Bulgaria is the big winner of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest 2026 held in Vienna.
Dara with "Bangaranga" made the upset and managed to climb to the top with 516 points.
Bulgaria came first in the jury standings with 204 points and in the audience with 316 points.
"Bangaranga" bears the signature of an international creative team. In addition to Dara herself, the song is co-written by the acclaimed Greek composer and producer, Dimitris Kontopoulos, the multi-award-winning Romanian hitmaker, Monoir, and the Norwegian creator, Anne Judith Stokke Wik, known for her successful collaborations in the field of K-Pop.
Israel finished in second place with 343 points, of which 220 came from the public vote, causing the public to react to the stadium.
The top five was completed by: Romania, Australia and Italy.
Cyprus finished in 19th place having received a total of 75 points. Specifically, she received 41 points from the juries with Greece giving her 12, while she got another 36 points from the audience.
Greece took 10th place. He received 73 points from the juries, receiving two 12s from Cyprus and Serbia. He then received another 147 points from the audience, reaching a total of 220 points.
The table with the positions and points for the 25 countries
Cyprus and Greece impressed
Greece, which participated in this year's final with Akyla and the song "Ferto", appeared in 6th place in the grand final, rousing the audience with its explosive performance.
Cyprus, with Antigoni and the song "Jalla", competed in 21st place and left the best impressions with the whole stadium applauding it.
"Celebration!" with past Eurovision representatives
After the competition part, older representatives of countries returned to the Eurovision stage. The first interval act, entitled "Celebration!", featured well-known names from previous events, such as Lordi, Alexander Rybak, Ruslana, Verka Serduchka, Max Mutzke, Kristian Kostov, Erika Vikman and Miriana Conte. The artists presented a mashup of classic Eurovision entries, including "Waterloo", "Euphoria", "Arcade" and "Cha Cha Cha", with the voices being pre-recorded.
The second interval act was dedicated to Parov Stelar, one of the pioneers of the Austrian electro swing music scene, with a combination of jazz, swing and electronic elements.
The predictions have been overturned
Finland appeared in first place in the predictions with a 40% chance of winning, while in second place in recent days Australia had risen with a percentage of 23%. In third place was Bulgaria with a 7% chance. Greece was fourth with 6% and Israel fifth with 5%. As for Cyprus, it was in 17th place in bets with a 1% chance of winning.
Changes to the way you vote
This year's viewers could vote from the moment the competition part of the evening started and did not have to wait until the completion of all the performances.
The public could vote:by phone
via SMS
via the esc.vote platform
Each user had the opportunity to vote up to 10 votes, but without being able to vote for their country.
This year, for the first time, fans of the contest all over the world, outside the countries participating in the contest, had the opportunity to vote for their favorite songs before the start of the live, through the official platform esc.vote.
We remind you that the votes of "Rest of the World" were counted in total as the vote of an additional country (as if it were an extra jury/audience group), thus giving a voice to Eurofans worldwide.
Eurovision 2026 results in full
- Bulgaria: 516 points
- Israel: 343 points
- Romania: Choke Me: 296 points
- Australia: 287 points
- Italy: 281 points
- Finland: 279 points
- Denmark: 243 points
- Moldova: 226 points
- Ukraine: 221 points
- Greece: 220 points
- France: 158 points
- Poland: 150 points
- Albania: 145 points
- Norway: 134 points
- Croatia: 124 points
- Czechia 113 points
- Serbia: 90 points
- Malta: 89 points
- Cyprus: 75 points
- Sweden: 51 points
- Belgium: 36 points
- Lithuania: 22 points
- Germany12 points
- Austria 6 points
- United Kingdom: 1 point
