The Philippines has won the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia. On Saturday 14 November, at the One Bangkok Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, CARMELLE took the crystal microphone with «Sobra-Sobra» and 211 points.
It was a clear win: CARMELLE topped both the jury vote (93 points) and the public vote (118 points). Hosts Thailand finished second with MANG x DAOU and 170 points, helped by the second-best public score (108), and Vietnam’s Tóc Tiên, who opened the show, completed the podium with 164. Vietnam was second with the juries (83 points), just ahead of Malaysia’s Aina Abdul (82), who finished fourth overall.
«Sobra-Sobra», sung in Filipino and English, was written by Gianina Camille del Rosario and Mart Sam Emmanuel Olavides. CARMELLE, born in 2007 in Sipocot, Camarines Sur, was runner-up in the fourth season of The Voice Kids Philippines in 2019 and won the School Showdown edition of Tawag ng Tanghalan in 2025.
Hosted by Cindy Bishop and Woody Milintachinda, the show brought together 11 countries in the first continental expansion of the Eurovision format, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Voxovation after almost two decades of attempts to launch an Asian contest.
Eurovision Asia 2026: full results
The result was decided 50/50 by national juries and an online-only public vote, with no phone lines. Viewers in the 11 competing countries voted alongside a “Rest of the World” vote, with public votes cast in 172 countries and territories. Here is how the voting worked.
| # | Country | Artist | Song | Jury | Public | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippines | CARMELLE | «Sobra-Sobra» | 93 | 118 | 211 |
| 2 | Thailand | MANG x DAOU | «Aroma» | 62 | 108 | 170 |
| 3 | Vietnam | Tóc Tiên | «EM TIÊN» | 83 | 81 | 164 |
| 4 | Malaysia | Aina Abdul | «Bluest Sky» | 82 | 70 | 152 |
| 5 | Laos | Thinla | «BAE» | 61 | 78 | 139 |
| 6 | Bhutan | Nyendra | «Lhayi Semo (The Angel)» | 55 | 71 | 126 |
| 7 | South Korea | JUNHEE | «DEEP DIVE» | 61 | 52 | 113 |
| 8 | Mongolia | Beck | «Chamguigeer (Without You)» | 57 | 37 | 94 |
| 9 | Nepal | Pratik Himal Rai | «Ananta Maya» | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| 10 | Cambodia | Monetrey | «I Let You Go» | 33 | 28 | 61 |
| 11 | Bangladesh | Beatmosphere | «Tumi Ele» | 16 | 19 | 35 |