LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Viewers from international locations not collaborating within the Eurovision Tune Contest will be capable of forged a vote for his or her favorite act subsequent yr for the primary time within the competitors’s historical past, the organiser stated on Tuesday.
It stated the brand new “Remainder of the World” vote was to strengthen the viewers’s energy to affect the outcomes and to recognise the worldwide attain of the competitors, which final yr drew a tv viewers of greater than 160 million.
Viewers will be capable of vote by way of a safe on-line platform, and a full record of eligible international locations might be printed nearer the time of the occasion, often held in Could.
“Votes from international locations not collaborating might be mixed to create a set of factors with the identical weight as one collaborating nation in each of the Semi-Finals and the Grand Ultimate,” the competition’s organisers stated on their web site.
The 2023 Eurovision Tune Contest might be held within the northern English metropolis of Liverpool on behalf of this yr’s winners Ukraine.
Many years-long custom often dictates that the winner of the competition will get to host it the next yr, however the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) stated security and safety causes because of the ongoing battle there meant runners-up the UK would host it as an alternative.
The competition’s organisers stated they have been additionally making adjustments to the voting system for the semi-finals, which might now be determined by viewers alone relatively than a mixture of votes from viewers and nationwide juries of musical specialists as beforehand.
The grand ultimate outcomes will nonetheless be determined by a mixture of votes by viewers and juries.
It stated the adjustments have been designed to guard the occasion’s integrity after irregular voting patterns within the outcomes of six international locations within the 2022 contest.
Reporting by Farouq Suleiman, Enhancing by Louise Heavens
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