Good evening Europe, this is Sofia calling! We are heading all the way to the majestic capital city of Bulgaria for the 2026 Bulgarian national selection for Eurovision 2026.
Bulgaria will be back at the Eurovision Song Contest after a three year hiatus, the country is working from strength to strength for finding the 2026 Bulgarian Eurovision entry and act for Vienna.
How to watch?
You can watch the 2026 Bulgarian national selection Natsionalnata Selektsiya : artist selection final via the following channels at 20:00 CET:
- BNT 1
- BNT webstream
About the show
A total of 8 artists will partake in today’s show and will perform a song from their repertoire, the act with the highest score after a combined jury/ audience voting deliberation will be awarded the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026 in Vienna .Boryana Gramatikova and Georgi Lyubenov will host the show.
Aidan ( Malta 2026), Alis (Albania 2026), Eldar ( Azerbaijan 2011/ Eurovision winner) will be gracing the show as special guests.
The Participants
- DARA
- Innerglow
- MONA
- Molets
- Preyah
- Roksana
- Mihaela Marinova
- Kerana & The Cosmonauts
The 2026 Bulgarian national selection
BNT will be organizing a national selection in order to select the 2026 Bulgarian Eurovision act and entry which will consist of three televised shows scheduled to be held in January and February.
24/01/2025- First Show- 31/01/2025- Second Show
- 28/02/2025- Grand Final
The national selection process:
- First Show– During the first show all 15 acts will perform a song from their repertoire, hereafter after a combined jury/ audience voting deliberation the to top 8 acts will proceed to the second show.
- Second Show– During the second show the 8 qualified will perform a song from their repertoire, hereafter after a combined jury/audience voting deliberation the act with the highest score will proceed to the Grand Final and will win the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026.
- Grand Final– During the third and final show the winner will perform a total of three songs (specially created for the Eurovision Song Contest), hereafter the jury and public will deliberate the 2026 Bulgarian entry after a combined voting.
The 2026 Bulgarian Eurovision entry and act will be determined via a combined professional jury- tv audience vote.
