Eurovision 2024. How to vote – how points are counted in the semi-final and final

The 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden will start on May 7. The first semi-final will take place on this day; The Polish representative, Luna, will perform in it with the song “The Tower”. The second final will take place on May 9, followed by the grand finale on May 11, during which we will find the winner. Eurovision Song Contest in 2024. The performers qualified in the semi-finals and the representatives of the host country – Sweden and the so-called the “big five”: Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Performers from 37 countries will perform at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Viewers from around the world – apart from those from countries participating in Eurovision – will this year be able to vote for their favorite songs for 24 hours preceding each semi-final and grand final, according to the regulations on the competition website. Voting for all viewers watching the program live will begin after the last song is performed.

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All viewers from 37 participating and non-participating countries, the so-called “the rest of the world” will be able to cast their votes using the official Eurovision application or directly on the website www.esc.vote. In addition, people watching the competition in participating countries can vote by calling a specific phone number or sending an SMS.

Importantly, in your own country you can only vote for representatives of another country. This means that if we are in Poland, we cannot vote for Luna.

Only viewers' votes will decide which performers will qualify for the grand finale in the semi-finals. After voting ends, the 10 highest-rated songs in each participating country will receive points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12. The audience in each participating country will therefore award a total of 58 points. Similarly, the 10 songs that receive the most votes from “the rest of the world” will receive points according to the same scale.

After adding up all the audience points from individual countries and the “rest of the world”, the 10 performers with the most points will qualify for the final.

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In Saturday's grand final, votes cast – just like in the semi-finals – by the audience will be counted, but points will also be awarded by a jury in each country – each country taking part in Eurovision will put forward a professional jury consisting of five people. The jury votes in the semi-finals, but its votes have no influence on the results.

In accordance with the regulations, each juror ranks all the presented songs from the one he likes the least to the best, based on the assessment of the composition and originality of the song, the quality of the performance, as well as assessing the performer's vocal abilities and overall impression. The 10 highest-rated songs receive from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points.

In addition, there are the viewers' votes. As in the semi-finals, after voting in the app, on the website, by phone and via SMS, the top 10 rated songs in each participating country will receive points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. The 10 songs that received the most votes from the rest of the world will be awarded points on the same scale and will have the weight of one additional voting country. The total number of points awarded by the audience in the final will be 2,204. In addition, points from the jury will be added – 2,146. In total, there are 4,350 points to be awarded. The artist with the highest number will be the winner of Eurovision 2024.

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