Eurovision Song Contest 2027 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 13, 2026 · 896 words · By Paul Glynn

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Eurovision Song Contest 2027 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria - Published Eurovision 2027 will be a seaside song contest held in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, organisers have confirmed.

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What happened

Eurovision Song Contest 2027 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria - Published Eurovision 2027 will be a seaside song contest held in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, organisers have confirmed.

Why it matters

The competition will take place in the city, which is close to the Black Sea, from 12 to 15 May, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT) announced on Thursday.

Common ground

It comes after Bulgarian singer Dara won this year's contest in Vienna, Austria in May - her country's first Eurovision win - with her pneumatic dance anthem Bangaranga.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “external Liverpool saw a €66m (£56m) economic boost after hosting in 2023, Malmö €40m in 2024 and Basel €58m in 2025.”

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While web results mention economic impacts, the specific figures provided in the claim (€66m for Liverpool, €40m for Malmö, €58m for Basel) are not explicitly corroborated as a set of EBU reports in the provided evidence; one source mentions a range of €40-66m generally but doesn't align perfectly with the claim's specific city-by-city breakdown.

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web search NEUTRAL — Malmö, 2024. Bid requirements for any Eurovision host city include a commitment to deliver at least 2,000 hotel rooms to delegations and sponsors - a fixed carve-out that shrinks the pool available to…
https://theoutlier.ink/burgas-the-winner-of-eurovision-2027-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Economic impact (EBU estimate). 2023, Liverpool (on Ukraine’s behalf). €23–32 million.The €40–66 million economic impacts claimed by past hosts are estimates by the EBU and host parties, prone to opti…
https://bulgariawatch.fyi/en/articles/eurovision-2027-burgas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Following the EBU’s annual review of the Eurovision Song Contest, the event’s governing body, the Reference Group, has approved a series of amendments and clarifications to the Rules for next year’s c…
https://www.eurovision.com/newsroom/release/eurovision-song-…

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Claim 2: “Last November... five broadcasters announced they were boycotting the competition - including Eurovision powerhouses Spain and Ireland.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim that five broadcasters, including Spain and Ireland, announced a boycott last November.

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Claim 3: “Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra went on to win Eurovision that same year [2022]”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “Bulgaria's fourth largest city was selected”

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Wikipedia and multiple official tourist/news sources confirm Burgas is the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria.

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web search NEUTRAL — Burgas is the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria. Situated in a prime location on the beautiful Black Sea shore, it's roughly 400 kilometres from the capital city of Sofia and less than 150 kilometres so…
https://www.eurovision.com/stories/host-city-guide-burgas-20…

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web search NEUTRAL — Burgas is the fourth largest city in Bulgaria, located on the Black Sea Coast, at the eastern border of the European Union. Its strategic place on Europe’s map has helped it to develop as a place you …
https://www.gotoburgas.com/en/index/static/18

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Claim 5: “Bulgarian singer Dara won this year's contest in Vienna, Austria in May - her country's first Eurovision win - with her pneumatic dance anthem Bangaranga.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia (Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest) and multiple news sources confirm that singer Dara won the 2026 contest in Vienna with the song 'Bangaranga', marking Bulgaria's first win.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times, debuting in the 1961 contest and participating every year thereafter until 2025. The Spanish participating broadcaster in the contes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_in_the_Eurovision_Song_C…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bulgaria has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times since making its debut at the 2005 contest in Kyiv. The country won the contest for the first time in 2026 with the song "Bangaran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_in_the_Eurovision_Son…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 73 songs written by 154 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest, which has been bro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contes…

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Claim 6: “Israel's Noam Bettan ultimately took second place with his song Michelle.”

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Claim 7: “It marked the second year in a row that Israel had taken the runners-up position”

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Claim 8: “The contest... will be held at Bulgaria's newest sports and entertainment venue, Arena Burgas, which was opened in 2023.”

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Wikipedia confirms that Arena Burgas opened on 18 May 2023 and is the venue for the 2027 contest.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canada is set to make its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, represented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada) as the participating broadcaster. It will be the first c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2027 is the upcoming 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will consist of two semi-finals on 11 and 13 May and a final on 15 May 2027, held at Arena Burgas in Bu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2027

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest Asia (ESCA) is an upcoming international song competition modelled after the Eurovision Song Contest, where broadcasters from the Asia-Pacific region will compete represent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_Asia

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Claim 9: “The competition will take place in the city... from 12 to 15 May”

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Multiple sources confirm the dates. Wikipedia specifies semi-finals on 11 and 13 May and the final on 15 May, while other web results mention the window of May 12-15.

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Claim 10: “The amendment was approved by the contest's governing body, following feedback from participating broadcasters after Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.”

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Web search results confirm that Eurovision 2026 took place in Vienna and that rule updates were implemented following that event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Eurovision 2026 results: All the voting and points from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2026

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web search NEUTRAL — Eurovision Liedwettbewerb 2026) — 70-й конкурс песни «Евровидение», который прошёл 12, 14 и 16 мая 2026 года на крытом стадионе «Винер-Штадтхалле» в Вене (Австрия). Организаторами конкурса выступают Е…
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Евровидение-2026

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web search NEUTRAL — Eurovision Song ContestVienna 2026.For Vienna 2026, a selection of new rules was implemented for the Contest, including the return of a 50% jury vote to the Semi-Finals. In addition to this, the numbe…
https://www.eurovision.com/eurovision-song-contest/vienna-20…

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Claim 11: “organisers of the song contest updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year.”

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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard confirm the rule update regarding countries in armed conflict being ineligible to host.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/eurovision-song-contest-cha…

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Claim 12: “Burgas and Sofia progressed to the final stage of the selection process following the initial bids, which also included Varna and Plovdiv.”

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Multiple independent sources (EBU, BNT Director General, and news reports) confirm that Burgas and Sofia were the final candidates after Varna and Plovdiv were eliminated.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Burgas (Bulgarian: Бургас, pronounced [burˈɡas] ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-larg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arena Burgas (Bulgarian: Арена Бургас) is a multifunctional indoor arena located in Burgas, Bulgaria. After several years of delay, the arena opened on 18 May 2023. It has a fixed capacity of 4,100 fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_Burgas

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Claim 13: “Eurovision 2027 will be a seaside song contest held in the Bulgarian city of Burgas”

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Wikipedia and multiple web search results explicitly confirm that the Eurovision Song Contest 2027 will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria.

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Claim 14: “the UK stepped in to host the competition in Liverpool [in 2023].”

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