The journey to Bangkok has begun. Today, Bhutan held its selection “Rhythm of Bhutan”, where their selection Rhythm of Bhutan took place. Nyendra won the selection and will represent Bhutan in Bangkok with the entry “Lhayi Semo” (ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ།)”
Rhythm of Bhutan selected
The five entries that participated in Rhythm of Bhutan, and the results are as follows:
| Order | Artist | Entry | Result |
| 1 | Karma Drupchu | “Pha Yuel” (ཕ་གཡུས།) | 4th |
| 2 | The Sangay Lhaden Band | “Pemi Tshewang Tashi” (པད་མའི་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས།) | 2nd |
| 3 | Nyendra | “Lhayi Semo” (ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ།) | 1st |
| 4 | Pelden Wangchuk | “Jo’Druel” (འགྱོ་འགྲུལ།།) | 5th |
| 5 | Baeyul 301 | “Drenpa” (དྲན་པ།) | 3rd |
Bhutan’s representative for Eurovision Asia was selected by a mixture of Jury Voting (40%), Local Voting (40%) and International Voting (20%)
The first edition of Rhythm of Bhutan was hosted by Phub Tshering and Kelzang Dolkar, with the participating artists performing to a panel of four established names in the Bhutanese industry: Choeying Jatsho, Mr. Pema Samdrup, Sonam Dorji, and Ugyen
What’s coming up?
We won’t have to wait long until we find out the next Eurovision Asia representative, as Malaysia’s representative will be revealed on Saturday, August 15. The other national selections that are currently known are as follows:
| Country | Selection | Date | Where to Watch? |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | Philippine Selection Night | August 30 | YouTube / ABS-CBN Platforms (TBC) |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | Korea’s Next Wave | September 4 | YouTube / ENA |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | Nepal Decides | September 19 | YouTube / Himalaya TV |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | Sieng Lao: The One | September 23 – Show September 24 – Results | Show – YouTube Results – YouTube VTE9 |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | Thailand’s Chosen One | September 27 | YouTube / Channel 3 |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Voice of Bangladesh | September 30 | YouTube / NTV |
At the time of writing, the dates for the selection of representatives for Cambodia and Vietnam are still to be confirmed.
What we know about Eurovision Asia 2026
Early this year, EBU and Voxovation have confirmed the launch of Eurovision Asia, following its initial attempt to launch the format in 2017. The inaugual edition of the competition is set to take place on November 14 in Bangkok, Thailand.
At the time of writing, the following countries and broadcasters have been confirmed for the inaugural edition of this year’s competition:
| Country | Broadcaster |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | NTV |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | BBS |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | TV5 |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | VTE9 |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | TV3 |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | Himalaya TV |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | ABS-CBN |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | ENA |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand (Host) | Channel 3 |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | VTV |
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News Source: Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Photo Credit: Bhutan Broadcasting Service