Ladies and gentlemen, Bulgaria has selected its Eurovision representative for Vienna! Tonight saw the 2nd show of the 2026 Bulgarian national final take place in Sofia.
Dara will have the grand honour of representing Bulgaria at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Dara was crowned the winner of the Bulgarian national selection’s Artist Selection Final. His/Her Eurovision entry will be determined on February 28th during a special televised show.
A total of 8 acts competed for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026 during tonight’s show which was held in Sofia. The 8 acts sang a song from their respective repertoires. The winner was determined via a jury/ audience voting deliberation. The show was hosted by .Boryana Gramatikova and Georgi Lyubenov.
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 Show31/01/2025- 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 7 acts will proceed to the second show.
- Second Show– During the second show the 7 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.
