Bulgaria
Competing in semi-final
Vote
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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:
Qualify 83%
Win <1%
Return, last time in 2022
Song
Bangaranga
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
| Come alive | |
| Surrender to the blinding lights | |
| No one's gonna sleep tonight | |
| Welcome to the riot | |
| Come alive | |
| Surrender to the blinding lights | |
| No one's gonna sleep tonight | |
| Welcome to the riot (I, I, I, I) | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Blinding lights | |
| Welcome to the riot (I, I, I, I) | |
| I'm the bangaran— | |
| (I know) I'm the bangaran— | |
| I'm an angel, I'm a demon, I'm a psycho for no reason | |
| I'm a mover, I'm a teaser, I don't follow, I'm the leader | |
| Let me hype ya, hype ya up, let me hype ya up | |
| I'ma, I'ma let you get so hooked, I'ma leave you shook | |
| Come alive | |
| Surrender to the blinding lights | |
| No one's gonna sleep tonight | |
| Welcome to the riot (I, I, I, I) | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) | |
| Blinding lights | |
| Welcome to the riot (I, I, I, I) | |
| I'm the bangaran— | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I'm the bangaran—) | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) I'm the bangaran— | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I'm the bangaran—) | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga; I know) I'm the bangaran— | |
| Close to the edge, I can feel it inside | |
| Bodies on bodies and sparks 'bout to fly | |
| Yeah, I, I | |
| I'm 'bout to lose my mind, mind | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran—) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga | |
| (I'm the bangaran— bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) Blinding lights | |
| (I'm the bangaran— bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) Welcome to the riot (I, I, I, I) | |
| I'm a rebel (Rebel), I'm a danger (Danger) | |
| I'm a mover (Mover) for freedom | |
| Let me light you, light you up, let me light you up | |
| Come on, let me pull you in so deep, I'm gon' leave you weak | |
| (I am) I'm the bangaran— | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I'm the bangaran—) | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) I'm the bangaran— | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I'm the bangaran—) | |
| (Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga; I know) I'm the bangaran— (Ooh) | |