Rest of the World in the Eurovision Song Contest
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In 2023, the Eurovision Song Contest introduced a "Rest of the World" vote in which viewers from non-participating countries could cast votes for their favourites, with their votes aggregated and presented as one individual set of points, equivalent to one participating country.
Background and introduction
[edit]The first rest of the world vote for a Eurovision event was held in 2014, when audiences from non-participating countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 were able to vote for their favourites online. The vote had no influence over the result of the contest, but the winner of the online vote was presented with a special trophy following the contest.[2] The Junior Eurovision Song Contest switched to a full online vote in 2017, replacing the televoting; viewers could vote for any country regardless of their place of residence. The then-executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, stated that an online vote could be implemented in Eurovision in future editions.[3]
On 22 November 2022, the European Broadcasting Union announced that, starting from 2023, the Eurovision Song Contest would include a televote from non-participating countries for the first time. Viewers from those countries are able to vote in all shows, with their votes aggregated and presented as one individual set of points under "Rest of the World" or "RoW". Those viewers are able to cast votes via the Esc.vote online platform, which requires ownership of a credit or debit card for verification.[4][5]
Voting
[edit]| Score | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 points |  Israel
|
 Albania
|
Israel
|
| 10 points |  Finland
|
 Armenia
|
Finland
|
| 8 points |  Latvia
|
 Austria
|
Armenia
|
| 7 points |  Sweden
|
 Australia
|
Sweden
|
| 6 points |  Portugal
|
 Slovenia
|
Albania
|
| 5 points |  Czechia
|
 Belgium
|
 Ukraine
|
| 4 points |  Moldova
|
 Lithuania
|
 Norway
|
| 3 points |  Croatia
|
 Iceland
|
Croatia
|
| 2 points |  Serbia
|
 Estonia
|
 Spain
|
| 1 point |  Malta
|
 Georgia
|
 France
|
| Score | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 points | Ukraine
|
Israel
|
Israel
|
| 10 points |  Ireland
|
 Netherlands
|
Ukraine
|
| 8 points | Croatia
|
Armenia
|
Croatia
|
| 7 points | Slovenia
|
Estonia
|
Ireland
|
| 6 points |  Luxembourg
|
 Switzerland
|
Switzerland
|
| 5 points | Lithuania
|
 Greece
|
Armenia
|
| 4 points | Serbia
|
Georgia
|
Luxembourg
|
| 3 points | Portugal
|
Norway
|
Greece
|
| 2 points | Australia
|
 San Marino
|
France
|
| 1 point | Finland
|
Czechia
|
 Italy
|
| Score | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 points | Albania
|
Israel
|
Israel
|
| 10 points | Ukraine
|
Latvia
|
Albania
|
| 8 points | Iceland
|
Czechia
|
Ukraine
|
| 7 points | Sweden
|
Greece
|
Greece
|
| 6 points |  Poland
|
Finland
|
Sweden
|
| 5 points | Portugal
|
Lithuania
|
Finland
|
| 4 points | Estonia
|
 Denmark
|
Poland
|
| 3 points | Norway
|
Malta
|
Spain
|
| 2 points | Croatia
|
Australia
|
Estonia
|
| 1 point | Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
Austria
|
Contributing countries
[edit]Since the vote was introduced in 2023, the EBU has revealed a list of around 10 non-participating countries, in no particular order, which provided the most amount of votes across all 3 live shows. To date, 7 countries have appeared in the list in every contest where the Rest of the World vote was used: Canada, Hungary, Mexico, Slovakia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
| X | Appeared in the top 10 list – 10 countries that gave most of the votes that contributed to the Rest of the World across all shows in that respective edition |
| Did not appear in the list – May have voted in the Rest of the World vote, but did not appear in the list posted by the EBU, as one of 10 countries that provided the most votes | |
| † | Ineligible – Could not vote as part of the Rest of the World vote, as a participating country in the contest that year, and therefore voted independently |
| Previously participated – Countries that have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest at least once in the past, but not in the respective edition |
| Country | 2023[7] | 2024[8] | 2025[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria |
X | ||
 Canada |
X | X | X |
 Chile |
X | ||
 Hungary |
X | X | X |
 Kosovo |
X | X | |
| Luxembourg |
X | † | † |
 Mexico |
X | X | X |
 New Zealand |
X | ||
 Romania |
† | X | X |
 Slovakia |
X | X | X |
 South Africa |
X | X | |
 Turkey |
X | X | X |
 United Arab Emirates |
X | X | X |
 United States |
X | X | X |
| Total no. of countries/territories that voted[a] | 107 | 119 | 109 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The number of participating countries have been subtracted from the total, as the figures given by the EBU include countries that have participated in the contest, which cannot vote as part of the Rest of the World.
References
[edit]- ^ "Eurovision 2023 Voting". ESC.vote. EBU. 12 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Online voting introduced for international audience!". JuniorEurovision.tv. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Grace, Emily (24 November 2017). "Junior Eurovision 2017: Online Voting Method Could Be Seen In Adult Eurovision". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Voting changes (2023) FAQ". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 22 November 2022. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "The Rules of the Contest 2025". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 18 March 2025. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Ljuština, Stevan (6 June 2025). "Glasanje ostatka sveta". Evrovizija.rs. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Eurovision 2023 reaches 162 million viewers with record breaking online engagement and musical impact". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ "Vital statistics: A bumper year for Eurovision 2024". Eurovision.tv.
- ^ "Vital statistics: Eurovision 2025's record-breaking reach". Eurovision.tv.