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โ€–๐Ÿ† EUROVISION 2026 GRAND FINALโ€–
#1BulgariaDARA516 pts|
#2IsraelNoam Bettan343 pts|
#3RomaniaAlexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu296 pts|
#4AustraliaDelta Goodrem287 pts|
#5ItalySal Da Vinci281 pts|
#6FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen279 pts|
#7DenmarkSรธren Torpegaard Lund243 pts|
#8MoldovaSatoshi226 pts|
#9UkraineLELร‰KA221 pts|
#10GreeceAkylas220 pts|
#11FranceMonroe158 pts|
#12PolandALICJA150 pts|
#13AlbaniaAlis145 pts|
#14NorwayJONAS LOVV134 pts|
#15CroatiaLELEK124 pts|
#16CzechiaDaniel ลฝiลพka113 pts|
#17SerbiaLAVINA90 pts|
#18MaltaAIDAN89 pts|
#19CyprusAntigoni75 pts|
#20SwedenFELICIA51 pts|
#21BelgiumESSYLA36 pts|
#22LithuaniaLion Ceccah22 pts|
#23GermanySarah Engels12 pts|
#24AustriaCOSMร“6 pts|
#25United KingdomLook Mum No Computer1 pts|
โ€–โš–๏ธ JURY VOTE โ€” TOP 5โ€–
#1BulgariaDARA204 jury|
#2AustraliaDelta Goodrem165 jury|
#3DenmarkSรธren Torpegaard Lund165 jury|
#4FranceMonroe144 jury|
#5FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen141 jury|
โ€–๐Ÿ“ž TELEVOTE โ€” TOP 5โ€–
#1BulgariaDARA312 televote|
#2RomaniaAlexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu232 televote|
#3IsraelNoam Bettan220 televote|
#4MoldovaSatoshi183 televote|
#5UkraineLELร‰KA167 televote|
โ€–๐Ÿ† EUROVISION 2026 GRAND FINALโ€–
#1BulgariaDARA516 pts|
#2IsraelNoam Bettan343 pts|
#3RomaniaAlexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu296 pts|
#4AustraliaDelta Goodrem287 pts|
#5ItalySal Da Vinci281 pts|
#6FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen279 pts|
#7DenmarkSรธren Torpegaard Lund243 pts|
#8MoldovaSatoshi226 pts|
#9UkraineLELร‰KA221 pts|
#10GreeceAkylas220 pts|
#11FranceMonroe158 pts|
#12PolandALICJA150 pts|
#13AlbaniaAlis145 pts|
#14NorwayJONAS LOVV134 pts|
#15CroatiaLELEK124 pts|
#16CzechiaDaniel ลฝiลพka113 pts|
#17SerbiaLAVINA90 pts|
#18MaltaAIDAN89 pts|
#19CyprusAntigoni75 pts|
#20SwedenFELICIA51 pts|
#21BelgiumESSYLA36 pts|
#22LithuaniaLion Ceccah22 pts|
#23GermanySarah Engels12 pts|
#24AustriaCOSMร“6 pts|
#25United KingdomLook Mum No Computer1 pts|
โ€–โš–๏ธ JURY VOTE โ€” TOP 5โ€–
#1BulgariaDARA204 jury|
#2AustraliaDelta Goodrem165 jury|
#3DenmarkSรธren Torpegaard Lund165 jury|
#4FranceMonroe144 jury|
#5FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen141 jury|
โ€–๐Ÿ“ž TELEVOTE โ€” TOP 5โ€–
#1BulgariaDARA312 televote|
#2RomaniaAlexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu232 televote|
#3IsraelNoam Bettan220 televote|
#4MoldovaSatoshi183 televote|
#5UkraineLELร‰KA167 televote|
VIENNA 2026 ยท BULGARIA WINS ยท 17 MAY

Eurovision 2026 Full Results

DARA wins it for Bulgaria with 516 points โ€” a record 173-point margin and the first dual jury+televote winner since 2017. Scroll for the full Grand Final scoreboard, douze-points distribution, bookmaker autopsy and recap pieces.

516Bulgaria ยท winner
+173Largest margin ever
35Countries
ViennaWiener Stadthalle
Eurovision 2026 โ€” ViennaResult

Bulgaria Wins Eurovision 2026

DARA โ€” Bangaranga ยท 516 points ยท 173-point margin (biggest in Eurovision history)

Winner
Bulgaria
DARA
Bangaranga
516
points
Runner-up
Israel
Noam Bettan
Michelle
343
points
Third
Romania
Alexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu
Choke Me
296
points

Eurovision 2026 โ€” full Grand Final scoreboard

All 25 finalists ยท 4118 total points distributed (2030 jury + 2088 televote)

#CountrySong & ArtistTotalTelevoteJury
1BulgariaBangaranga โ€” DARA516312204
2IsraelMichelle โ€” Noam Bettan343220123
3RomaniaChoke Me โ€” Alexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu29623264
4AustraliaEclipse โ€” Delta Goodrem287122165
5ItalyPer sempre sรฌ โ€” Sal Da Vinci281147134
6FinlandLiekinheitin โ€” Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen279138141
7DenmarkFรธr Vi Gรฅr Hjem โ€” Sรธren Torpegaard Lund24378165
8MoldovaViva, Moldova! โ€” Satoshi22618343
9UkraineRidnym โ€” LELร‰KA22116754
10GreeceFerto โ€” Akylas22014773
11FranceRegarde ! โ€” Monroe15814144
12PolandPray โ€” ALICJA15017133
13AlbaniaNรขn โ€” Alis1458560
14NorwayYa Ya Ya โ€” JONAS LOVV13419115
15CroatiaAndromeda โ€” LELEK1247153
16CzechiaCrossroads โ€” Daniel ลฝiลพka1139104
17SerbiaKraj Mene โ€” LAVINA905238
18MaltaBella โ€” AIDAN89881
19CyprusJALLA โ€” Antigoni753441
20SwedenMy System โ€” FELICIA511635
21BelgiumDancing on the Ice โ€” ESSYLA36036
22LithuaniaSรณlo Quiero Mรกs โ€” Lion Ceccah221210
23GermanyFire โ€” Sarah Engels12012
24AustriaTanzschein โ€” COSMร“651
25United KingdomEins, Zwei, Drei โ€” Look Mum No Computer101

Jury vote โ€” top 10

#CountryPoints
1BulgariaDARA204
2AustraliaDelta Goodrem165
3DenmarkSรธren Torpegaard Lund165
4FranceMonroe144
5FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen141
6ItalySal Da Vinci134
7PolandALICJA133
8IsraelNoam Bettan123
9NorwayJONAS LOVV115
10CzechiaDaniel ลฝiลพka104

Televote โ€” top 10

#CountryPoints
1BulgariaDARA312
2RomaniaAlexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu232
3IsraelNoam Bettan220
4MoldovaSatoshi183
5UkraineLELร‰KA167
6ItalySal Da Vinci147
7GreeceAkylas147
8FinlandLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen138
9AustraliaDelta Goodrem122
10AlbaniaAlis85
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Where The 2026 Songs Are Charting

Spotify Top 50/200 + Apple Music country-chart positions for every Eurovision 2026 finalist, captured 2026-05-19. Source: kworb.net per-artist trackers + Spotify Charts + Aussievision.

25
of 25 entries charting
10
peaked #1 at home
1
on Spotify Global Top 200
11
countries with DARA at #1
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Bulgaria ยท DARA โ€” โ€œBangarangaโ€
The only Eurovision 2026 entry on the Spotify Global Top 200 (debut #12, NaNM streams 2026-05-18). Charts in 31 country lists; #1 on Spotify in 11 European countries.
Top 10 By Country-Chart Breadth
#1
DARA โ€” Bangaranga
Home #1Global #12+5/30 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #1 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช #1 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #1 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #1 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช #1
31
country charts
#3
Alexandra Cฤƒpitฤƒnescu โ€” Choke Me
Home #2+5/20 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #3 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ #3 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #3 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #7 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #7
21
country charts
#2
Noam Bettan โ€” Michelle
Home #1+5/18 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #4 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #6 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #7 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ #12 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช #14
19
country charts
#6
Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen โ€” Liekinheitin
Home #2 (peak #1)+5/18 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #2 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #3 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #5 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #9 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป #13
19
country charts
#8
Satoshi โ€” Viva, Moldova!
+5/19 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #4 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #5 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #8 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #9 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #10
19
country charts
#5
Sal Da Vinci โ€” Per sempre sรฌ
Home #8 (peak #1)+5/16 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #2 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #10 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #13 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #21 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #22
17
country charts
#10
Akylas โ€” Ferto
Home #15 (peak #8)+5/16 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #7 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #8 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #9 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #10 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ #11
17
country charts
#4
Delta Goodrem โ€” Eclipse
+5/15 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #13 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #18 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #18 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #20 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #33
15
country charts
#7
Sรธren Torpegaard Lund โ€” Fรธr Vi Gรฅr Hjem
Home #2 (peak #1)+5/14 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช #5 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #6 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #12 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช #12 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #12
15
country charts
#19
Antigoni โ€” JALLA
Home #4+5/14 abroad: ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ #2 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท #7 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #12 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #15 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ #39
15
country charts
All 25 Grand Finalists are charting in at least one country's Spotify Top 200 as of 2026-05-18 snapshot โ€” historic post-final breadth. Only DARA's 'Bangaranga' broke into Spotify Global Top 200 (debut #12, 3.17M streams, source: chartdata @X 2026-05-18). Italy's Sal Da Vinci 'Per sempre sรฌ' charted in 17 Spotify country lists but did NOT enter Global Top 200 despite leading Aussievision's cumulative stream rankings (25.4M streams pre-final) โ€” its streams are concentrated in Italy. Five entries currently sit at home-country #1 on Spotify or Apple Music (Bulgaria, Israel) or have peaked at home #1 (Romania, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria). UK 'Eins, Zwei, Drei' (Look Mum No Computer) does NOT appear in UK Spotify Top 200 despite being the host-nation broadcaster's entry.

Streaming & Watch โ†’ Stage

Pre-contest Spotify streams and YouTube views vs. actual Grand Final finish. Source: Aussievision weekly chart (release-to-10-May-2026) and official EBU LIVE performance playlist.

Top 10 on Spotify (pre-contest)

cumulative streams
#1
Sal Da Vinci โ€” Per sempre sรฌ
Italy
25.4M
finish:5-4
#2
FELICIA โ€” My System
Sweden
18.6M
finish:20-18
#3
Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen โ€” Liekinheitin
Finland
12.3M
finish:6-3
#4
Sรธren Torpegaard Lund โ€” Fรธr Vi Gรฅr Hjem
Denmark
5.7M
finish:7-3
#5
Antigoni โ€” JALLA
Cyprus
5.6M
finish:19-14
#6
Akylas โ€” Ferto
Greece
5M
finish:10-4
#7
Noam Bettan โ€” Michelle
Israel
4.9M
finish:2+5
#8
Sarah Engels โ€” Fire
Germany
4.5M
finish:23-15
#9
DARA โ€” Bangaranga
Bulgaria
3.1M
finish:1+8
#10
COSMร“ โ€” Tanzschein
Austria
2.8M
finish:24-14
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy led pre-contest streams with 25.4M cumulative โ€” and finished 5th. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria was just 9th on streams but won. The green / red badges show stream-rank vs final-finish delta.

Top 10 on YouTube (pre-contest)

cumulative views
#1
AIDAN โ€” Bella
Malta
7.2M
finish:18-17
#2
Akylas โ€” Ferto
Greece
5.7M
finish:10-8
#3
Antigoni โ€” JALLA
Cyprus
5.3M
finish:19-16
#4
DARA โ€” Bangaranga
Bulgaria
4M
finish:1+3
#5
Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen โ€” Liekinheitin
Finland
3.6M
finish:6-1
#6
Sal Da Vinci โ€” Per sempre sรฌ
Italy
3.4M
finish:5+1
#7
Noam Bettan โ€” Michelle
Israel
3.4M
finish:2+5
#8
Sรธren Torpegaard Lund โ€” Fรธr Vi Gรฅr Hjem
Denmark
2.9M
finish:7+1
#9
Monroe โ€” Regarde !
France
2.6M
finish:11-2
#10
Alis โ€” Nรขn
Albania
2.5M
finish:13-3
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta's โ€œBellaโ€ topped YouTube pre-contest with 7.2M views โ€” and finished 18th. The official EBU LIVE Grand Final performance video then pulled 1.3M views in 11 hours.

Two history-making records set in Vienna

DARA broke two Eurovision records in a single night.

Record 1 ยท Largest winning margin
173-point gap

Bulgaria's 516 to Israel's 343 sets a new all-time record, beating Alexander Rybak's 169-point cushion at Moscow 2009.

Record 2 ยท Consensus winner
First dual winner since 2017

Bangarangatops both the jury and the televote โ€” the first entry to do so since Portugal's Salvador Sobral nine years ago.

Marcel Bezenรงon Awards

The three press / composer / artistic awards handed out by Christer Bjรถrkman in Vienna ahead of the Grand Final.

Media Award
Australia
Delta Goodrem
Eclipse
Artistic Award
Bulgaria
DARA
Bangaranga
Composer Award
Denmark
Sรธren Torpegaard Lund
Fรธr Vi Gรฅr Hjem

Douze points ยท who topped each pool

Number of sets of 12 points each country received in the Grand Final. The jury and the public diverged on almost everything except Bulgaria.

Grand Final ยท Jury 12-points
  1. 1Bulgaria4ร— 12
  2. 2Poland4ร— 12
  3. 3Australia3ร— 12
  4. 4France3ร— 12
  5. 5Malta3ร— 12
Grand Final ยท Televote leaders
  1. 1Bulgaria312 pts
  2. 2Romania232 pts
  3. 3Israel220 pts
  4. 4Moldova183 pts
  5. 5Ukraine167 pts

Bookmakers vs actual finish ยท model autopsy

Pre-final UK bookmaker winner-market positions (6 books: Betfred, Betsson, Unibet, Bet365, Betano, William Hill) vs the Grand Final result. The market favoured Finland at 2.00 and got it badly wrong.

Top 5 overperformers

CountryPreActualฮ”
Poland#20#12+8
Ukraine#14#9+5
Moldova#12#8+4
Norway#18#14+4
Serbia#21#17+4

Top 5 underperformers

CountryPreActualฮ”
Malta#10#18-8
Greece#3#10-7
Sweden#13#20-7
United Kingdom#19#25-6
Finland#1#6-5

Last night, blow-by-blow

Recap pieces covering each of the three shows in Vienna.

What's next ยท Eurovision 2027

71st Eurovision Song Contest. Bulgaria hosts for the first time โ€” their broadcaster BNT confirmed intent within hours of DARA's win.

Host city race
3 cities bidding

Sofia ยท Burgas ยท Plovdiv. Only Arena Sofia (17,906) and Arena Burgas (15,000) meet the EBU's 10,000+ capacity floor.

Already confirmed
4 national selections

Denmark ยท Finland ยท Germany ยท San Marino have locked in their 2027 selection format and (where announced) dates.

Pending decisions
10 broadcasters

Returns from Hungary, Canada, North Macedonia and more; plus the Israel-related boycott returns from Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia.

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Akylas Eurovision 2026: Greece's 10th Place With Ferto, The Emotional 'I'm Sorry If I Disappointed You' Statement, And Giannis Antetokounmpo's 'My Winner' Endorsement

Greece's Akylas finished 10th at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with the electro-pop track Ferto โ€” collecting 220 points (147 televote + 73 jury) and falling short of the pre-contest podium odds that had Greece priced 3rd favourite at 14.00. On Sunday 17 May 2026 he posted an emotional Instagram statement revealing the health struggles he faced during the contest and saying 'I'm sorry if I disappointed you'. Within 24 hours, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo publicly backed him on social media calling Akylas 'My winner'. Inside the full Akylas story, the 10th-place result, and the celebrity endorsement that has redefined Greek public reaction to the result.

By Marco Ferretti

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Eurovision 2026 โ€” How Bulgaria Won

The 70th Eurovision Song Contest took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on 16 May 2026. Bulgaria won the contest with DARA's Bangaranga, scoring 516 total points (204 from the 35 national juries + 312 from the public televote including the Rest-of-the-World online aggregate). Israel finished second on 343 points, Romania third on 296, Australia fourth on 287 and Italy fifth on 281. The 173-point gap between Bulgaria and Israel is the largest absolute winning margin in Eurovision history, surpassing Alexander Rybak's Fairytale for Norway at Moscow 2009 (169 points).

First dual jury+televote winner since 2017

DARA is the first artist since Salvador Sobral (Portugal, Kyiv 2017) to win both the jury vote and the public televote. From 2018 through 2025, the combined-vote winner always placed second or lower in at least one of the two pools. Bulgaria's win is the country's first Eurovision victory across 16 participations dating back to its debut at Kyiv 2005.

Where the bookmakers got it wrong

UK bookmakers held Finland's Liekinheitin as the 2.00 favourite (50% implied probability) going into Saturday night. Finland finished sixth. Bulgaria was priced 15/1 at Betfred and won outright. Three of the top three (Bulgaria, Israel, Romania) were all available at 15.00โ€“20.00 on Grand Final morning. See the full bookmaker autopsy on the results deep-dive.

Eurovision 2027 โ€” Bulgaria hosts

Bulgarian broadcaster BNT confirmed within hours of DARA's win that it intends to host the 71st Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. Three cities โ€” Sofia, Burgas and Plovdiv โ€” have formally bid. See our Eurovision 2027 preview for confirmed national selections, pending broadcasters and the open governance issues the EBU is navigating.

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