Bangaranga

"Bangaranga" (2026) | "This Is Me" (2026) | "Bangaranga" (2026) | | | "This Is Me" (2026) | "Bangaranga" (2026) | | | | | | | | | "Bangaranga" on YouTube | | | | | Bulgaria | | | | | Dara | | | | | English | | | | | Darina YotovaAnne Judith WikCristian TarceaDimitris Kontopoulos | | | | | 1st | | | | | 278 | | | | | 1st | | | | | 516 | | | | | ◄ "Intention" (2022) | | | | | | | | |

"Bangaranga" is a song by Bulgarian singer Dara, released on 28 February 2026. It was produced by Monoir. It represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, winning the contest with 516 points.

"Bangaranga" was written and composed by Darina Jotova and Anne Judith Wik together with Cristian "Monoir" Tarcea and Dīmītrīs "Starchyld X" Kontopoulos, the two who handled the production. "Bangaranga" is partially inspired by the practice of kukeri.

The music video for Bangaranga, directed by the label K2ID Productions, was made available on 18 March 2026 through the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

To promote "Bangaranga" before the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Dara intended to participate in various Eurovision pre-parties. She performed at the Nordic Eurovision Party 2026 held at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on 21 March 2026. Additionally, she also performed at the Eurovision Pre-Party Bucharest 2026 held at Arenele Romane on 18 April 2026.

After qualifying to the second show, Dara was selected as the winning artist by the combination of votes awarded by the public and jury. On 28 February, for the song selection, she performed three candidate songs, among the three "Bangaranga" ended up first in both the jury vote and public vote.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals that were held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Bulgaria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, competing in the first half of the show. Dara was later drawn to open the semi-final. In the final, she won with 516 points, winning both the jury and public votes, which was Bulgaria's first win in the history of Eurovision.