Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Votes Presentation
Feb 18, 2016 10:22:04 GMT 1
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Post by Mordecai on Feb 18, 2016 10:22:04 GMT 1
MASSIVE CHANGE IN PRESENTATION OF EUROVISION VOTES
(Taken from eurovision.tv)
The voting in the Eurovision Song Contest is set to be radically transformed in 2016. In previous years the results of the professional juries and viewers have been presented as a combined result, each accounting for 50 percent of the final score. From 2016, the professional juries and televoters from each country will each award a separate set of points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12. This now means the top 10 countries in both the jury and televote will receive points, adding a new level of excitement for hundreds of millions of viewers in Europe and beyond.
How does it work?
After viewers have cast their votes by telephone, SMS or using the official app, each national spokesperson from the 43 participating countries will be called in to present the points of their professional jury. After the presentation of the scores from the juries, the televoting points from all participating countries will be combined, providing one score for each song. These televoting results will then be announced by the host, starting with the country receiving the fewest points from the public and ending with the country that received the highest number of points, building towards a guaranteed climax.
For those wanting to know how their country has voted, the televoting and jury scores from each participating country will be available after the show on Eurovision.tv.
(Taken from eurovision.tv)
The voting in the Eurovision Song Contest is set to be radically transformed in 2016. In previous years the results of the professional juries and viewers have been presented as a combined result, each accounting for 50 percent of the final score. From 2016, the professional juries and televoters from each country will each award a separate set of points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12. This now means the top 10 countries in both the jury and televote will receive points, adding a new level of excitement for hundreds of millions of viewers in Europe and beyond.
How does it work?
After viewers have cast their votes by telephone, SMS or using the official app, each national spokesperson from the 43 participating countries will be called in to present the points of their professional jury. After the presentation of the scores from the juries, the televoting points from all participating countries will be combined, providing one score for each song. These televoting results will then be announced by the host, starting with the country receiving the fewest points from the public and ending with the country that received the highest number of points, building towards a guaranteed climax.
For those wanting to know how their country has voted, the televoting and jury scores from each participating country will be available after the show on Eurovision.tv.
What does this mean?
- The amount of points countries will receive will increase dramatically - Alexander Rybak's record of 387 points will undoubtedly be broken this year.
- Countries will no longer distribute a total of 58 points - it will be double to 116.
- Suspense for the results will drastically increase, as the winner will only be known after the final set of televotes have been given.
- Juries and televotes will no longer cancel each other out - they will be counted as separate sets of votes.
- The amount of points countries will receive will increase dramatically - Alexander Rybak's record of 387 points will undoubtedly be broken this year.
- Countries will no longer distribute a total of 58 points - it will be double to 116.
- Suspense for the results will drastically increase, as the winner will only be known after the final set of televotes have been given.
- Juries and televotes will no longer cancel each other out - they will be counted as separate sets of votes.
it's like in Melodifestivalen and in some contests here (with qualifiers and non-qualifiers votes) tho I think that's like more promotion of juries 
I'm not the biggest fan of it and I don't have anything against it 
maybe change in voting is needed 
Italy still wouldn't have won 2015. 
Italy still wouldn't have won 2015. 
". THOSE were the little things that created the excitement for me.
