-qualification since 2010.
2. Israel won the semi-final for the 4th time in its history (previously in 2018, 2024, and 2025).
3. Israel has finished in the top 3 in the semi-finals for the 4th year in a row.
4. Israel won the public vote in semi-final 1, and came 3rd with the jury
5. Israel received sets of 12 points from the public of Moldova, Germany, Georgia, Portugal, and San Marino. Their lowest score was 5 points from Lithuania.
6. The jury from Italy and Montenegro didn’t vote for Israel in semi-final 1.
7. Poland wins the jury vote for the first time ever, and has achieved its best semi-final result (2nd place)
8. Sweden ended 13th in the public vote in the semi-final, which is their lowest semi-final place to date.
9. San Marino ended 14th in the semi-final for the 4th time: it happened in 2012, 2022, 2024, and 2026.
10. Montenegro didn’t qualify for the final for the 7th time in a row.
11. Sweden extended their long qualification sequence (since 2011) to 15!
12. Portugal didn’t qualify for the final for the first time since 2019.
13. Estonia didn’t qualify for the final for the first time since 2021.
14. Georgia ends last in the semi-final for the 2nd time in a row
15. The following countries got public votes from all countries: Israel, Moldova, Poland, Finland, and Croatia
16. Public from all countries voted for Greece, except Finland
17. Greece was the only country to grant Georgia public votes.
18. The following countries got at least one set of 12 points from the public: Israel, Moldova, Serbia, Finland, Croatia and Estonia
19. The Rest of The World voting preferred Montenegro as a qualifier over Sweden.
20. Poland and Finland were the only 2 countries to get points from all jury panels. Poland’s lowest jury score was 1 point from San Marino, Finland’s lowest jury score was 3 points from Serbia, and Italy.
21. Israel and San Marino were the only 2 countries to grant jury points to Georgia.
22. Greece got jury votes from all countries besides Italy.
23. Israel got jury votes from all countries besides Italy and Montenegro.
24. Croatia got jury votes from all countries besides Israel.
25. Sweden got jury votes from all countries besides Serbia.
26. Moldova got jury votes from all countries besides Estonia and Portaugl

Semi-Final 2

The first semi-final results are:

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Place	Country	Jury Points	Jury Rank	Public Points	Public Rank	Points
1	Bulgaria	94	5	184	1	278
2	Romania	87	6	147	2	234
3	Australia	137	1	85	6	222
4	Norway	109	3	97	5	206
5	Denmark	124	2	75	7	199
6	Ukraine	75	8	99	4	174
7	Albania	45	11	113	3	158
8	Malta	84	7	59	10	143
9	Czechia	108	4	34	11	142
10	Cyprus	47	10	75	8	122
11	Switzerland	48	9	60	9	108
12	Luxembourg	26	14	34	12	60
13	Latvia	28	13	21	14	49
14	Armenia	30	12	19	13	49
15	Azerbaijan	2	15	0	15	2

1. The public and the jury agreed on 9 of the qualifiers: Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Cyprus, Malta. Australia, Ukraine, Norway, and Switzerland. The jury preferred Czechia over Albania.
2. 9 of the jury’s top 10 and 9 of the public’s top 10 qualified for the final.
3. Bulgaria won the semi-final for the 2nd time in its history (previously in 2017).
4. Bulgaria won the public vote in semi-final 2, and came 5th with the jury
5. Bulgaria received sets of 12 points from the public of Albania, Cyprus, Austria, Luxembourg, Malta, Switzerland, France, the UK, and the rest of the world. Their lowest score was 4 points from Ukraine.
6. The jury from Ukraine didn’t vote for Bulgaria in the semi-final 2.
7. Ukraine hasn’t finished in the top 2 of the semi-final, for the first time since 2021.
8. Ukraine continues its 100% grand final qualification rate.
9. Azerbaijan continues its non-qualification row (4 years). It is the second time they have been last in the semi-final. In addition, it is the 4th time in a row that Azerbaijan is in the bottom 2 in the semi-final.
10. Latvia and Armenia tied for 13th/14th place in the semi-final with 49 points. However, Latvia got more points from the public, so they are one place higher
11. Azerbaijan got no public points, and got only 2 points from the public from Bulgaria.
12. Armenia got their 4th non-qualification ever (previously, in 2011, 2018, and 2019).
13. Armenia broke its 4-year qualification row (2022-2025).
14. Latvia didn’t qualify for the final, after 2 years of qualiciation.
15. Luxembourg didn’t qualify for the final for the first time.
16. Switzerland broke its long qualification row (2019 – 2025).
17. Switzerland was unlucky to qualify for the final, though they have been ranked 9th with the public and 9th with the jury.
18. Malta, Denmark, and Albania qualified for the final for the 2nd time in a row.
19. Australia is back in the final, after 2 non-qualifications.
20. Romania and Bulgaria qualified for the final, just in the year they came back.
21. Norway has extended its long qualification row since 2017.
22. Australia won the jury vote, getting points from all countries. Its lowest jury score was 3 points from Latvia.
23. Denmark got jury points from all countries. Its lowest jury score was 2 points from Azerbaijan.
24. Czechia got jury points from all countries. Its lowest jury score was 2 points from Bulgaria.
25. Romania got jury points from all countries. Its lowest jury score was 2 points from Bulgaria.
26. Malta got jury points from all countries. Its lowest jury score was 2 points from Latvia.
27. The following countries got at least one set of 12 points from the jury: Australia, Denmark, Norway, Czechia, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Albania, and Armenia.
28. The following countries got at least one set of 12 points from the public: Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Albania, Cyprus, and Ukraine.
29. Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania got public votes from all countries.
30. Australia got public points from all countries, besides Azerbaijan.
31. The rest of the world preferred Latvia and Czechia over Norway and Malta as a qualifier.

Familiar Names on the National Jury

Eurovision fans will probably recognise the following names on the national jury panel:

1. 🇦🇱 Eriona Rushiti – Albanian lyricist who is behind Albania’s songs for Eurovision 2019 and 2023
2. 🇦🇱 Inis Neziri – Albanian singer who competed in the national final for Eurovision 2018, 2021, and 2026, as well as the San Marino national final 2026.
3. 🇦🇱 Luna Çausholli – Albanian singer who competed in the national final for Eurovision 2025+2026
4. 🇦🇺 Erica Padilla – Australian singer who competed in the national final for Eurovision 2019.
5. 🇦🇹 Lena Schaur – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2026.
6. 🇦🇲 Anahit Adamyan – Represented Armenia in Junior Eurovision 2016.
7. 🇦🇲 Naire Stepanyan – Represented Armenia in Junior Eurovision 2013.
8.  🇦🇿 Ilkin Sardar Dovlatov – Represented Azerbaijan in Eurovision 2024, as part of a duo.
9. 🇧🇬 Krasimir Nikolov Gyulmezov – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2005.
10. 🇧🇬 Joanna Dragneva – Represented Bulgaria as part of Deep Zone in Eurovision 2008.
11. 🇧🇬 Valeria Valerieva Voykova – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2026.
12. 🇧🇬 Krisiya Todorova – Represented Bulgaria in Junior Eurovision 2014.
13. 🇨🇿 Aiko – Represented Czechia in Eurovision 2024.
14. 🇩🇰 Anis Basim Moujahid – Represented Denmark in Eurovision 2014.
15. 🇩🇰 Oliver Moesgaard Adelborg (Adel The Second) – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2025.
16. 🇩🇰  Birgitte Næss-Schmidt – Eurovision stage director and choreographer (2016, 2021, 2023)
17. 🇩🇰 Lise Cabble – Songwriter, who cowrote Denmark’s entries in 1995, 2011, 2013, and 2019.
18.  🇪🇪 Inger Fridolin – Competed in the national final in 2019, 2020 and 2023.
19.  🇪🇪 Karl Killing – Competed in the national final in 2017, 2018 ,and 2021.
20. 🇫🇮 Goldilocks (Ella Kerttu Kristiina Mäntynen) – Competed in the national final in 2025.
21. 🇫🇮 Ilkka Tapio Wirtanen – Finnish songwriter, who co-wrote “Discoteque” (Lithuania Eurovision 2021)
22. 🇮🇱 Mei Finegold – Represented Israel in Eurovision 2014.
23. 🇮🇱 Ohad Hitman – Cowrote “New Day Will Rise” (Israel, Eurovision 2025)
24. 🇱🇻 Chris Noah (Krists Indrišonoks) – Competed in the national selection in 2025.
25. 🇱🇻 Paula Saija – Backing singer for Latvia in Eurovision 2020+2021
26. 🇱🇹 Paulina Skrabytė – Represented Lithuania in Juniot
27. 🇱🇺 Laura Thorn – Represented Luxembourg in Eurovision 2025.
28. 🇱🇺 Naomi Ayé – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2024.
29. 🇲🇹 Mychael Bartolo – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2026.
30. 🇲🇩 Catalina Solomac – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2026.
31. 🇲🇩 Pavel Orlov – Participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2026.
32. 🇳🇴 Daniel Grindeland – Backing dancer for Eurovision 2024.
33. 🇳🇴 Hanne Sørvaag – Competed in the national selection for Eurovision 2011.
34. 🇳🇴 Regina Tucker (Myra) – Competed in the national selection for Eurovision 2024.
35.  🇵🇱 Viki Gabor – Winner of Junior Eurovision 2019.
36. 🇷🇸 Jelena Tomaševic– Represented Serbia in Eurovision 2008.
37. 🇸🇪 Cornelia Jakobs – Represented Sweden in Eurovision 2022
38. 🇸🇪 Ella Tiritiello – Competed in the national selection for Eurovision 2025
39.  🇺🇦 Valentyn Leshchynskyi – Represented Ukraine as part of Ziferblat
40. 🇺🇦 Yevhen Kot – Part of the creative team for Junior Eurovision.