The Philippines is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 with the song "Sobra-Sobra" (; "Too Much") written by Gianina Camille del Rosario and Mart Sam Emmanuel Olavides, and performed by Carmelle. The Philippine participating broadcaster, ABS-CBN, organized a national final, titled the Philippine Selection Night, to select its entry for the contest. The ten competing songs were revealed in August, with "Sobra-Sobra" winning the national final held on 30 August 2026.
Background Our Sound – The Asia-Pacific Song Contest (2010) Before the establishment of the Eurovision Song Contest Asia, the Philippines was slated to participate in an earlier attempt at an Asia-Pacific spin-off of the Eurovision Song Contest. In September 2008, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the sale of format rights for an Asian version of the contest. Originally titled the Asiavision Song Contest before being rebranded as Our Sound – The Asia-Pacific Song Contest, the event was initially scheduled for late 2009. The Philippines was officially listed as one of the thirteen competing countries in the rescheduled March 2010 contest, planned to be held in Macau.
In preparation for the inaugural competition, the Philippine participating broadcaster, GMA, began organizing a national selection process. By November 2009, GMA had begun promoting the contest and encouraging local singers to apply through a segment of its Sunday noontime variety show, SOP Fully Charged. Despite these early preparations and further planned delays to relocate the event to Mumbai on 26–28 November 2010, the Our Sound project continued to face setbacks. The contest was ultimately postponed indefinitely in 2011 due to issues between the private organizers and the EBU, which halted the Philippines' regional début.
Eurovision Song Contest Asia (2026) On 31 March 2026, the EBU revealed that the Philippines, represented by ABS-CBN, would compete in the inaugural edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Asia. On 17 May 2026, at a Eurovision Song Contest 2026 grand final live viewing party in Manila, Star Music Head Roxy Liquigan announced that ABS-CBN would hold a national selection in August 2026. On 4 August, it was announced that the Philippine entry would be selected through the Philippine Selection Night on 30 August.
Before Eurovision Asia Philippine Selection Night
The Philippine Selection Night, also known as Pili, Pinas!, is a Philippine song competition organized by ABS-CBN to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026. The final took place on 30 August 2026 at the New Frontier Theater and featured 10 competing artists. The winner was decided by a combination of Filipino jury vote (40%)—consisting of Nonoy Tan, Vina Morales, Angeline Quinto, Joane Laygo, Jed Madela, Choi Padilla, and Louie Ocampo—Filipino public vote (40%), and international public vote (20%).
Competing acts On 10 August 2026, ABS-CBN announced the titles of their 10 songs for the contest, as well as their songwriters, and revealed their performers on the following day. Fifteen-second snippets of the songs were released on 12 August, and the full songs were released on 17 August.
+ Philippine Selection Night 2026 participantsArtist(s)SongSongwriter(s) AJAA "Make It Exist" Carmelle "" DNA "Between " Elha Nympha, Esang de Torres, Lance Reblando and Nar Cabico "" Jason Dy and Sassa Dagdag " (Red Flag)" JM Dela Cerna and Marielle Montellano "" Khimo "Reason to Live" Ryssi Avila "Good for You" Saga "Broken Beyond Repair" Vvink Wrive Russu "Round n' Round"
Final The final took place on 30 August 2026 at 21:45 PhST at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, and was hosted by Vice Ganda, Darren Espanto and Alexa Ilacad. The competition was broadcast live on Kapamilya Channel, All TV, A2Z and The Filipino Channel (with a delayed telecast on Myx), and streamed online on iWant, Kapamilya Online Live (through Facebook and YouTube) and the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
In addition to the competing acts, the contest was opened by the hosts, Klarisse de Guzman, Lyka Estrella, Bryan Chong, Reiven Umali, Ian Manibale, Miah and Azter performing a common song for the contest, "" (). During the show, Eurovision Song Contest 2025 winner JJ appeared in a video message. The Eurovision Song Contest YouTube stream experienced technical difficulties during the first half of the performing acts, with the stream freezing at intervals.
+ Philippine Selection Night finalArtistSongPlace 1 DNA "Between " rowspan="3" 2 AJAA "Make It Exist" 3 Jason Dy and Sassa Dagdag " (Red Flag)" 4 JM Dela Cerna and Marielle Montellano "" 3 5Vvink Wrive Russu"Round n' Round" 6 Saga "Broken Beyond Repair" 2 7 Ryssi Avila "Good for You" rowspan="2" 8 Elha Nympha, Esang de Torres, Lance Reblando and Nar Cabico "" 9 Carmelle "" 1 10 Khimo "Reason to Live"
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place ◁ Last place X Entry selected but did not compete † Upcoming event
+ Participation history Year Artist Song Language Final Points 2026 Carmelle "Sobra-Sobra" English, Tagalog colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
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