Bulgaria's Dara wins Eurovision with Bangaranga

Bulgarian singer Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, May 16, with “Bangaranga,” giving Bulgaria its first victory in the competition’s 70-year history. Eurovision results trackers and multiple live reports showed Dara finished first in the grand final in Vienna, ahead of Israel in second place. The contest was held at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle after Austria hosted as the previous year’s winner. The United Kingdom finished last in the 25-country final, with Look Mum No Computer scoring one point. ### How big was Dara’s win? Eurovision results published after the final showed Dara finished with 516 points for Bulgaria. EurovisionWorld, which tracks the contest’s official voting, listed Israel second and said Bulgaria had won the grand final in Vienna on May 16, 2026. The Associated Press reported that Dara’s “Bangaranga” won the contest on Saturday in Vienna and described it as Bulgaria’s first-ever Eurovision win. AP’s live coverage identified the song as a dance anthem and said the result came at the end of the grand final in Austria’s capital. ### Where did Israel and the United Kingdom finish? BBC live results cited in contemporaneous coverage showed Israel finished second with 343 points. (eurovisionworld.com) The same reporting said the United Kingdom’s entrant, Look Mum No Computer, came last with one point in the final. The Telegraph’s live report also said the British act finished at the bottom of the table, with one jury point and no audience points. (apnews.com) That account said Israel led briefly during the closing stages of the voting before Bulgaria moved ahead to win. ### Where was the final held, and how many countries took part? Vienna hosted the 2026 contest, and the grand final took place on Saturday, May 16, according to Eurovision’s official site. (chroniclelive.co.uk) The official Eurovision page for the grand final running order said the 70th Eurovision Song Contest was staged in Vienna and confirmed the date of the final. (telegraph.co.uk) EurovisionWorld said 35 countries took part in the 2026 contest overall, with 25 reaching the grand final. The same results page said the arena was Wiener Stadthalle and listed the hosts as Victoria Swarovski, Michael Ostrowski and Emily Busvine in the green room. ### How does Eurovision voting work? EurovisionWorld said the 2026 result was decided through a combination of national jury votes, televoting from participating countries and online “Rest of the World” voting. (eurovision.tv) The site said both juries and viewers awarded sets of points running from 1 to 8, then 10 and 12. Eurovision’s official site said viewers could use the official app during contest week, and archived contest guidance states fans can vote up to 20 times, though not for their own country. (eurovisionworld.com) ### What happens next after Bulgaria’s victory? Bulgaria is now in line to host Eurovision 2027 under the contest’s usual arrangement that the winning country stages the following year’s event. (eurovisionworld.com) The 2026 edition was held in Austria because JJ won for Austria in 2025 with “Wasted Love,” according to EurovisionWorld’s contest page. Eurovision’s official site has not yet published 2027 host-city details in the material reviewed, but the next formal steps typically include broadcaster confirmation and a host-city selection process involving Bulgaria’s national broadcaster and the European Broadcasting Union. (eurovision.tv) That sequence is an inference from the contest’s standard structure and from Austria’s role as 2025 winner and 2026 host. (eurovisionworld.com)