Druk Dra

Druk Dra,^[a] also known as Road to Eurovision Asia, is a Bhutanese contest organised to decide the country's representatives at the Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2026 and ABU TV Song Festival 2025. On 28 August 2025, Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, stated that there are no plans for the contest in Asia. Additionally, he confirmed that the Bhutanese contest has been taken off air and deleted from online platforms.

Druk Dra 2025
Dates and venue
Qualification round 1	19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)
Qualification round 2	20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)
Qualification round 3	22 August 2025 (2025-08-22)
Semi-final	26 August 2025 (2025-08-26)
Final	29 August 2025 (2025-08-29) (cancelled)
Venue	BBS Studio, Thimphu, Bhutan
Organisation
Organiser	Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
Presenters	Kelzang Dolkar Wangchuk Dem
Participants
Number of entries	10
Number of finalists	5
Vote
Voting system	A combination of jury and online vote
Druk Dra

Production and format

The contest is organised by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service and consists of 5 episodes. The first three episodes were qualification rounds, the fourth was the semi-final, and the fifth is the final.^[1] The show is presented in Dzongkha and English interchangeably.^{[citation needed]}

The results of the contest are decided by a combination of the votes from the professional jury, as well as an online vote. The jury is consisted of Pema Samdrup, Choeying Gyatsho and Uygen Dorji.^[1]

Contest overview

A total of 10 contestants took part in the contest.

First and second episodes

The first episode aired on 19 August 2025, and second on 20 August 2025. The contestants performed covers.

Episodes 1 and 2

Draw (Ep 1)	Draw (Ep 2)	Artist	Online vote
1	10	Baeyul 301	64.37%
2	1	Sangay Lhaden	1.28%
3	8	Nyendra	0%
4	3	Pelden Wangchuk	8.51%
5	6	Tashi Choden	0.85%
6	2	Tshering Namgay	19.83%
7	9	Tandih Phub	3.83%
8	7	Kinga Rinchen	0.09%
9	5	Drukbi Tshompapo	0.85%
10	4	Karma Drubchu	0%

Third episode

The third episode aired on 22 August 2025. The contestants performed covers. 90% of the result was determined by the jury, with 10% decided by an online vote. Drukbi Tshompapo withdrew from the contest before the episode due to personal reasons.^{[citation needed]} Seven contestants qualified for the semi-final.^[1]

Episode 3

Draw	Artist	Result
1	Sangay Lhaden	Qualified
2	Tshering Namgay	Qualified
3	Pelden Wangchuk	Qualified
4	Karma Drubchu	Qualified
5	Drukbi Tshompapo	Withdrew
6	Tashi Choden	Qualified
7	Kinga Rinchen	Eliminated
8	Nyendra	Qualified
9	Tandih Phub	Eliminated
10	Baeyul 301	Qualified

Fourth episode

The fourth episode aired on 26 August 2025. This episode is considered the semi-final, and the contestants performed covers. 80% of the result was determined by the jury, with 20% decided by an online vote,^[1] including the votes from the previous shows. Each juror gave a rating to every contestant out of 100.^{[citation needed]} Five contestants qualified for the final.^[1]

Episode 4^[1]

Draw	Artist	Jury	Episode 4 online vote	Result
1	Sangay Lhaden	259	20.09%	Qualified
2	Nyendra	258	17.38%	Qualified
3	Baeyul 301	243	16.99%	Qualified
4	Karma Drubchu	173	12.10%	Eliminated
5	Tshering Namgay	166	11.17%	Qualified
6	Pelden Wangchuk	168	11.36%	Qualified
7	Tashi Choden	158	10.92%	Eliminated

Fifth episode

The fifth episode was set to be held on 29 August 2025. This episode was supposed to be the final. 70% of the result was set to be determined by the jury, with 30% decided by an online vote.^[1] The winner was to represent Bhutan at the Eurovision Asia Song Contest 2026, with the runner up representing Bhutan at ABU TV Song Festival 2025.^[1]

Cancellation

On 28 August 2025, Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, stated that "no plans have been confirmed or announced to date" for the contest in Asia. Green also confirmed that the Eurovision format rights holders in Asia have spoken to BBS, and the show has been taken off air and deleted from online platforms.^[2] Sangay Lhaden, one of the finalists, claimed on TikTok that the final was only postponed.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. Dzongkha: འབྲུག་སྒྲ།, romanized: 'Brug Sgra, [ʈuk̚˩ ʈ͡ʂa˩˨]