00:00Your votes help decide who wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
00:04Here's how.
00:07At Eurovision, songs are awarded points from other participating countries and viewers all around the world.
00:13The song with the most points in the Grand Final walks away with the trophy.
00:18The contest starts with the semi-finals on the 13th and 15th of May.
00:22Ten songs from each semi-final will qualify for the Grand Final.
00:27The qualifiers are determined purely by a public vote.
00:31To make things fair, participating countries vote in the semi-final that their song is performed in.
00:37So, if your country is singing in the first semi-final, you can vote for other acts in the first semi-final.
00:44And remember, you can't vote for your own country.
00:48Last year's winner and the Big Five don't compete in the semi-finals,
00:52but they do get to perform and vote in one of them, allocated by a random draw.
00:57If you're watching in a country that doesn't compete in Eurovision,
01:01you can also vote for your favourite songs in all three shows as part of a rest-of-the-world group.
01:07All the votes from these countries are converted into points, with the same value as one participating country.
01:13The votes from each country are converted into points for the ten most popular songs,
01:17starting with one to eight points, then ten points, and then the most popular song receives twelve points, deux points.
01:25The ten songs with the most points in each semi-final will head to the Grand Final on Saturday the 17th of May,
01:31where they will join last year's winning country and the Big Five, making a total of 26 songs in the Grand Final.
01:39On Saturday, 17th of May, viewers from all over the world can vote in the Grand Final,
01:45where the public's points are combined with those from a professional jury in each participating country.
01:52Just like the public vote, each professional jury will deliver a set of scores from one to eight points,
01:58then ten points, and twelve points to their favourite song.
02:02After voting has closed in the Grand Final, the scores of each professional jury will be announced by a spokesperson
02:08for each participating country.
02:11Then, starting from the bottom of the scoreboard, our hosts will announce the points from each country's public vote.
02:17As always, the song with the most points wins!
02:21You can find out exactly how to vote in your country at esc.vote.
02:27And remember to download the official Eurovision Song Contest app,
02:32so that you're ready for the live shows on the 13th, 15th and 17th of May.
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