Delta Goodrem has finished in fourth place at the Eurovision 2026 competition in Vienna, with Bulgarian singer Dara taking home with their song Bangaranga.
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Delta Goodrem Dazzles at Eurovision, Bulgaria Wins!
Delta Goodrem has finished in fourth place at the Eurovision 2026 competition in Vienna, with Bulgarian singer Dara taking home the crown with their song Bangar...
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The Australian singer took home a stunning 287 points, doing the country proud with her big performance.
However, she was beaten by Bulgarian singer Dara, who scored a whopping 516 points, Israel's Noam Betten took home 343 points and 's Alexandra Căpitănescu scored 296 points with Choke Me.
It follows reports that Aussies were holding its breath as edged closer to a historic victory after delivering a jaw-dropping grand final performance in Vienna on Saturday night.
The Aussie superstar, 41, brought the arena to its feet with a dramatic rendition of her power ballad Eclipse, complete with blinding stage lights, swirling smoke and a full-force wind machine moment.
Goodrem was at one point sitting as the second favourite to win the 70th edition of the iconic song contest — and if she pulls it off, she will become the first Australian artist ever to claim the Eurovision crown.
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The emotional performance capped off a remarkable week for the singer, whose semi-final appearance had already propelled her into uncharted territory for an Australian act in the competition.
Australia is holding its breath as Delta Goodrem edges closer to a historic Eurovision victory after delivering a jaw-dropping grand final performance in Vienna on Saturday night
Even Prime Minister threw his support behind the Innocent Eyes hitmaker ahead of the final.
'Good luck at the Eurovision Grand Final, Delta,' he posted to X. 'You've already made Australia proud. We'll all be cheering you on.'
Many Eurovision viewers have already declared Eclipse Australia's strongest entry since Dami Im stunned audiences with The Sound of Silence in 2016, ultimately finishing in second place.
Speaking before flying to Vienna for the competition, Goodrem said she had been overwhelmed by the support from fans back home.
'I love it, I love the passion, the positivity,' she told nine.com.au.
'I'm gonna take all this incredible good energy and vibes with me and fly over to Vienna with it all.'
Australia qualified for the grand final alongside countries including Malta, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus and Albania.
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Other nations competing in the blockbuster final include Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania, while Eurovision's traditional 'Big Four' — France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom — automatically qualified for the grand final.
The Aussie superstar brought the arena to its feet with a dramatic rendition of her power ballad Eclipse, complete with blinding stage lights, swirling smoke and a full-force wind machine moment
Despite her dazzling career, Delta has been beset with health battles, including her Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in 2003 aged just 18, from which she recovered before having to re-learn how to speak after having her salivary gland removed (pictured in 2003)
Pictured in April 2003, just one month before her Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis
After overcoming her cancer, in 2018 a routine operation went wrong and led to Delta losing the ability to speak and having to completely re-learn speech.
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Delta did not go public with the details until 2020, when she revealed the battle which she said she had 'taken on a private path' but was then ready to share.
Alongside a six minute long video called 'Paralyzed', she said: 'I've lived my life in the public eye my entire life since I was a teenager...
'It was a really private path, but I'm thankful that when I released that video, the amount of people that came forward and shared with me… I just had this beautiful connection to people.'
On the surgery and aftermath, she said: 'That damage meant that I had to then learn how to speak again and how to be able to pronunciate. It was a complete paralysis, and it was a lot of hard work, a lot of determination...
Delta said losing her hair was extremely difficult during her cancer as she was still a teenager (pictured in 2004)
After overcoming her cancer, in 2018 a routine operation went wrong and led to Delta losing the ability to speak and having to completely re-learn speech
'I went to rehab with my speech therapy — every single day learning how to speak. It was obviously, as a singer, deeply troubling at the time...
'I understood this was such a fight that I had to go through. I spent all the time trying to speak and learning and had a wonderful speech therapist, wonderful doctors, so I could be able to make the new record again.'
Delta later said: 'When I woke up I realised there was nerve damage. I actually had a flight booked for the UK – this was 2018 – but I ended up having to go to ground and go to speech therapy. I didn't have any idea when it was going to get back to normal. It could be three months or three years.'
In another interview, she said: 'I understand that everybody has their challenges and that just happened to have been one of mine. But yes, it was definitely a challenging time.'
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