Dara representing Bulgaria at Eurovision 2026 (Getty Images)
Bulgaria will win the 2026 tournament eurovision song contest I got a huge score of 516 points. This is Bulgaria’s first victory.
After a great night’s performances and a tense voting result, Dara from Bulgaria was named the winner. Great Britain didn’t do very well, but at least they didn’t end the night with zero points.
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Bulgaria took an early lead in jury voting. They returned to the competition after three years and Dara performed the song ‘Banga Langa’. Jury voting gave them a commanding lead with 204 points. They competed against Israel for the top spot, but in the end they won the top spot.
Meanwhile, Australia and Denmark tied for second place with 165 points after jury voting. Britain, represented by Look Mum No Computer, only had one point and, as commentator Graham Norton said, no one could take that away.
When it comes to audience voting, the UK received a whopping…zero points. This means that England are at the bottom of the table with just one point. It’s better than doing nothing!
At the end of the night, Finland was the favorite and Australia was the second favorite. Finland finished the night with 279 points.
However, this year’s contest was not without controversy, with five counties abstaining, making it the largest boycott in the contest’s history since 1970. After Israel was confirmed to take part, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands confirmed they would not take part.
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