Eurovision Asia 2026: Every Song Chosen So Far

Five of the eleven countries heading to Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 now have a song, and every one of them is already on YouTube. Bhutan, the Philippines, South Korea, Laos and host nation Thailand have all chosen. Vietnam chooses on 3 October. With seven weeks left before the Grand Final at the One Bangkok Forum on Saturday 14 November, there is finally enough material to stop guessing what this contest sounds like and start listening to it.

I put every video ID below through YouTube’s oEmbed endpoint on 29 September 2026, so the channel and title attached to each is what YouTube reports, not what a fan wiki says. View counts are from the same morning. Where sources genuinely conflict — and Vietnam’s voting split does — I say so rather than pick the tidier version.

Key takeaways

• Five songs are public, six are not. Bhutan, the Philippines, South Korea, Laos and Thailand have chosen. Malaysia has an artist and no song title. Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia and Cambodia have not selected yet.
• The Philippines dominates the view counts. CARMELLE’s “Sobra-Sobra” sat on roughly 1,335,900 views on 29 September — more than the other four chosen entries combined.
• Two countries sold the songs before the show. Laos released Thinla’s three candidates as one EP six days early; Vietnam released Tóc Tiên’s five as a commercial EP on 20 September, thirteen days before its final airs.
• Vietnam’s voting rule is contradictory on paper. VTV and Wikipedia say 50/50 jury and public; the organiser’s own terms say 40% domestic, 40% jury, 20% rest of world.
• One market, and a strange one. Kalshi’s eleven-country market sums to 143%, nine contracts have no bid at all, and Laos holds ~75% of volume at 8¢.

In this article

• Key takeaways
• Every Eurovision Asia 2026 song chosen so far
• Where to watch each song — and one channel to avoid
• Five songs, five completely different ways of choosing one
• Vietnam: five songs, one EP, and a voting rule that contradicts itself
• What the five songs tell us seven weeks out
• The selections still to come
• Eurovision Asia 2026 betting: one thin market
• Frequently asked questions

Every Eurovision Asia 2026 song chosen so far

This is the whole field of released entries on 29 September 2026. Every link goes to the official performance video on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, which is the only channel publishing all of them in one place.

Read the last two columns together and one thing jumps out. The Philippines has more views than everyone else combined, and it is not a function of time on the platform: Bhutan has been up since 11 August and sits under 300,000, while a 30 August upload is at 1.3 million. That gap is an ABS-CBN promotional machine, not a gap in quality — but in a contest with a worldwide public vote, promotional machinery is a competitive asset.

Bhutan — Nyendra, “Lhayi Semo (The Angel)”

The first song ever chosen for a Eurovision Asia contest, and still the most awkward result of the five. Nyendra won Rhythm of Bhutan on 52 points — 24 jury, 20 Bhutanese public, 8 world — while Baeyul 301 topped both public votes and finished third. That is a jury-decided entry, and Bangkok is split 50/50 between jury and public.

Philippines — CARMELLE, “Sobra-Sobra (Too Much)”

Written by Nica del Rosario and Mat Olavides of FlipMusic, with Olavides also producing and mixing. The arrangement is the interesting part: kulintang and kubing running underneath dance-pop, with a rap verse on top. It is the one entry so far that puts a traditional instrument in the rhythm bed rather than a decorative intro. CARMELLE performed ninth of ten on Philippine Selection Night and won anyway.

South Korea — JUNHEE, “DEEP DIVE”

JUNHEE is Park Junhee of A.C.E, now running his own agency, H&P Entertainment. He co-wrote the lyrics with AleXa, Sarah Min and notmixedyet., and they are entirely in English — a deliberate choice from the one country here with a global-pop export industry already built. The studio art track appeared only on 25 September, three weeks late, after fan demand.

Laos — Thinla, “BAE”

Written and composed by Thinlamphone Mahavong — Thinla herself — and released through SG Music. Laos ran the only selection where the artist was chosen internally and the public picked only which of her own songs travels, under a 24-hour voting window, longer than any other Asia final. The video is credited with VTE9, the Lao broadcaster. See our Laos country page for the vote breakdown.

Thailand — MANG x DAOU, “Aroma”

The host entry, and a pairing rather than a standing duo: MANG is Piyatida Lekklang of LIT Entertainment, DAOU is Pittaya Saechua of OneMusic, put together for this contest. The Thai title is กลิ่นราตรี, and ราตรี means both “night” and a night-blooming scented flower — a pun “Aroma” throws away. One rival on Thailand’s Chosen One, D Gerrard, competed masked as “The Handsome Wolf”.

Where to watch each Eurovision Asia 2026 song — and one channel to avoid

Every chosen song has an official contest video. Most also have a cleaner version on the artist’s own label channel — usually the one you want if you are judging the song rather than the staging.

• Bhutan: studio art track QfU5M8xc4H0 on a Nyendra Topic channel via DAO Entertainment. It is geo-limited to 122 countries, so it may simply not load for you — the contest video is not restricted.
• Philippines: official visualizer gT3eGmHlZ1c on ABS-CBN Star Music, posted 28 August, two days before the contest upload.
• South Korea: art track -sDVIQmfFIA on a JUNHEE Topic channel via YG PLUS, 25 September.
• Laos: official audio ometiBau9aE on the Eurovision Asia Laos channel, 17 September — a week before the contest video.
• Thailand: studio version J35szZs8SKg on LIT Entertainment, 28 September, a day after the contest upload.

Now the warning. A fan channel calling itself “Eurovision Song Contest - Asia” (@Asia.EurovisionSongContest) reuploads national final performances with a fair-use disclaimer. The name, branding and upload schedule all read as official, and it is not. I am deliberately not linking it: its view counts are not the entries’ official numbers, and reuploads can disappear without notice. The real channel is @EurovisionSongContest, and the official artist records live at eurovisionasia.com/countriesandartists.

Five songs, five completely different ways of choosing one

There is no standard format here, which makes cross-country comparison close to meaningless this year. One contest, five mechanisms:

Laos is the outlier that tells you most. Choosing the artist internally and letting the public pick between three songs by that same artist is not a song contest, it is an A&R decision put to a vote — and Vietnam is about to do a larger version of it. If you plan to vote in the remaining finals, our guide to voting at Eurovision Asia 2026 covers the free allowance, the spread rule and the booster packs.

Vietnam: five songs, one EP, and a voting rule that contradicts itself

Vietnam has not chosen a song, but it has already released five. The Sound of Vietnam airs on VTV3 on 3 October at 16:30 CEST, with Tóc Tiên performing “Khó Gì?”, “a to A”, “Em Tiên”, “Follow Me” and “Love Always Wins”. Each has an official visualizer on the VM Channel (Thanh Âm Việt Nam), uploaded around 21 September.

The part nobody says out loud: on 20 September those five songs were released together as a commercial EP, Thanh Âm Việt Nam. A national final whose entire song pool is a streaming product before the show airs is new. Tóc Tiên reworked all five herself, and she is Vietnam’s first Eurovision entrant of any kind. Sentiment splits geographically: domestic commenters favour “Khó Gì?”, international fans “Em Tiên”.

Which of those camps wins depends on a rule nobody has pinned down. VTV and Wikipedia describe a 50/50 jury and public split. The organiser’s own voting terms and conditions, section 8.1, set every national selection at 40% domestic vote, 40% jury and 20% rest of world. Those are not the same rule, and the difference is exactly the question of whether international fans get a say. Under 50/50 with an undefined public, “Em Tiên” is live. Under 40/40/20, the international vote is capped at a fifth. Our Vietnam page tracks whichever version VTV confirms.

What the five Eurovision Asia 2026 songs tell us seven weeks out

Three things, and I would not push any of them further than the evidence goes. First, nobody has entered a ballad. Five songs, and the slowest is still built on a beat. For a first edition that could have played safe with big vocal moments, the field has gone uptempo almost unanimously — a real signal about what these broadcasters think a worldwide public vote rewards.

Second, local material is being used structurally, not decoratively. The Philippines puts kulintang and kubing in the groove, Bhutan sings in Dzongkha, and Thailand’s title is a pun that does not survive translation. Korea went entirely English. Both approaches are defensible, and the Grand Final’s 50/50 split is what will separate them — juries have historically rewarded distinctiveness more than televoters do.

Third, the release strategies have diverged sharply. Laos and Vietnam packaged their candidate songs as EPs before the shows aired. The Philippines put out a visualizer two days ahead of the contest upload. Korea waited three weeks and released a studio track only because fans asked. Seven weeks out, the broadcasters treating a national final as a product launch rather than a television event have the head start on streaming numbers. Our Eurovision Asia 2026 hub tracks every country.

The Eurovision Asia 2026 selections still to come

Six countries still have to produce a song. Five have a dated show; Malaysia does not. Every stream below is on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

Two footnotes. Nepal’s start time is genuinely disputed — official schedule 15:15 CEST, stream metadata 15:45 — so set the reminder for the earlier one. And Malaysia is the quiet story: Aina Abdul was named on 15 August, six weeks ago, and the official artist record still carries a null song title. Her entry will be in English, her own choice, produced with Mac Chew. Bangladesh goes first, tomorrow, at 17:00 CEST; full dates are in our national selection calendar.

Eurovision Asia 2026 betting: one thin market, and it disagrees with itself

Be blunt about this. No fixed-odds bookmaker prices Eurovision Asia, and Polymarket still lists nothing. The only place to take a position is Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated US exchange, which opened an eleven-country winner market on 14 September. I re-read its API on 29 September 2026.

Three numbers say why this is information, not a price. Those last trades sum to 143% of a field in which exactly one country wins. Nine of the eleven contracts have no bid at all — only Bhutan and Laos have anyone willing to buy. And Laos holds roughly three-quarters of every contract ever traded here, 2,464 of about 3,279, while sitting at 8¢. The money and the price point in opposite directions, which in a market this thin usually means one participant, not a consensus. 18+. Please gamble responsibly.

Frequently asked questions

How many Eurovision Asia 2026 songs have been chosen?

Five, as of 29 September 2026: Bhutan, the Philippines, South Korea, Laos and Thailand. Vietnam picks on 3 October, and Malaysia has an artist in Aina Abdul but no song title on the official artist record. Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia and Cambodia have not held their selections yet.

Where can I watch the Eurovision Asia 2026 songs?

All five chosen songs have an official performance video on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. Several also have a studio or audio version on the artist’s own label channel: Nyendra on a Topic channel from DAO Entertainment, CARMELLE on ABS-CBN Star Music, JUNHEE on a Topic channel from YG PLUS, Thinla on Eurovision Asia Laos, and MANG x DAOU on LIT Entertainment.

Which Eurovision Asia 2026 song has the most views?

The Philippines by a distance. CARMELLE’s “Sobra-Sobra (Too Much)” had about 1,335,900 views on the Eurovision Song Contest channel on 29 September 2026, more than the other four chosen entries put together.

When does Vietnam choose its Eurovision Asia 2026 song?

On 3 October 2026. The Sound of Vietnam airs on VTV3 at 16:30 CEST, with Tóc Tiên performing five candidate songs she reworked herself. All five already have official visualizers on the VM Channel and were released on 20 September as a commercial EP called Thanh Âm Việt Nam.

How is Vietnam’s winning song decided?

The sources disagree, and we are not going to smooth that over. VTV and Wikipedia describe a 50/50 jury and public split. The organiser’s own voting terms and conditions, section 8.1, set every national selection at 40% domestic vote, 40% jury and 20% rest of world. Until the broadcaster publishes the actual weighting for this show, treat the result as uncertain.

Is there a fake Eurovision Asia YouTube channel?

Yes. A fan channel called “Eurovision Song Contest - Asia” (@Asia.EurovisionSongContest) reuploads national final entries under a fair-use disclaimer. It looks official and is not: its view counts are not the entries’ official numbers, and its uploads can vanish. Watch on the Eurovision Song Contest channel instead.

Can you bet on Eurovision Asia 2026?

Only on one exchange, and thinly. No fixed-odds bookmaker prices Eurovision Asia, and Polymarket lists nothing. Kalshi has run an eleven-country winner market since 14 September 2026. On 29 September the last trades summed to 143%, nine of eleven contracts had no bid, and Laos held about three-quarters of all volume while priced at 8¢. 18+, please gamble responsibly.

When is the Eurovision Asia 2026 Grand Final?

Saturday 14 November 2026, at the One Bangkok Forum in Bangkok. That is seven weeks after 29 September, and five of the eleven competing songs were public at that point.

Sources: Eurovision Song Contest Asia, Countries & Artists and voting terms and conditions, both read 29 September 2026; video titles, channels and upload attributions verified through YouTube’s oEmbed endpoint on 29 September 2026; view counts read from the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel on 29 September 2026; Kalshi series KXEUROVISIONASIA read through the public trade API on 29 September 2026.

Photo: Eurovision Song Contest Asia (eurovisionasia.com).