SBS is celebrating 40 years of broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest, the United Kingdom is hosting on behalf of 2022 winners, Ukraine, Voyager is representing Australia in Liverpool with their song 'Promise', and YOU get to help decide the winner.
Here is all you need to know about voting this year.
What's different? Quite a bit
The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have announced a major overhaul to the voting system for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Read on!
- Only the public will decide who goes to the Grand Final
The outcome of the two Semi Finals will be determined solely by the public: the countries that qualify from the two Semi Finals, 10 from each, are being decided solely based on the votes cast by viewers of the competition, not a combination of a jury and public vote (as has been the case since 2009). - Non-participating countries can now vote too!
Countries not taking part in the competition will now be able to vote online for their favourite songs. Their votes will be added together and converted to points that will have the same weight as one participating country in both the Semi Finals and the Grand Final. - Juries play a key role in the Grand Final
Professional juries from participating countries, made up of those working in the music industry, will continue to contribute to the result of the Grand Final combined with the public vote. Australia’s jury will be announced very soon. (Non-participating countries will not have a jury).
When to vote
*The jury and Australian public can vote for any country except Australia.
Australian viewers will need to tune into the LIVE broadcast of Semi Final 2 on Friday 12 May at 5am (AEST) and the Grand Final on Sunday 14 May at 5am (AEST):
Vote during the LIVE early morning broadcasts on SBS and SBS On Demand
Follow the voting prompts that appear on screen during the LIVE show, and note the number of your favourite act/s.
You can vote online via Eurovision’s official voting partner Digame, exclusively for Australia’s public Eurovision vote. This means there will be no SMS or televoting in Australia during the live shows. All of Australia’s public votes will be received via this online voting portal, which can be accessed via www.esc.vote
The voting portal will be open to Australians during the voting period in Semi Final 2 and the Grand Final.
Just like SMS voting, votes will be limited to 20 per person and will cost 65c per vote.
Users can allocate 20 votes to one act, divide their votes between multiple acts, or just make one vote for their favourite.
Jury members and public voters can’t vote for their own country, so you can vote for any act in Semi Final 2 and Grand Final except Voyager. Find out more about of all the 2023 acts and their songs here
Who to vote for
That's up to you! Jury members and public voters can’t vote for their own country, so you can vote for any Semi Final 2 or Grand Final act except Voyager. No-one will quite match their keytar action, but there there are plenty of other outstanding acts alongside our Australian hopefuls. Explore the artists, their performances, and live event replays at SBS On Demand.
Then what?
After all the live voting action, pull on your party pants and join in the fun with the Eurovision weekend prime time broadcasts hosted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey, Use the hashtag #SBSEurovision, and send us your tweets and party pictures to be featured in the shows. All the details are in our Eurovision watching guide, here.
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Listen to Australia Eurovision Takeover playlist on Apple Music.
Listen to Ultimate Eurovision Rock Songs playlist on Apple Music.
