Bulgaria's Dara wins Eurovision 2026 with 516 points
- Bulgaria's Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on May 16, taking first place for Bulgaria with “Bangaranga” on 516 points. (eurovisionworld.com) - The clearest scoreboard detail after Dara’s win was the United Kingdom’s finish: Look Mum No Computer placed 25th with one point. (eurovisionworld.com) - Eurovisionworld’s results pages list the full final scoreboard, while the contest’s next host question now turns to Bulgaria after Vienna 2026. (eurovisionworld.com)
Bulgaria’s Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on May 16 with “Bangaranga,” finishing on 516 points, according to Eurovisionworld’s results page. The win gave Bulgaria its first Eurovision title, according to the Associated Press live coverage from the final. (eurovisionworld.com) The contest was held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, with the scoreboard showing Dara ahead of the rest of the field by a wide margin. The United Kingdom finished 25th, with Look Mum No Computer receiving one point for “Eins, Zwei, Drei.” (eurovisionworld.com) ### How big was Dara’s win in the final scoreboard? Eurovisionworld’s final results page lists Dara on 516 points for “Bangaranga,” enough to top the 2026 field in Vienna. (eurovisionworld.com) The same page identifies the contest date as May 16, 2026, and names Wiener Stadthalle as the venue, with Austrian broadcaster ORF staging the event. AP reported that Israel finished second on 343 points, leaving Dara with a margin of 173 points at the top of the table. BBC’s live coverage also reported Bulgaria’s victory and said Israel came second. (eurovisionworld.com) ### Was this a first for Bulgaria? AP said Dara’s victory delivered Bulgaria’s first-ever Eurovision win. Eurovisionworld’s Bulgaria page for the 2026 contest also identifies Dara as the winner with 516 points. Eurovisionworld’s semi-final results show Bulgaria had already led Semi-final 2 before the grand final, with Dara scoring 278 points there. (eurovisionworld.com) That made Bulgaria one of the strongest entries entering the final week in Vienna. ### What do the results pages show about the UK entry? Eurovisionworld’s United Kingdom page says Look Mum No Computer finished 25th with one point for “Eins, Zwei, Drei.” BBC’s live coverage likewise said the UK finished with one point. (apnews.com) Eurovisionworld reported in March that the BBC had internally selected Look Mum No Computer to represent the United Kingdom in 2026. (apnews.com) A separate Eurovisionworld page said the song “Eins, Zwei, Drei” was released on March 6. (eurovisionworld.com) ### Where can readers check the full voting breakdown? Eurovisionworld’s 2026 results page carries the full final scoreboard, including total points and country-by-country voting details. The site also hosts separate contestant pages for Bulgaria and the United Kingdom, with placement and song information. (eurovisionworld.com) Eurovisionworld’s semi-final pages add more detail on how entries performed before the grand final. In Bulgaria’s case, the site shows Dara winning Semi-final 2 on May 14 in Vienna before going on to win the contest two days later. (eurovisionworld.com) ### What happens after Vienna 2026? The 2026 contest took place in Vienna under ORF, Eurovisionworld says, after Austria hosted the event at Wiener Stadthalle. Under Eurovision convention, the winning country typically gets the first opportunity to host the following year’s contest, meaning attention will turn to Bulgaria and the European Broadcasting Union’s next planning steps. (eurovisionworld.com) That final host decision was not listed on the results pages reviewed here. (eurovisionworld.com)