Bhutan

Broadcaster: Bhutan Broadcasting Service — BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service) is Bhutan's public broadcaster. It produced Rhythm of Bhutan at its own Thimphu studios, with financial backing from the country's Department of Media, Creative Industry and Intellectual Property.

Win probability

1.5%

66/1

Entry details

Won — Nyendra, "Lhayi Semo"

National selection

Rhythm of Bhutan — August 11, 2026, on BBS.

Decided. Nyendra won Rhythm of Bhutan on 11 August 2026 with "Lhayi Semo" (The Angel), becoming the first artist ever selected for Eurovision Asia. The result followed a 40% professional jury / 40% domestic public / 20% Rest of the World split across five finalists.

Music scene

Bhutan's contemporary pop and folk-pop scene is small and little documented internationally. Nyendra's own sound — pop, folk-pop, acoustic and R&B, self-written and produced in both English and Dzongkha — is one of the most visible showcases of it to reach an international stage.

Worth knowing

First country to select for Eurovision Asia
The 2026 final drew on the same five acts from Druk Dra, a 2025 selection the EBU had shut down before it aired
Result: 1. Nyendra 2. Sangay Lhaden Band 3. Baeyul301 4. Karma Drupchu 5. Pelden Wangchuk

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