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New voting systems: Not all countries will make the Rest of the World televote!

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Yesterday the EBU announced changes to the voting system for the Eurovision Song Contest.  The news took many fans by surprise, as we began to understand the impact of one of the biggest changes in the voting system in recent year.

One of  the most important changes is that now only the vote from the public will chose the finalists in the two semi-finals.  Further, countries not participating in the competition will be able to vote in both Semi-finals and the Grand Final.

Eurovision 2023: Voting changes announced for the upcoming contest!

There were of course many questions related to the change in the voting rules coming from the fans.  Therefore the EBU, through Eurovisiontv, further clarified how the new voting rules will operate.

In particular, it was explained how the voting of the global public will work, which is expected to change a lot in the competition while also recognizing the global impact of the competition beyond Europe.

Only specific group of countries will make the Rest of the World vote

An important change in the voting rules is the establishment of a Rest of the World vote.  Viewers from non-competing countries will now be able to vote on all shows .

The vote from the global public will be added to the final result as the televote of an additional country. There will be no jury vote from non-participating countries. This means that for Eurovision 2023 we will have 37 sets of scores from an equal number of juries and 38 sets of scores from televoting (37 participating countries + the global audience score). Thus, for the first time the public will have a higher impact in the final result, since their votes will make 50.6% of the final result, with 49.4% coming from the jurors.

In addition, the EBU has revealed that only certain countries not participating in the competition will be able to take part in the vote, with the full list of eligible countries to be published shortly before the show begins.

Those interested will only be able to do so through a secure online platform using a credit card from their country.

The EBU Voting Partner will ensure that only audiences from countries that are allowed to vote online, as defined by the Referral Group, the governing body of the Competition, will be able to vote and be charged accordingly.

Below, you can watch our live broadcast reacting to the change of the voting method, with our guest Agi Menoutis:

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Source: Eurovision.tv

Sweden: EBU changes in voting system bring changes to the Melodifestivalen 2023 voting system of the fifth semi!

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Following the announced changes by EBU regarding the voting format in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, SVT announces changes to the voting format of the fifth semi-final show, as published at the Melodifestivalen mobile app!

The broadcaster now scraps the group division at the fifth semi-final and all eight contestants will now have to face each other.

Points will be awarded from the viewing groups and the four entries with the highest points will advance to the final!

Expectedly, SVT will announce the complete the artist lineup for Melodifestivalen 2023 during digital press conferences on November 29 and 30.

The dates of Melodifestivalen 2023

  • Heat 1: Gothenburg – Saturday 4 February 2023 (Scandinavium)
  • Heat 2: Linköping – Saturday 11 February 2023 (Saab Arena)
  • Heat 3: Lidköping – Saturday 18 February 2023 (Sparbanken Arena)
  • Heat 4: Malmö – Saturday 25 February 2023 (Malmö Arena)
  • Semi-final: Örnsköldsvik – Saturday 4 March 2023 (Hägglunds Arena)
  • Final: Stockholm – Satuday 11 March 2023 (Friends Arena)

We remind you that Melodifestivalen 2023 is scheduled to take place between February 4th to March 11th and will be hosted by Jesper Rönndahl and Farah Abadi.

Melodifestivalen 2022 was won by Cornelia Jacobs with the song “Hold Me Closer”, representing Sweden in Eurovision 2022 and coming 4th with 438 points.

Source: SVT

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Eurovision 2023: Voting changes announced for the upcoming contest!

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Today started with a bit of surprise news, with the EBU suddenly announcing a change to the voting system for the upcoming 67th Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in May in Liverpool. This is the first change in the voting method since 13 years and in 2009, when 50/50 voting by the public and the judging panels was introduced.

According to the EBU announcement, the three big changes to the Eurovision 2023 voting system are as follows:

  • Viewer votes will decide countries qualifying from Semi-Finals 
  • Viewers in non-participating countries will be able to vote online
  • Jury votes will be combined with votes from the global audience to decide final result

This means that next year, the countries that qualify from the Semi-Finals will be decided solely based on the votes cast by the viewers, rather than a combination of a jury and public vote as has been the case since 2009.

The professional music industry juries will remain for the Grand Final, but complete control of who gets there from the Semi-Finals has been handed over to the viewing public.

And, for the first time ever, viewers from non-participating countries will be able to vote for their favourite songs too. Those watching in the rest of the world will be able to vote via a secure online platform using a credit card from their country, and their votes, once added together, will be converted into points that will have the same weight as one participating country in both of the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final.

Regarding the changes to the voting method, the Contest’s Executive Producer, Martin Österdahl, said:

Throughout its 67-year history the Eurovision Song Contest has constantly evolved to remain relevant and exciting. These changes acknowledge the immense popularity of the show by giving more power to the audience of the world’s largest live music event.

In 2023 only Eurovision Song Contest viewers will decide which countries make it to the Grand Final and, reflecting the global impact of the event, everyone watching the show, wherever they live in the world, can cast their votes for their favourite songs.

By also involving juries of music professionals in deciding the final result, all the songs in the Grand Final can be assessed on the broadest possible criteria. We can also maintain the tradition of travelling around Europe and Australia to collect points and ensure a thrilling voting sequence with the winner only revealed at the very end of the show.

It is worth mentioning that the introduction of the Rest of World vote means that the correlation of the 50/50 voting for the final changes, which leans more towards the public. The general public will have slightly more impact on the final result – approximately 50.6%. In the coming months, the EBU is expected to publish in detail the countries that will have the right to vote in the Rest of the World category.

These changes are happening in order to keep the event relevant and exciting. Additionally, following the unprecedented nature of the voting irregularities seen at the 2022 Contest a working group of EBU Members was established to look at ways to protect the integrity of the event. Their recommendations are being implemented after approval by the Reference Group, the Contest’s governing board and the Executive Board of the EBU.

Source: Eurovision.tv

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