{"id":264506,"date":"2026-08-13T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264506\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:14:11","slug":"eurovision-song-contests-2027-host-city-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264506\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision Song Contest\u2019s 2027 host city revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country secured the right to host next year\u2019s contest after Bulgarian singer Dara won this year\u2019s event in Vienna, Austria, in May.<\/p>\n<p>The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT) have now announced that the city of Burgas will host the 71st Eurovision Song Contest in May 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The contest will be staged at Bulgaria\u2019s newest sports and entertainment venue, Arena Burgas, which was opened in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green said: \u201cWe are delighted that Burgas will be the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurgas brings something really special to the Eurovision Song Contest. It is a vibrant, welcoming city on the Black Sea with a strong musical and cultural identity, and it has the ambition, infrastructure and passion needed to welcome the Eurovision family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first Eurovision Song Contest ever to be held in Bulgaria, we want to create something that feels truly Bulgarian while also being unmistakably Eurovision \u2013 a celebration that brings people together through music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank all of the cities which showed such enthusiasm in their bids to host Bulgaria\u2019s first ever Eurovision Song Contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cTogether with BNT, the city of Burgas and our partners across Bulgaria, we are looking forward to creating an unforgettable Eurovision week in May and welcoming the world to Burgas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EBU said Burgas was selected following a \u201ccompetitive\u201d process involving four Bulgarian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Burgas and Sofia progressed to the final stage of the selection process following the initial bids, which included those from Varna and Plovdiv.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e699424a-2918-44bd-b7e3-03512de9686e.jpg\" alt=\"Burgas in Bulgaria \"  \/>Burgas is on the Black Sea in Bulgaria (Alamy\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Burgas was ultimately selected for its \u201cstrong overall proposition, combining the venue and technical potential\u201d required for the Eurovision Song Contest with accommodation capacity, transport and international connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>BNT director general Milena Milotinova said she was \u201cconfident\u201d Bulgaria would be a \u201cworthy\u201d Eurovision host and the country would \u201cshowcase the very best of our culture, hospitality and professionalism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She added that BNT, the EBU and Burgas \u201cnow have an intensive period of collaboration ahead of us as we work together to deliver a contest that meets the high expectations of millions of viewers around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Burgas mayor Dimitar Nikolov added that it was an \u201cexceptional honour\u201d to host the 2027 contest.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest will be held from May 11 to 15, with the semi-finals on Tuesday May 11 and Thursday May 13.<\/p>\n<p>The grand final will then take place on Saturday May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Dara\u2019s win for Bulgaria with the song Bangaranga secured the country\u2019s first-ever Eurovision win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The country secured the right to host next year\u2019s contest after Bulgarian singer Dara won this year\u2019s event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-264506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}