Bulgaria

Qualified from semi-final 2
Vote 12

Artist

Dara
Darina Yotova
b. 1998
📍 Varna
She finished third on Bulgaria’s The X Factor in 2015.
She has been a coach on The Voice of Bulgaria since 2021, and her contestants have won 2 of those 4 seasons.
She has released 2 studio albums and more than 30 singles.

Country

Bookies expect:
Win 3.2%
Return, last time in 2022
public selection

Song

Bangaranga
EnglishJamaican Patois
Dark-popEDM
For Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the staging and choreography are directed by Fredrik Rydman, who previously directed Sweden in 2015 (“Heroes”, 1st place), Finland in 2023 (“Cha Cha Cha”, 2nd place), and Switzerland in 2024 (“The Code”, 1st place).
One of the song’s co-writers is Dimitris Kontopoulos, who often writes and produces songs for Eurovision, including “Work Your Magic” (Belarus 2007, top 6), “Shady Lady” (Ukraine 2008, top 2), “Hold Me” (Azerbaijan 2013, top 2), “Shine” (Russia 2014, top 7), “You Are the Only One” (Russia 2016, top 3), and “Scream” (Russia 2019, top 3).
Bangaranga