
It most definitely was not a good year for Eurovision
By Alper Ali Riza
What to say about Eurovision 2026 in Vienna other than that Dara won it for Bulgaria with ‘Bangaranga’, a catchy memorable name for an unmemorable song?
‘Bangaranga’ means noisy celebratory chaos. Its Cypriot equivalent is ‘sharabatak’ in popular use a few years ago last century — not anymore as such words have a short shelf life.






