Eurovision Asia 2026: Top songs of LGBTQIA+ fans
What songs did LGBTQIA+ voters love in our Eurovision Asia 2026 public poll?
Last week, we revealed the results of our public poll on the Eurovision Asia 2026 songs.
821 people voted, giving 4,105 "televote" points with more than three-quarters of all votes coming from Asia (77.2%).
Aina Abdul from Malaysia with Bluest Sky took the top spot.
In the poll, we also captured the demographic information of voters so we could break down the results a little further.
Today, we look at which songs were favoured by the LGBTQIA+ community.
LGBTQIA+ voters
30% of the voters identified themselves as part of the LGBTQIA+ community in the poll
57% indicated they were not part of the community, and 13% preferred not to say
52% of the LGBTQIA+ voters were female
The LGBTQIA+ Eurovision Asia 2026 songs ranked
1. Carmelle - Sobra-Sobra (Philippines)
2. Aina Abdul - Bluest Sky (Malaysia)
3. Tóc Tiên - EM TIÊN (Vietnam)
4. Nyendra - Lhayi Semo (Bhutan)
5. Thinla - BAE (Laos)
6. JUNHEE - Deep Dive (South Korea)
7. MANG X DAOU - Aroma (Thailand)
8. Monetrey - I Let You Go (Cambodia)
9. Beatmosphere - Tumi Ele (Bangladesh)
10. Pratik Himal Rai - Ananta Maya (Nepal)
11. Beck - Chamguigeer (Without You) (Mongolia)
The Philippines are the favourite with LGBTQIA+ fans. Carmelle amassed 55% of the votes with her entry Sobra-Sobra.
The differences to straight voters
1. Aina Abdul - Bluest Sky (Malaysia)
2. Carmelle - Sobra-Sobra (Philippines)
3. Tóc Tiên - EM TIÊN (Vietnam)
4. Thinla - BAE (Laos)
5. MANG X DAOU - Aroma (Thailand)
6. JUNHEE - Deep Dive (South Korea)
7. Nyendra - Lhayi Semo (Bhutan)
8. Monetrey - I Let You Go (Cambodia)
9. Beatmosphere - Tumi Ele (Bangladesh)
10. Beck - Chamguigeer (Without You) (Mongolia)
11. Pratik Himal Rai - Ananta Maya (Nepal)
Straight voters have a different overall winner with Malaysia's Bluest Sky by Aina Abdul being the favourite!
Aina came in second place with LGBTQIA+ voters.
The LGBTQIA+ voters winner Carmelle from the Philippines is second favourite with straight voters.
A big difference between both rankings is Bhutan. Nyendra's Lhayi Semo has more appeal with LGBTQIA+ voters being ranked 4th compared to 7th with straight voters.
The final difference was LGBTQIA+ voters preferred Nepal over Mongolia, with Mongolia coming in last with LGBTQIA+ voters but 10th with straight voters.
Overall between the two communities both had four of the same songs in the top 5 and when it comes to song positions agreed on only four songs within the top 10.
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