Eurojury is back after a one year break, bringing together a jury of artists, musicians, and songwriters to vote on this year’s Eurovision Song Contest entries.
Eurojury returns as we ask artists from across Europe to vote for their favourites, bringing you the most accurate prediction of the results for the competition this May. Jurors across Europe have already signed up and we’re excited to start asking them to vote, and to reveal their points in April.
How Does Eurojury Work?
Participating jury members are asked to rank their top ten songs of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will then be combined with the results of other jurors from their country to make up one national result. This national result, when added to those of other countries, will produce the final ‘jury vote’.
The jury is formed of artists, songwriters, and musicians who have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest or the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. You, of course, will also get to have a say in the results with 50% of the points being determined by an online vote.
In late April, the results of each jury will be revealed in a series of articles. Unlike previous years, we will reveal the exact top ten points of each of the juries in these articles, culminating in the announcement of the overall winner when we combine the jurors’ votes with those of the public.
New Look
With every recent edition of Eurojury, we’ve enjoyed celebrating the country that the contest is travelling to and give the look of our event a stamp of local feeling.
This year we have drawn inspiration from Vienna, which plays host for a third time. One prominent feature of the city is St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Our visuals this year draw inspiration from the line patterned mosaic tiles which make up the roof of the cathedral. The tile design will be adapted through the event to incorporate the flags of our competing countries.
Changes
Since our last edition in 2024, we have refined elements of the event, both in the rules and the presentation, in order to further align with the Eurovision Song Contest to secure a more accurate foresight of what we’re expecting in Vienna.
In both the jury vote and public vote, only the 35 countries we’ll be seeing in Vienna will have a full voting right in the results. People from across the world will still be able to participate as we introduce the “Rest of the World” jury and public vote.
Following our successful trial in Your Voix last year, public voters will now be ranking their full top 10 when voting, to further align their criteria with what we ask of our juries. Additionally, to keep the 50/50 split consistent, the public vote will now be divided into the 35 participating countries who each have a Eurovision equivalent voting right, plus an additional voting set for those wishing to vote from non-participating countries.
Of course, there are no guarantees as we begin our recruitment process that we will secure juries or public votes from all participating countries. If such a case arises, we have devised an aggregation system, which will be explained should we need it.
Additionally, the daily jury results reveal that you have come to expect is also having a makeover, with three votes being revealed every morning and evening during the results instead of two. You will now also get to see the specific points that the jury from each country awarded, instead of a randomised top ten.
Once we have the jury votes in place, our traditional countdown will then also see a change. This will now show the results of the public being added on to the jury scores, culminating in a final winner of Eurojury right at the end.
History of Eurojury
- 2024 – Italy (7th in Eurovision) won overall, while France (4th in Eurovision) won the jury vote.
- 2023 – Sweden (1st in Eurovision) won overall and won the jury vote.
- 2022 – Sweden (4th in Eurovision) won overall, while the United Kingdom (2nd in Eurovision) won the jury vote.
- 2021 – Malta (7th in Eurovision) won overall and won the jury vote.
- 2020 – Iceland won overall and won the jury vote.
- 2019 – The Netherlands (1st in Eurovision) won overall, while Sweden (5th in Eurovision) won the jury vote.
- 2018 – Israel (1st in Eurovision) won overall and won the jury vote.
- 2017 – Italy (6th in Eurovision) won overall, while Sweden (5th in Eurovision) won the jury vote.
- 2016 – France (6th in Eurovision) won overall, while Australia (2nd in Eurovision) won the jury vote.
- 2015 – Australia (5th in Eurovision) won overall.
- 2014 – United Kingdom (17th in Eurovision) won overall.
