Previous Voting Systems
| Year | Voting system |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 2 points from each juror, only the winner was announced |
| 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 | 1 point from each juror, ten jurors per country |
| 1962 | 3, 2, and 1 points for each country's 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourite |
| 1963 | 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points for each country's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th favourite |
| 1964, 1965, 1966 | 5, 3, and 1 points for each country's 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourite |
| 1967, 1968, 1969 | 1 point from each juror, ten jurors per country |
| 1970 | 1 point from each juror, ten jurors per country, tie-breaker round |
| 1971, 1972, 1973 | 1 to 5 points for each song from each juror, two jurors per country |
| 1974 | 1 point from each juror, ten jurors per country, tie-breaker round |
| 1975 - present | 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points for each ten country's favourites |
The most-used voting system other than the current one was that used for the 1969 contest. This system had been used between 1957 and 1961, and later between 1967 and 1969. Ten jurors in each country each gave a single vote to their favourite song. In 1969 this resulted in four countries tying for first place (UK, Netherlands, France, and Spain), and there was no tie-break procedure. A "second round" voting in the event of a tie was introduced to this system in 1970.
Between 1962 and 1966, a voting system closer to the current system was used. In 1962 each country awarded its top three one, two and three points; in 1963 the top five were awarded one, two, three, four and five points, and from 1964 until 1966, each country awarded its top three one, three and five points. With the latter system, there was an additional rule that each country could choose not to give points to three countries, but award points to two countries (giving one a three and the other a six). In 1965 Belgium awarded the United Kingdom six, and Italy three points. The system also permitted a country to give a single award of 9 points, but it never happened.
The 1971, 1972, and 1973 contests saw the jurors "in vision" for the first time. Each country was represented by two jurors - one older than 25 and one younger, with at least ten years' difference in their ages. Each juror gave a minimum of one point and a maximum of five points for each song. In 1974 the previous system of ten jurors was used, and the following year the current system was introduced. Spokespeople were next seen on screen in 1994 by satellite link up to the venue.
With the introduction of two semi-finals in 2008 a new method of selecting finalists was created. The top nine songs ranked by televote qualified, along with one song selected by the back-up juries. This method in most cases meant that the tenth song in the televote placing failed to qualify, and attracted some criticism, especially from Macedonia, who in both years placed 10th in the televote. In 2010 the system used in the 2009 final, where the winner is selected by a combination of televoting and jury votes, was also used to select the semi-finalists.
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