Daria has got a song for Eurovision 2026! Bulgaria will be returning to the Eurovision Song this year after a three year hiatus.

Dara performed a total of three songs during tonight’s show. She will represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna with ‘Bangaranga’.

Dara’s Eurovision entry was determined via a combined jury/ audience voting deliberation.

The 2026 Bulgarian national selection

BNT organized a national selection in order to select the 2026 Bulgarian Eurovision act and entry which consisted of three televised shows.

The national selection process:

  • First Show– During the first show all 15 acts  performed a song from their repertoire, hereafter after a combined jury/ audience voting deliberation the to top 8 acts will proceeded to the second show.
  • Second Show– During the second show the 8 qualified  performed a song from their repertoire, hereafter after a combined jury/audience voting deliberation the act with the highest score proceeded to the Grand Final and won the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026.
  • Grand Final– During the third and final show Daria  performed a total of three songs (specially created for the Eurovision Song Contest), hereafter the jury and public selected the 2026 Bulgarian entry after a combined voting.

The 2026 Bulgarian Eurovision entry and act was determined via a combined professional jury- tv audience vote.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.