The Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 Grand Final starts at 20:30 ICT (14:30 CET) on Saturday 14 November, live from the One Bangkok Forum in Thailand. It streams free worldwide on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, and on national broadcasters in all eleven competing countries. Woody Milintachinda and Cindy Bishop host. Eleven acts compete, from Vietnam’s Tóc Tiên in slot one to Malaysia’s Aina Abdul in slot eleven, and Eurovision winner DARA and Thai star Jeff Satur perform as guests. Below are the start time in every country, where to watch, and how to vote.
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Photo: hosts Woody Milintachinda and Cindy Bishop. Official image, Eurovision Song Contest Asia (eurovisionasia.com).
Key takeaways
- When: Saturday 14 November 2026, 20:30 in Bangkok (ICT), 14:30 CET, 13:30 GMT.
- Where to watch: free on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel worldwide, plus VTV3, Sabay, VTE9, MNC, BBS, ALLTV and A2Z, NTV, Channel 3, ENA, Himalaya TV and TV3 at home. SBS (Australia) and TVP (Poland) also carry it.
- Preview Show: Friday 13 November, 20:30 ICT, at the same venue, for ticket holders.
- Guests: DARA (Eurovision 2026 winner, Bulgaria) and Jeff Satur (Thailand). JAMAL warms up the hall, and the show opens with Bangkok Sounds and Senses.
- Voting: free on the web at eurovisionasia.com/vote. You get eight free votes, must spread them over at least three countries, and cannot vote for your own.
- Correction to earlier reports: the start is 20:30 ICT, not 19:30. 14:30 CET is 20:30 in Bangkok now that Europe is on winter time.
What’s on this page
Start time in the eleven countries · Start time elsewhere · Where to watch · Running order · Hosts, guests and the show · How to vote · The odds before the show · After Saturday · FAQ
What time does Eurovision Asia 2026 start in each competing country?
The organisers’ how-to-watch page lists one broadcaster per competing country, with the local start time. Every time below is the same moment, 13:30 UTC on Saturday 14 November.
| Country | Broadcaster | Local start | Act (slot) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | VTV3 | 20:30 | Tóc Tiên (1) |
| Cambodia | Sabay | 20:30 | Monetrey (2) |
| Laos | VTE9 | 20:30 | Thinla (3) |
| Mongolia | MNC | 21:30 | Beck (4) |
| Bhutan | BBS | 19:30 | Nyendra (5) |
| Philippines | ALLTV, A2Z (ABS-CBN) | 21:30 | CARMELLE (6) |
| Bangladesh | NTV | 19:30 | Beatmosphere (7) |
| Thailand (host) | Channel 3 | 20:30 | MANG x DAOU (8) |
| South Korea | ENA | 22:30 | JUNHEE (9) |
| Nepal | Himalaya TV | 19:15 | Pratik Himal Rai (10) |
| Malaysia | TV3 | 21:30 | Aina Abdul (11) |
Two listings differ from the national selections. Cambodia’s national final was on TV5, while the Grand Final listing is Sabay. In the Philippines the organisers list ALLTV and A2Z, credited to ABS-CBN, which ran the Philippine selection.
Eurovision Asia start time outside the competing countries
The YouTube stream is open everywhere, so the same 13:30 UTC start applies wherever you are. Converted for the main time zones on Saturday 14 November (or Sunday 15 November where marked):
| City / zone | Local start |
|---|---|
| London (GMT) | 13:30 Saturday |
| Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Warsaw (CET) | 14:30 Saturday |
| Dubai (GST) | 17:30 Saturday |
| Delhi, Mumbai (IST) | 19:00 Saturday |
| Jakarta (WIB) | 20:30 Saturday |
| Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Perth | 21:30 Saturday |
| Tokyo, Seoul | 22:30 Saturday |
| Sydney, Melbourne (AEDT) | 00:30 Sunday 15 November |
| Auckland (NZDT) | 02:30 Sunday 15 November |
| New York (EST) | 08:30 Saturday |
| Los Angeles (PST) | 05:30 Saturday |
Earlier announcements, including this site’s, gave the start as 19:30 ICT, which matched 14:30 in European summer time. Europe moved to winter time on 25 October. The organisers’ ticketing page, broadcaster schedule and running-order announcement now all give 14:30 CET, which is 20:30 in Bangkok.
Where to watch Eurovision Asia 2026
- YouTube, worldwide, free. The organisers say the Grand Final streams live on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, “open to viewers all over the world”. It is the same channel that streams the European contest.
- National broadcasters in the eleven competing countries, listed in the table above.
- Australia: SBS confirmed on 14 October that it will show the contest. Check SBS’s own schedule for the time it airs.
- Poland: TVP confirmed on 22 October, with Artur Orzech commentating. He was TVP’s Eurovision voice from 1992 to 2021 and again since 2024.
- In the hall: the organisers say a limited number of Grand Final tickets are still on sale through their tickets page. The One Bangkok Forum seats over 6,000.
The EBU has estimated the first edition could reach up to 600 million viewers. The official album of all eleven songs has been on streaming services since 6 November, if you want to hear them before Saturday.
Eurovision Asia 2026 running order
The official running order, published 29 October. Image: Eurovision Song Contest Asia.
| Slot | Country | Act | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | Tóc Tiên | “EM TIÊN” |
| 2 | Cambodia | Monetrey | “I Let You Go” |
| 3 | Laos | Thinla | “BAE” |
| 4 | Mongolia | Beck | “Chamguigeer (Without You)” |
| 5 | Bhutan | Nyendra | “Lhayi Semo” |
| 6 | Philippines | CARMELLE | “Sobra-Sobra” |
| 7 | Bangladesh | Beatmosphere | “Tumi Ele” |
| 8 | Thailand | MANG x DAOU | “Aroma” |
| 9 | South Korea | JUNHEE | “DEEP DIVE” |
| 10 | Nepal | Pratik Himal Rai | “Ananta Maya” |
| 11 | Malaysia | Aina Abdul | “Bluest Sky” |
The betting favourite closes the show and the host sings eighth. Our running-order analysis sets every slot against the current prices.
Hosts, guest acts and the shape of the show
The hosts. Woody Milintachinda and Cindy Bishop were announced as hosts on 26 September. They present the show live from the One Bangkok Forum, for a hall audience, eleven national broadcasts and the worldwide stream.
The opening. According to the organisers, the Grand Final opens with Bangkok Sounds and Senses, a performance created for the first contest by Thai creative director Pol Hui. Azerbaijani singer-songwriter JAMAL warms up the hall as the opening act.
DARA. Photo: Corinne Cumming / EBU, via Eurovision Song Contest Asia.
DARA performs an “extra-special version” of “Bangaranga”, the song that won Eurovision 2026 in Vienna in May. It was Bulgaria’s first victory, and it won both the jury and the public vote, with 516 points. Our full Vienna results have the scoreboard. The organisers describe her appearance as linking the European contest’s 70th edition with the first chapter of the Asian one.
Jeff Satur. Official image, Eurovision Song Contest Asia.
Jeff Satur was announced on 8 November. The organisers call him a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose music mixes pop, R&B, rock and electronic influences, with “hundreds of millions of streams”. Eurovoix adds that he is 31, from Bangkok, and has been releasing music since 2013. His first Thai number one, “Ghost”, came in 2023. A home star in the interval also gives Thai viewers, who cannot vote for MANG x DAOU, a reason to stay with the show.
How to vote in the Eurovision Asia Grand Final
Voting is on the web only, at eurovisionasia.com/vote, and not inside the ZOOP apps. The rules, from the official voting terms last updated on 28 August:
- You must be 18 or over and sign in with Google, Apple or Privy, then pass an automated check that you are a real person.
- Everyone gets eight free votes. Booster packs add up to ten paid votes, to a maximum of 18 per person and 16 for any one entry. Paid votes count the same as free ones.
- Your votes must be spread across at least three countries’ entries, or they are not counted.
- If you live in one of the eleven competing countries, you cannot vote for your own country’s entry.
- Viewers anywhere else can vote. Their votes form a Rest of World public vote, which has no jury half.
- The voting window opens and closes at times announced on air and on the voting page.
The result is 50% professional juries and 50% public vote, combined for each participating country. Ties are settled on the public vote from the competing countries first. Our step-by-step voting guide walks through the sign-in.
Eurovision Asia odds before the show
There are no fixed-odds bookmaker prices on Eurovision Asia. The betting is on two prediction markets. On Polymarket, read about 01:47 UTC on 9 November, the winner market had Malaysia at 54.5%, the Philippines 25%, Vietnam 8.1%, Nepal 8.0%, Laos 5.5% and Thailand 4.5%, with about $79K traded across six Eurovision Asia books. Our full odds report covers the jury, public-vote and podium markets.
After Saturday: what the winner gets
The Eurovision Asia 2026 winner earns a guest performance at Eurovision 2027 in Bulgaria. Unlike the European contest, the winning country does not automatically host next year. Eurovision Asia uses a Junior Eurovision-style process: broadcasters bid after this contest, and the EBU and Voxovation, the contest’s producer, choose the next host. No 2027 host, date or venue has been announced.
The field could grow. Executive Producer Assaf Blecher told the AFP that sixteen to seventeen countries have shown interest in 2027, including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Eurovoix reported on 8 November. A day earlier he had told the Guardian that talks with broadcasters in China and Japan ran past the deadline for this year. Our report on those talks sets out what is and is not confirmed.
FAQ
What time does Eurovision Asia 2026 start?
20:30 ICT (Bangkok time) on Saturday 14 November 2026, which is 14:30 CET and 13:30 GMT. In Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Ulaanbaatar that is 21:30, in Seoul 22:30, in Dhaka and Thimphu 19:30, and in Kathmandu 19:15.
Where can I watch Eurovision Asia 2026 for free?
On the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, which the organisers say is open to viewers worldwide. In the eleven competing countries it is also on national television: VTV3, Sabay, VTE9, MNC, BBS, ALLTV and A2Z, NTV, Channel 3, ENA, Himalaya TV and TV3.
Can I vote from outside Asia?
Yes. Voting is open to anyone 18 or over at eurovisionasia.com/vote. Viewers outside the eleven competing countries are counted together as a Rest of World public vote.
Who hosts Eurovision Asia 2026?
Woody Milintachinda and Cindy Bishop, live from the One Bangkok Forum.
Who are the guest performers?
DARA, who won Eurovision 2026 for Bulgaria with “Bangaranga”, and Thai singer-songwriter Jeff Satur. JAMAL warms up the hall, and the show opens with Bangkok Sounds and Senses, created by Pol Hui.
Is there a show before the Grand Final?
Yes. A Preview Show takes place at the One Bangkok Forum on Friday 13 November at 20:30, for ticket holders.
Sources
- Broadcasters and local times: Eurovision Song Contest Asia, how to watch. Start time also on the official tickets page, the running-order announcement (29 October) and the Jeff Satur announcement (8 November).
- Voting rules: Eurovision Asia voting terms, sections 3, 4, 6 and 8.2, last updated 28 August 2026.
- Guests and opening: official announcements for DARA (5 November) and Jeff Satur (8 November); Eurovoix, 8 November. SBS and TVP: this site’s hub reporting, 14 and 22 October.
Times are as published by the organisers on 9 November 2026. Broadcast schedules can change at short notice; check your local broadcaster. 18+ for voting and for prediction markets.