Bulgaria win Eurovision Song Contest
Bulgaria's Dara has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
Bulgaria's Dara has won the Eurovision Song Contest.
The 27-year-old singer's catchy track Bangaranga triumphed in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday (17.05.26) night having topped both the jury and the audience votes, beating Israel into second place.
As winners of the jury vote, they were the last to have their total public score given and needed 139 to overtake the controversial Israel entry, which had scored 220 in the audience vote, propelling them to first with a total of 343, but got a staggering 312 points, giving them a total of 516 points.
After the results were revealed, Dara performed the track again, and despite not having the elaborate set and staging of their award-winning performance, it was just as energetic and incorporated the original choreography.
Handed the trophy by last year's winner JJ - who exclaimed: "B***, I knew you would win!" - Dara jubilantly held the prize aloft and shouted: "Oh my God!"
After the jury result, Bulgaria had surged ahead with a whopping 204 points, way ahead of second and third placed Australia and Denmark, who ended the jury votes with 158 and 155 points respectively and ultimately came in fourth and seventh place respectively.
Dara said: "I still don't know what is going on, I want to thank all of the juries who gave us those point, we tried to give our best and I know every rtist in this room is special and I got inspired by everybody... y'all amazing."
Asked about the unusual title of the song, she said: "It's something everybody has got in themselves, the moment you lad through love and not fear, this is a special energy everyone has in themselves."
The UK's entry from LOOK MOM NO COMPUTER, Eins Zwei Drei, scored just a single point in the jury voting, which was awarded by Ukraine, and none in the public vote, leaving them in last place.
Hosts Austria scooped just six points for Cosmo's rendition of Tanzschein, one from the jury and five audience points, putting them slightly ahead of the UK.
