Eurovision revolutionizes its voting system: geopolitics is over

What was one of the biggest complaints surrounding the

?

The votes between bordering countries, the so-called geopolitical votes that, although always present, in recent years have overshadowed the

more than ever .

Well this is over.

The

(EBU) has opened the Eurovision voting to all countries of the world.

The EBU has announced major changes to how voting works in the

.

The most surprising since the next

and, for the first time in history, those countries that do not participate in the competition will also be able to vote for their favorite songs.

And when it refers to the countries that do not participate, it does not refer only to the European countries eliminated or those that are not part of Eurovision, but to any country around the world.

Your votes will be added up and converted into points that will have the same weight as a participating country in both the

-Finals and the

.

"Throughout its 67-year history, the

has constantly evolved to remain relevant and exciting. These changes recognize the immense popularity of the show by empowering the audience of the world's largest live music event. ", said

, executive supervisor of

.

In addition, so that the

that occurred in the semifinals of the last

in which the EBU had to recalculate the votes when detecting that

could agree to give their scores between them, the EBU has decided that only the votes of the public will decide who goes on to the

.

"In 2023, only the viewers of

will decide which countries make it to the

and, reflecting the global impact of the event, everyone who watches the show, wherever they live in the world, will be able to vote for their favorite songs", collects the announcement of the EBU.

"By also involving professional music juries in deciding the final result, all songs in the

can be judged against the widest possible criteria. We are also able to continue the tradition of traveling throughout Europe and Australia to accumulate points and ensure a exciting voting sequence in which the winner will only be revealed at the end of the show," added

.

Audiences in all participating countries will still be able to vote by

, while viewers in the rest of the world will be able to vote via a

using a credit card from their country.

Following the unprecedented nature of the jury voting irregularities seen at

, a working group of EBU members was established to seek ways to protect the integrity of the event.

Their recommendations were then approved by the Reference Group, the Competition Board and the European Broadcasting Union Executive Board.

The mixed voting system has produced major final changes in the rankings in recent years, as occurred in the most recent edition, in which Ukraine, which had finished fourth in the jury voting phase, ended up winning the festival

.

Eurovision 2023

will not be held in Ukraine, however, due to the war in that country, and the host will be the second classified this year,

, which has chosen Liverpool as the venue for the contest on May 13.

Public broadcasters from 37 countries will compete to win the

in Liverpool on May 9, 11 and 13.

31 countries will compete for 20 places in the Grand Final along with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the host UK and the 2022 winner Ukraine.

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