Netta Barzilai correctly predicts Burgas as the host city of Eurovision 2027, ending a long-running streak of famously inaccurate guesses.
Eurovision 2027 is heading to Burgas! Netta Barzilai, the winner of Eurovision 2018, has become famous among Eurovision fans for repeatedly failing to predict the contest’s host city year after year. Now, for the first time since her victory, she has correctly guessed the host city of Eurovision 2027 – the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas.
Watch Netta’s announcement here!
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A Tradition of Missed Predictions
Netta’s host city predictions have become a Eurovision tradition ever since her victory in 2018. While accepting the Eurovision trophy, she famously declared, “Next year in Jerusalem” – a prediction that ultimately proved incorrect when Tel Aviv was chosen to host Eurovision 2019 instead.
Since then, she has continued making annual predictions about which city would host the following Eurovision Song Contest, only for each of them to miss the mark.
Over the years, Netta’s unsuccessful predictions evolved into a running joke within the Eurovision community. Many fans began treating them as a superstition, joking that the real host city could be identified simply by picking any city other than the one Netta predicted.
Some fans even playfully encouraged her to predict cities they did not want to host the contest, believing that her “curse” would guarantee a different outcome.
Today, that long-running streak finally came to an end. For the first time, Netta successfully predicted the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest, correctly naming Burgas as the host of Eurovision 2027.
Here is a summary of Netta Barzilai’s predictions over the years:
- For Eurovision 2019, she predicted Jerusalem, but the organizers selected Tel Aviv.
- For Eurovision 2020, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she bet on Amsterdam, while Rotterdam hosted the 2021 contest.
- For Eurovision 2022, she guessed Rome, but Turin was chosen.
- For Eurovision 2023, she predicted Manchester, while Liverpool hosted the event.
- For Eurovision 2024, she chose Stockholm, but Malmö was the host city.
- For Eurovision 2025, her guess was Geneva, but Basel was selected.
- For Eurovision 2026 her guess was Innsbruck, but Vienna was selected.
- For Eurovision 2027 she predicted and succeeded with Burgas.
Eurovision 2027: The 71st Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria, following the country’s first historic win with the song “Bangaranga” performed by DARA. This will be the first time the contest is hosted in Bulgaria.
