United Kingdom, May 16 -- Bulgaria's Dara has won the Eurovision Song Contest.

The 27-year-old singer's catchy track Bangaranga triumphed in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday (17.05.26) night having topped both the jury and the audience votes, beating Israel into second place.

As winners of the jury vote, they were the last to have their total public score given and needed 139 to overtake the controversial Israel entry, which had scored 220 in the audience vote, propelling them to first with a total of 343, but got a staggering 312 points, giving them a total of 516 points.

After the results were revealed, Dara performed the track again, and despite not having the elaborate set and staging of their award-winning performance, it was just as ...