Nineteen-year-old Filipino singer Carmelle Collado won the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, in Bangkok, taking home 211 points with her song “Sobra-Sobra.”
Held at the One Bangkok Forum, the first Asian version of the contest brought together representatives from 11 nations, performing in 10 local languages alongside English. Collado secured 93 points from professional juries and 118 points from viewers, winning both voting segments and outdistancing the competition by 41 points.
Financial Times reported before the event that tickets for the venue featuring roughly 6,000 seats were available, priced between 50 and 199 dollars.
The project was officially presented in March, with Channel 3 serving as the host television broadcaster and preparation supported by EBU, Voxovation, and S2O Productions. Martin Green said during the announcement that the new contest was intended to reflect the voices, identities, and ambitions of the Asian region, bringing together participating countries.
Organizers patterned the voting after the traditional European format, splitting the final outcome equally between national professional juries and public audiences.
The broadcast reached audiences through local networks in all participating countries and streamed on the official Eurovision YouTube channel, alongside broadcasts via European Broadcasting Union member stations in Poland, Sweden, Israel, and Australia.
“To je šele začetek vznemirljivega novega poglavja Evrovizije v Aziji.” Assaf Blecher, Executive Producer of Eurovision Asia, said following the successful execution of the debut competition, stating that this marked only the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Eurovision in Asia.