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The winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is selected by a [[positional voting system]]. The most recent system was implemented in the {{Escyr|2023|3=2023 contest}}. Each participating country is awarded two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points, based on their ten favourite songs. One set of picks from their professional jury, and the other from televoting. Only televoting is used in the semi-finals. Both jury and televoting is used in the final.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=Voting changes announced for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/voting-changes-announced-eurovision-song-contest-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122131325/https://eurovision.tv/story/voting-changes-announced-eurovision-song-contest-2023 |archive-date=2022-11-22 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Eurovision.tv |publisher=EBU |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Voting Procedures 2023 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/voting-liverpool-2023 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Eurovision.tv |publisher=EBU |language=en}}</ref>

==Overview==
Small, demographically-balanced juries made up of ordinary people had been used to rank the entries. After the widespread use of telephone voting in {{Escyr|1998}}, the contest organizers resorted to juries only in the event of a televoting malfunctions. In {{Escyr|2003}}, [[Eircom]]'s telephone polling system malfunctioned. Irish broadcaster [[RTÉ]] did not receive the polling results from [[Eir (telecommunications)|Eircom]] in time, and substituted votes by a panel of judges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/30/russia.arts|title=Vote switch 'stole Tatu's Eurovision win'|last=Nick|first=Paton Walsh|date=2003-05-30|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Between 1997 and 2003, the first years of televoting, lines were opened to the public for only five minutes after the performance and recap of the final song. Between 2004 and 2006, the lines were opened for ten minutes. From 2007 to 2009, they were opened for fifteen minutes. 

In 2010, 2011 and 2024, viewers were allowed to vote during the performances. This was rescinded for the 2012 contest. Since the {{Escyr|2004|3=2004 contest}}, the presenters will start the televoting window with the phrase "Europe, start voting now!". This invitation applies to {{esccnty|Australia}} since {{Escyr|2015}} ("Europe and Australia, start voting now!"), and to the non-participating countries since 2023 ("Europe, Australia, and the rest of the world, start voting now!"). At the end of the voting period, the presenters will invite viewers and the audience to stop, with a final countdown, along with the phrase "Europe, Australia, and the rest of the world, stop voting now!". The United Kingdom is not able to vote via SMS or the smartphone app, due to legislation implemented after the [[2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal]].

The [[BBC]] contacted regional juries by telephone to choose the {{Escyr|1956}} winners. The [[European Broadcasting Union]], the producers of the contest, later began contacting international juries by telephone. This method continued to be used until 1993. 1994 saw the first satellite link-up to juries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eurovision 1994 English commentary|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySqiXKfp8Lg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ySqiXKfp8Lg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=4 October 2020|website=[[YouTube]]| date=19 August 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

To announce the votes, the [[List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters|contest's presenters]] connect by satellite to each country, and invite a spokesperson to read the country's votes in [[French language|French]] or English. The presenters originally repeated the votes in both languages. Since {{Escyr|2004}} the votes have been translated due to time constraints. To offset increased voting time required by a larger number of participating countries, since 2006 only countries' 8-, 10-, and 12-point scores were read aloud. One- to seven-point votes were added automatically to the scoreboard, while each country's spokesperson was introduced. 

The scoreboard displays the number of points each country has received, and, since {{Escyr|2008}}, a progress bar indicating the number of countries which have voted. Since {{Escyr|2016}}, only the 12-point score is read aloud due to the new voting system, meaning that the nine scoring countries were added automatically to the scoreboard, 1-8 and 10 points. The televoting points were combined and the presenters announced them in order, starting from the country with the lowest score and ending with the country with the highest score, from the televoting. Beginning with the {{Escyr|2019|3=2019 contest}}, the televoting points are announced by the presenters based on the juries' rankings, in reverse order.

==Voting systems==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="75"| Year !! width="110"| Points !! Voting system
|-
| {{Escyr|1956}} || (10–1) × 2 || Two jurors per country rated each song, on a scale of 1 to 10 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reglement du Grand Prix Eurovision 1956 de la Chanson Européenne (version définitive) |url=https://eurovision.tv/upload/history/1956/56_rules.pdf |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620231134/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/history/1956/56_rules.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2016 |language=fr |trans-title=Rules of the Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Competition 1956 (final version) |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|1957}}–{{Escyr|1961}} || 10–1 || Ten-member juries distributed 10 points among their favourite songs.
|-
| {{Escyr|1962}} || 3–1 || Ten-member juries awarded points to their three favourite songs.
|-
| {{Escyr|1963}} || 5–1 || Twenty-member juries awarded points to their five favourite songs.
|-
| {{Escyr|1964}}–{{Escyr|1966}} || 5, 3, 1 / 6, 3 / 9 || Ten-member juries distributed 9 points in three possible ways. If all their votes went to one single song, it got all the 9 points. If they went to two songs, they got 6 and 3 points. If they went to three or more, the top three got 5, 3 and 1 points. No jury ever gave 9 points to a single song, but Belgium used the 6-3 system in 1965.
|-
| {{Escyr|1967}}–{{Escyr|1969}} || rowspan="2"| 10–1 || Ten-member juries distributed 10 points among their favourite songs.
|-
| {{Escyr|1970}} || Ten-member juries distributed 10 points among their favourite songs. A tie-breaking round was available.
|-
| {{Escyr|1971}}–{{Escyr|1973}} || 10–2 || Two-member juries, one aged over 25 and the other under 25, with at least 10 years between their ages, rated songs between 1 and 5 points.
|-
| {{Escyr|1974}} || 10–1 || Ten-member juries distributed 10 points among their favourite songs.
|-
| {{Escyr|1975}}–{{Escyr|1996}} || rowspan="8"| 12, 10, 8–1 || All countries had at least eleven jury members, raised to sixteen in {{escyr|1988}}, that awarded points to their top ten songs. From 1975 to 1979, the scores were announced in the order in which the songs performed. In 1980, an ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and 12 points, was introduced.
|-
| {{Escyr|1997}} || Twenty countries had jury members and five countries used a televote to decide which songs would get points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=312|publisher=Eurovision.tv |title=Eurovision 1997|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|1998}}–{{Escyr|2000}} || All countries should use telephone voting to decide which songs would receive points.  In exceptional circumstances, e.g. a weak telephone system, where televoting was not possible at all, a jury was used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=313 |title= Eurovision history|publisher=Eurovision.tv|access-date= 11 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc1999.pdf |title= Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 1999|publisher=Myledbury|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2000.pdf|title= Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2000|publisher=Myledbury|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|2001}}–{{Escyr|2002}} || Every broadcaster was free to make a choice between the full televoting system and the mixed 50/50 system, to decide which songs would receive points. In exceptional circumstances where televoting was not possible, only a jury was used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2001.pdf |title= Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2001|publisher=myledbury|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2002.pdf|title= Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2002|publisher=Myledbury|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|2003}} || All countries should use telephone/SMS voting to decide which songs would receive points. In exceptional circumstances where televoting was not possible at all, only a jury was used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2003.pdf|title= Rules of Eurovision Song Contest 2003|publisher=myledbury|access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|2004}}–{{Escyr|2008}}; <br />{{Escyr|2009}} (semi-finals) || All countries use televoting and/or SMS-voting to decide which songs would receive points. Back-up juries are used by each country, with eight members, in the event of a televoting failure.
|-
| {{Escyr|2009}} (final);<br />{{Escyr|2010}}–{{Escyr|2012}} || All countries use televoting and/or SMS-voting (50%) and five-member juries (50%). Except San Marino, which was 100% jury, due to country size. This is a so called jury–televote 50/50. In the event of a televoting failure, only a jury is used by that country. In the event of a jury failure, only televoting is used by that country. The two parts of the vote were combined by awarding 12, 10, 8–1 points to the top ten in each discipline, then combining the scores. Where two songs were tied, the televote score took precedence.
|-
| {{Escyr|2013}}–{{Escyr|2015}} || The same as in 2009–12, except the jury and televote are combined differently. The jurors and televoting each rank all the competing entries, rather than just their top ten. The scores are then added together. In the event of a tie, the televote score takes precedence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2013/Public_version_ESC_2013_Rules_ENG_FINAL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |archive-date=2017-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117114125/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2013/Public_version_ESC_2013_Rules_ENG_FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sofabet.com/2013/03/11/eurovision-2013-how-will-birds-fly-for-the-netherlands/|title=Eurovision 2013: How will 'Birds' fly for the Netherlands?|date=March 11, 2013|website=Sofabet.com}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|2016}}–{{Escyr|2017}} || rowspan="2" | (12, 10, 8–1) × 2 || The jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. First the jury points are announced. Then the televoting points are calculated together, before being added to the jury points, effectively doubling the points which can be awarded in total.<ref name="biggest_change">{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Paul |date=18 February 2016 |title=Biggest change to Eurovision Song Contest voting since 1975 |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=biggest_change_to_eurovision_song_contest_voting_since_1975 |access-date=18 February 2016 |publisher=eurovision.tv}}</ref>
|-
| {{Escyr|2018}}–{{Escyr|2022}}|| The same as in 2016–17, but the points from a country's jury are now calculated using an exponential weight model, that gives more weight to higher-ranked songs and lessens the impact of one juror placing a song much lower in their rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/subtle-significant-ebu-changes-weight-individual-jury-rankings|title=Subtle but significant: EBU changes weight of individual jury rankings|date=April 27, 2018|website=eurovision.tv}}</ref>
|-
|{{Escyr|2023}}–
|12, 10, 8–1 (semi-finals)<br/>(12, 10, 8–1) × 2 (final)
|In the semi-finals, only the televote is used to decide which songs receive points. Juries are used by each country as a back-up, in the event that the televoting cannot deliver a valid result. In the final, the jury and the televote each award an independent set of points. If the jury of a country cannot deliver a valid result, the televoting result of that country is used in its place. If the televoting cannot deliver a valid result, an aggregated result is used. In case that fails too, the jury result is used. In all three shows, online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":0" />
|}The most-used voting system, other than the current one, was last used for the {{Escyr|1974|3=1974 contest}}. This system was used from 1957 to 1961 and from 1967 to 1969. Ten jurors in each country, each cast one vote for their favourite song. In 1969, this resulted in a four-way tie for first place, between the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Spain, with no tie-breaking procedure. A second round of voting in the event of a tie was introduced to this system in 1970.

From 1962 to 1966, a voting system similar to the current one was used. In 1962, each country awarded its top three 1, 2 and 3 points. In 1963 the top five were awarded 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 points. From 1964 to 1966, each country usually awarded its top three 1, 3 and 5 points. With the latter system, a country could choose to give points to two countries, instead of three, giving 3 to one and 6 to the other. In 1965, Belgium awarded the United Kingdom 6 points and Italy 3. Although it was possible to give one country 9 points, this never occurred.

The {{Escyr|1971}}, {{Escyr|1972}}, and {{Escyr|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 10 years' difference in their ages. Each juror gave a minimum of 1 point and a maximum of 5 points to each song. In {{Escyr|1974}} the previous system of ten jurors was used. In 1975, the current system was introduced. Spokespeople were next seen on screen in {{Escyr|1994}}, with a satellite link to the venue.

The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|2004 contest]] had its first semi-final, with a slight change in voting: countries which did not qualify from the semifinal would be allowed to cast votes in the final. This resulted in Ukraine's [[Ruslana]] finishing first, with a record 280 points. If the voting had been conducted as it had been from 1956 to 2003, when only finalist countries could vote, {{esccnty|Serbia and Montenegro|y=2004}}'s [[Željko Joksimović]] would have won the contest with 190 points: a 15-point lead over Ruslana, who would have scored 175 points. To date, non-qualifying countries are still allowed to vote in the final. In 2006, Serbia and Montenegro were able to vote in the semi-final and the final, despite their non-participation due to a [[Evropesma#2006 event and controversy|scandal in the selection process]], which resulted in {{esccnty|North Macedonia|y=2006}} entering the final, instead of {{esccnty|Poland|y=2006}}.

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 televoting failed to qualify. This attracted some criticism, especially from {{esccnty|North Macedonia}}, who had placed 10th in the televote in both years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14111|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521220118/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14111|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-21|title=FYR Macedonia threatens Eurovision withdrawal|last=Viniker|first=Barry|date=2009-05-20|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=24 January 2010}}</ref> In 2010, the 2009 final system was used, with a combination of televoting and jury votes from each country used to select the semi-finalists.<ref name="2010 voting">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=4533&_t=Exclusive%3A+Juries+also+get+50%25+stake+in+Semi-Final+result!|title=Exclusive: Juries also get 50% stake in Semi-Final result!|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=2009-10-11|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]|access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> Each participating country had a national jury, consisting of five music industry professionals, appointed by national broadcasters.<ref name="VotingWindow">{{cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=22 January 2015 |title=EBU restores televoting window as from 2012 |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=37013&_t=ebu_restores_televoting_window_as_from_2012 |access-date=4 July 2011 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2015/2014-09-02_2015_ESC_rules_EN_PUBLIC_RULES.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430201605/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2015/2014-09-02_2015_ESC_rules_EN_PUBLIC_RULES.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-30 }} read 2015-05-20</ref>

== Highest scores ==
{{More citations needed section|date=May 2022}}
As the number of participating countries and the voting systems have varied throughout the contest's history, it may be more relevant to compare what percentage of all points awarded in the competition each song received, computed from the published scoreboards. 

The Russian entry at the 2015 contest, "[[A Million Voices (song)|A Million Voices]]" by [[Polina Gagarina]], became the first song to get over 300 points without winning the contest, and the only one during the era when each country delivered only one set of points. With a new voting system introduced in 2016, Australia became the first country to get over 500 points without winning the contest. In 2017, Bulgaria became the first non-winning country to score above 600 points, as well as Portugal becoming the first country to get over 750 points{{snd}}winning the contest with the song "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}", by [[Salvador Sobral]]. 

Since the introduction of the 2016 voting system, the Swedish entry at the 2022 contest, "[[Hold Me Closer (Cornelia Jakobs song)|Hold Me Closer]]" by [[Cornelia Jakobs]], holds the record for receiving the highest percentage of maximum points from the juries, receiving 222 out of 240 points (92.50%) in the second semi-final. "[[Stefania (song)|Stefania]]" by [[Kalush Orchestra]], winner of that year's contest for Ukraine, holds the record for receiving the highest percentage of maximum points from the televoting, receiving 439 out of 468 points (93.80%) in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision 2022 Results: Voting & Points |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2022 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Eurovisionworld |language=en-gb}}</ref>

===Top five winners by percentage of all votes<span class="anchor" id="Top five winners by percentage of all votes"></span>===
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This table shows top five winning songs, by the percentage of all votes cast.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Percentage of all points cast
! scope="col" | Percentage of maximum possible points
|-
|{{Escyr|1964}}|| {{esc|Italy|y=1964}} || [[Gigliola Cinquetti]] || "{{lang|it|[[Non ho l'età]]|i=unset}}" || 49 ||34.03% || 65.33%
|-
|{{Escyr|1957}}|| {{esc|Netherlands|y=1957}} || [[Corry Brokken]] || "{{lang|nl|[[Net als toen]]|i=unset}}" || 31 || 31.00% || 34.44%
|-
|{{Escyr|1967}}|| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=1967}} || [[Sandie Shaw]] || "[[Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)|Puppet on a String]]" || 47 ||27.65% || 29.38%
|-
|{{Escyr|1962}}|| {{esc|France|y=1962}} || [[Isabelle Aubret]] || "{{lang|fr|[[Un premier amour]]|i=unset}}" || 26 || 27.08% || 57.78%
|-
|{{Escyr|1958}}|| {{esc|France|y=1958}} || [[André Claveau]] || "{{lang|fr|[[Dors, mon amour]]|i=unset}}" || 27 || 27.00% || 30.00%
|}

===Top five winners by percentage of the maximum possible score<span class="anchor" id="Top 5 Winners by percentage of the maximum possible score"></span>===
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This table shows top five winning songs, by the percentage of the maximum possible score, a song can achieve.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song 
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Percentage of all points cast
! scope="col" | Percentage of maximum possible points
|-
|{{Escyr|1973}}|| {{esc|Luxembourg|y=1973}} || [[Anne-Marie David]] || "{{lang|fr|[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]|i=unset}}" || 129 ||8.66% || 80.63%
|-
|{{Escyr|1976}}|| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=1976}} || [[Brotherhood of Man]] || "[[Save Your Kisses for Me]]" || 164 ||15.71% || 80.39%
|-
|{{Escyr|1982}}|| {{esc|Germany|y=1982}} || [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] || "{{lang|de|[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]|i=unset}}" || 161 ||15.42% || 78.92%
|-
|{{Escyr|1997}}|| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=1997}} || [[Katrina and the Waves]] || "[[Love Shine a Light]]" || 227 ||15.66% || 78.82%
|-
|{{Escyr|2009}}|| {{esc|Norway|y=2009}} || [[Alexander Rybak]] || "[[Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)|Fairytale]]" || 387 ||15.89% || 78.66%
|}

=== Top ten participants by number of points<span class="anchor" id="Top 10 participants by number of votes"></span> ===
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This table shows the top ten participating songs, both winning and non-winning, by the number of points received.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song 
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Percentage of all points cast
!Percentage of maximum possible points
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|Portugal|y=2017}} || [[Salvador Sobral]] || "{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}" || 758 || 15.56%
|77.03%
|-
|{{Escyr|2022}}|| {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2022}} || [[Kalush Orchestra]]|| "[[Stefania (song)|Stefania]]" || 631 ||13.60%
|67.41%
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|Bulgaria|y=2017}} || [[Kristian Kostov]] || "[[Beautiful Mess (Kristian Kostov song)|Beautiful Mess]]" || 615 || 12.62%
|62.50%
|-
|{{Escyr|2024}}|| {{esc|Switzerland|y=2024}} || [[Nemo (rapper)|Nemo]] || "[[The Code (Nemo song)|The Code]]" || 591 || 13.59%
|67.47%
|-
|{{Escyr|2023}}|| {{esc|Sweden|y=2023}} || [[Loreen]] || "[[Tattoo (Loreen song)|Tattoo]]" || 583 || 13.40%
|66.55%
|-
|{{Escyr|2024}}|| {{esc|Croatia|y=2024}} || [[Baby Lasagna]] || "[[Rim Tim Tagi Dim]]" || 547 || 12.57%
|62.44%
|-
|{{Escyr|2016}}|| {{esc|Ukraine|y=2016}} || [[Jamala]] || "[[1944 (song)|1944]]" || 534 || 10.96%
|54.27%
|-
|{{Escyr|2018}}|| {{esc|Israel|y=2018}} || [[Netta Barzilai|Netta]] || "[[Toy (song)|Toy]]" || 529 || 10.61%
|52.48%
|-
|{{Escyr|2023}}|| {{esc|Finland|y=2023}} || [[Käärijä]] || "[[Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä song)|Cha Cha Cha]]" || 526 ||12.09%
|60.05%
|-
|{{Escyr|2021}}|| {{esc|Italy|y=2021}}|| [[Måneskin]] || "{{lang|it|[[Zitti e buoni]]|i=unset}}" || 524 ||11.58%
|57.46%
|}
Under the 2013&ndash;15 voting system, Portugal would have received 17.12% of points in the 2017 contest.<ref>[https://oikotimes.com/2017/05/16/eurovision-2017-results-under-the-old-system/] {{Dead link|date=September 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

=== Top ten participants by number of jury points<span class="anchor" id="Top 10 participants by number of jury points"></span> ===
<!-- Anchor in the heading is an old section name. -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Jury points
! scope="col" | Total points
! scope="col" | Percentage of points from jury voting
!Percentage of maximum possible points from jury voting
|-
|2017
|{{esc|Portugal|y=2017}}
|[[Salvador Sobral]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}"
|382
|758
|50.40%
|77.64%
|-
|2024
|{{esc|Switzerland|y=2024}}
|[[Nemo (rapper)|Nemo]]
|"[[The Code (Nemo song)|The Code]]"
|365
|591
|61.76%
|84.49%
|-
|2023
|{{esc|Sweden|y=2023}}
|[[Loreen]]
|"[[Tattoo (Loreen song)|Tattoo]]"
|340
|583
|58.32%
|78.70%
|-
|2016
|{{esc|Australia|y=2016}}
|[[Dami Im]]
|"[[Sound of Silence (Dami Im song)|Sound of Silence]]"
|320
|511
|62.62%
|65.04%
|-
|2022
|{{esc|United Kingdom|y=2022}}
|[[Sam Ryder]]
|"[[Space Man]]"
|283
|466
|60.73%
|60.47%
|-
|2017
|{{esc|Bulgaria|y=2017}}
|[[Kristian Kostov]]
|"[[Beautiful Mess (Kristian Kostov song)|Beautiful Mess]]"
|278
|615
|45.20%
|56.50%
|-
|2018
|{{esc|Austria|y=2018}}
|[[Cesár Sampson]]
|"[[Nobody but You (Cesár Sampson song)|Nobody But You]]"
|271
|342
|79.24%
|53.77%
|-
|2021
|{{esc|Switzerland|y=2021}}
|[[Gjon's Tears]]
|"{{lang|fr|[[Tout l'univers|Tout l'Univers]]|i=unset}}"
|267
|432
|61.81%
|58.55%
|-
|2022
|{{esc|Sweden|y=2022}}
|[[Cornelia Jakobs]]
|"[[Hold Me Closer (Cornelia Jakobs song)|Hold Me Closer]]"
|258
|438
|58.90%
|55.13%
|-
|2018
|{{esc|Sweden|y=2018}}
|[[Benjamin Ingrosso]]
|"[[Dance You Off]]"
|253
|274
|92.34%
|50.20%
|}

=== Top ten participants by number of televoting points ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Televote points
! scope="col" | Total points
! scope="col" | Percentage of points from televoting
!Percentage of maximum possible points from televoting
|-
|2022
|{{Esc|Ukraine|y=2022}}
|[[Kalush Orchestra]]
|"[[Stefania (song)|Stefania]]"
|439
|631
|69.57%
|93.80%
|-
|2017
|{{esc|Portugal|y=2017}}
|[[Salvador Sobral]]
|"{{lang|pt|[[Amar pelos dois]]|i=unset}}"
|376
|758
|49.60%
|76.42%
|-
|2023
|{{esc|Finland|y=2023}}
|[[Käärijä]]
|"[[Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä song)|Cha Cha Cha]]"
|376
|526
|71.48%
|84.68%
|-
|2016
|{{esc|Russia|y=2016}}
|[[Sergey Lazarev]]
|"[[You Are the Only One (Sergey Lazarev song)|You Are the Only One]]"
|361
|491
|73.52%
|73.37%
|-
|2017
|{{esc|Bulgaria|y=2017}}
|[[Kristian Kostov]]
|"[[Beautiful Mess (Kristian Kostov song)|Beautiful Mess]]"
|337
|615
|54.80%
|68.50%
|-
|2024
|{{esc|Croatia|y=2024}}
|[[Baby Lasagna]]
|"[[Rim Tim Tagi Dim]]"
|337
|547
|61.61%
|75.90%
|-
|2016
|{{esc|Ukraine|y=2016}}
|[[Jamala]]
|"[[1944 (Jamala song)|1944]]"
|323
|534
|60.49%
|65.65%
|-
|2024
|{{esc|Israel|y=2024}}
|[[Eden Golan]]
|"[[Hurricane (Eden Golan song)|Hurricane]]"
|323
|375
|86.13%
|72.75%
|-
|2021
|{{esc|Italy|y=2021}}
|[[Måneskin]]
|"{{lang|it|[[Zitti e buoni]]|i=unset}}"
|318
|524
|60.69%
|69.74%
|-
|2018
|{{esc|Israel|y=2018}}
|[[Netta Barzilai|Netta]]
|"[[Toy (song)|Toy]]"
|317
|529
|59.92%
|62.90%
|}

==Tie-breakers==
A [[tie-break]] procedure was implemented after the {{Escyr|1969|3=1969 contest}}, in which {{esccnty|France|y=1969}}, the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1969}}, {{esccnty|Spain|y=1969}} and the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1969}} tied for first place. With no tie-breaking system in place at the time, all four countries were declared joint winners. In protest, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Portugal did not participate {{Escyr|1970|3=the following year}}.

In {{Escyr|1991}}, the tie-break procedure was implemented when {{esccnty|Sweden|y=1991}} and {{esccnty|France|y=1991}} both had 146 points at the end of the voting. At the time, there was no televoting system, and the tie-break rule was slightly different. The first tie-break rule at the time concerned the number of 12 points each country received.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2002.pdf|title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002|website=Myledbury.co.uk|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2003.pdf|title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003|website=Myledbury.co.uk|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> Both Sweden and France received the maximum 12 points four times. When the number of 10-point scores was counted, Sweden, represented by [[Carola Häggkvist|Carola]] with "[[Fångad av en stormvind]]", claimed its third victory, since it received five 10-point scores against France's two. The French entry, "[[Le Dernier qui a parlé...]]" performed by [[Amina Annabi|Amina]], finished second, with the smallest-ever losing margin.

The current tie-break procedure was implemented in the {{Escyr|2016|3=2016 contest}}. In the procedure, sometimes known as a [[Issues affecting the single transferable vote#Countback|countback]], if two or more countries tie, the song receiving more points from the televote is the winner. If the songs received the same number of televote points, the song that received at least one televote point, from the greatest number of countries, is the winner. If there is still a tie, a second tie-breaker counts the number of countries, who assigned twelve televote points to each entry in the tie. Tie-breaks continue with ten points, eight points, and so on until the tie is resolved. If the tie cannot be resolved after the number of countries which assigned one point to the song is equal, the song performed earlier in the running order is declared the winner. The tie-break procedure originally applied only to first place ties, or to determine a semi-final qualifier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2015/2014-09-02_2015_ESC_rules_EN_PUBLIC_RULES.pdf|title=Public rules of the 60th Eurovision Song Contest|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=1 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430201605/http://www.eurovision.tv/upload/press-downloads/2015/2014-09-02_2015_ESC_rules_EN_PUBLIC_RULES.pdf|archive-date=30 April 2015}}</ref> Since 2008, it has been applied to all places.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1469 |work=Eurovision.tv |title=Eurovision 2008 Final |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
|-
|+ Overview of tie-breaking rules
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Use
! scope="col" |Description
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|1956}}–{{Escyr|1969}}
| {{N/A}}
| No tie-breaking rules were in place.
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|1970}}–{{Escyr|1988}}
| rowspan="2" | Only to determine the winner.
| The jury decided the winner through a simple vote for their favourite.
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|1989}}–{{Escyr|2000}}
| The winner of a tie is the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, all tied countries are winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2000.pdf|title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000|website=Myledbury.co.uk|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2001}}–{{Escyr|2002}}
| To determine the winner and the qualifiers for the following year.
| The winner of a tie is the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points, all the way down to 1. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, all tied countries are winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2002.pdf|title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002|website=Myledbury.co.uk|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2003}}
| Only to determine the winner.
| rowspan="2" | The winner of a tie is the country that received points from more countries, then the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points, all the way down to 1. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, all tied countries are winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2003.pdf|title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003|website=Myledbury.co.uk|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2004}}–{{Escyr|2006}}
| rowspan="2" | To determine the winner and the 10th qualifier from the semi-final.
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2007}}
| rowspan="2" | The winner of a tie is the country that received points from more countries, then the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points, all the way down to 1. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, the country that performed earlier wins the tie.<ref name="Helsinki 07">{{cite web |title=Main rules of Eurovision Song Contest (as of 2007 edition) |url=https://esckaz.com/2007/rules.htm |publisher=esckaz |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="Belgrade 08">{{cite web |title=Main rules of Eurovision Song Contest (as of 2008 edition) |url=https://esckaz.com/2008/rules.htm |publisher=esckaz |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2008}}–{{Escyr|2015}}
| rowspan="2" | Used for all ties.
|-
| class="nowrap" | {{Escyr|2016}}–present
| The winner of a tie is the country that received more points from the televoting, then the country that received points from more countries in the televoting, then the country that received more 12 points in the televoting, then 10 points, all the way down to 1. If the tie cannot be broken in this way, the country that performed earlier wins the tie.
|}

==Scoring no points==
[[File:Eurovision nul points map.svg|thumb|400px|alt=Colour-coded map|Countries that received no points in the grand final jury voting, and the number of times for each]]
As each participating country casts a series of preference votes, under the current scoring system it is rare that a song fails to receive any points at all. Such a result means that the song failed to make the top ten most popular songs in any country.

The first zero points in Eurovision were scored in 1962, under a new voting system. When a country finishes with a score of zero, it is often referred to in English-language media as ''nul points'' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|nj|uː|l|_|ˈ|p|w|ã}}<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/nul+points |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816150231/https://www.lexico.com/definition/nul_points?s=t |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-08-16 |title=nul points |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> or ''nil points'' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|ɪ|l|_|ˈ|p|ɔɪ|n|t|s}}, albeit incorrectly. Grammatical French for "no points" is {{lang|fr|pas de points}}, {{lang|fr|zéro point}} or {{lang|fr|aucun point}}, but none of these phrases are used in the contest. Before the voting overhaul in 2016, no-point scores were not announced by the presenters. Following the change in the voting system, a country receiving no points from the public televote is simply announced as receiving "zero points".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adriankavanagh.com/2016/05/13/2016-eurovision-final-results-estimate-or-televote-estimate-to-russia-with-love-or-going-to-a-land-down-under/|title=2016 Eurovision Final results estimate (or televote estimate!): To Russia with Love or Going to a Land Down Under?|author=Adrian Kavanagh|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref>

===Before 2016===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points in finals
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|rowspan=4| {{Escyr|1962}} || {{esc|Belgium|y=1962}} || [[Fud Leclerc]] || "[[Ton nom]]"
|-
|{{esc|Spain|f=1945|y=1962}} || [[Víctor Balaguer (singer)|Víctor Balaguer]] || "[[Llámame (Víctor Balaguer song)|Llámame]]"
|-
|{{esc|Austria|y=1962}} || [[Eleonore Schwarz]] || "[[Nur in der Wiener Luft]]"
|-
|{{esc|Netherlands|y=1962}} || [[De Spelbrekers]] || "[[Katinka (song)|Katinka]]"
|-
|rowspan=4| {{Escyr|1963}} || {{esc|Netherlands|y=1963}} || [[Annie Palmen]] || "[[Een speeldoos]]"
|-
|{{esc|Norway|y=1963}} || [[Anita Thallaug]] || "[[Solhverv]]"
|-
|{{esc|Finland|y=1963}} || [[Laila Halme]] || "[[Muistojeni laulu]]"
|-
|{{esc|Sweden|y=1963}} || [[Monica Zetterlund]] || "[[En gång i Stockholm]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{Escyr|1964}}
| {{esc|Germany|y=1964}} || [[Nora Nova]]|| "[[Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne]]"
|-
| {{esc|Portugal|y=1964}} || [[António Calvário]]|| "[[Oração]]"
|-
|{{esc|Yugoslavia|y=1964}} || [[Sabahudin Kurt]] || "[[Život je sklopio krug]]"
|-
|{{esc|Switzerland|y=1964}} || [[Anita Traversi]] || "[[I miei pensieri]]"
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{Escyr|1965}}
| {{esc|Spain|f=1945|y=1965}} || [[Conchita Bautista]] || "[[¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!]]"
|-
| {{esc|Germany|y=1965}} || [[Ulla Wiesner]] || "[[Paradies, wo bist du?]]"
|-
|{{esc|Belgium|y=1965}} || [[Lize Marke]] || "[[Als het weer lente is]]"
|-
|{{esc|Finland|y=1965}} || [[Viktor Klimenko (singer)|Viktor Klimenko]] || "[[Aurinko laskee länteen]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Escyr|1966}} || {{esc|Monaco|y=1966}} || [[Tereza Kesovija]] || "[[Bien plus fort]]"
|-
|{{esc|Italy|y=1966}} || [[Domenico Modugno]] || "[[Dio, come ti amo]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1967}} || {{esc|Switzerland|y=1967}} || [[Géraldine Gaulier|Géraldine]] || "[[Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1970}} || {{esc|Luxembourg|y=1970}} || [[David Alexandre Winter]] ||"[[Je suis tombé du ciel]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1978}}|| {{esc|Norway|y=1978}} || [[Jahn Teigen]] ||"[[Mil etter mil]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1981}}|| {{esc|Norway|y=1981}} || [[Finn Kalvik]] || "[[Aldri i livet]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1982}}|| {{esc|Finland|y=1982}} || [[Kojo (singer)|Kojo]] || "[[Nuku pommiin]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Escyr|1983}}||{{esc|Spain|y=1983}} || [[Remedios Amaya]] || "[[¿Quién maneja mi barca?]]"
|-
|{{esc|Turkey|y=1983}} || [[Çetin Alp]] and The Short Waves ||"[[Opera (Çetin Alp song)|Opera]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1987}}|| {{esc|Turkey|y=1987}} || [[Seyyal Taner]] and [[Locomotif|Grup Locomotif]] || "[[Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1988}}|| {{esc|Austria|y=1988}} || [[Wilfried (singer)|Wilfried]] || "[[Lisa Mona Lisa]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1989}}|| {{esc|Iceland|y=1989}} || [[Daníel Ágúst]] || "[[Það sem enginn sér]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1991}}|| {{esc|Austria|y=1991}} || [[Thomas Forstner]] ||"[[Venedig im Regen]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1994}}|| {{esc|Lithuania|y=1994}} || [[Ovidijus Vyšniauskas]] ||"[[Lopšinė mylimai]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Escyr|1997}}|| {{esc|Norway|y=1997}} || [[Tor Endresen]] || "[[San Francisco (Tor Endresen song)|San Francisco]]"
|-
|{{esc|Portugal|y=1997}} || Célia Lawson ||"[[Antes do adeus]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|1998}} || {{esc|Switzerland|y=1998}} || [[Gunvor Guggisberg|Gunvor]] ||"[[Lass ihn]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2003}} || {{esc|UK|y=2003}} || [[Jemini]] || "[[Cry Baby (Jemini song)|Cry Baby]]"<ref name="uk2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/nul-points-sparks-eurovision-rejig/1118912.article|title='Nul points' sparks Eurovision rejig|access-date=29 May 2003|work=Broadcast}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Escyr|2015}} || {{esc|Austria|y=2015}} (host) || [[The Makemakes]] ||"[[I Am Yours (song)|I Am Yours]]"
|-
| {{esc|Germany|y=2015}} || [[Ann Sophie]] ||"[[Black Smoke (song)|Black Smoke]]"
|}
<!-- Do NOT add the UK 2021 entry here; this list is until 2015. -->

The first time a host nation ever finished with ''nul points'' was in the 2015 final, when Austria's "I Am Yours", by The Makemakes, scored zero. In 2003, following the UK's first zero score,<ref name="uk2003"/> an online poll was held by [[OGAE]] UK to gauge public opinion about each zero-point entry's worthiness of the score. Spain's "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" (1983) won the poll as the song that least deserved a zero. Austria's "Lisa Mona Lisa" (1988) was determined as the song most deserving of a zero.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sechuk.com/TheBigZeroResult.htm|title=The BIG Zero|work=sechuk.com}}</ref>

In 2012, although it scored in the combined voting, {{esccnty|France|y=2012}}'s "[[Echo (You and I)]]" by [[Anggun]] would have received no points if televoting alone had been used. In that year's first semi-final, although {{esccnty|Belgium|y=2012}}'s "[[Would You? (Iris song)|Would You?]]" by [[Iris (singer)|Iris]] received two points in the televoting-only hypothetical results from the Albanian jury, since Albania did not use televoting. Belgium would have received no official points from televoting alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=eurovision_2012_split_jury-televote_results_revealed|title=Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed|work=Eurovision|access-date=18 June 2012|first=Jarmo|last=Siim}}</ref> In his book, ''Nul Points'', comic writer [[Tim Moore (writer)|Tim Moore]] interviews several of these performers about how their Eurovision score affected their careers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nul Points: Amazon.co.uk: Tim Moore: 9780099492979: Books|id={{ASIN|0099492970|country=uk}}}}</ref>

Since the creation of a single semi-final in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2004.pdf|title=Rules of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest|work=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|publisher=MyLedbury}}</ref> and expansion to two semi-finals in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625184326/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9327|title=Eurovision: 2 semi finals confirmed!|work=Esctoday|archive-date=25 June 2007|access-date=25 June 2007|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9327}}</ref> more than thirty countries vote each night – even countries which have been eliminated or have already qualified. No points are rarer. It requires a song to place less than tenth, in every country in jury voting and televote.

====Semi-finals====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points in semi-finals
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2004}}||{{esc|Switzerland|y=2004}} || [[Piero Esteriore|Piero]] and the MusicStars ||"Celebrate"
|-
|{{Escyr|2009}}|| {{esc|Czech Republic|y=2009}}|| [[Gypsy.cz]] || "Aven Romale"
|}

===2016 onwards===
With the introduction of the {{Escyr|2016}} voting system in semi-finals and finals, scoring no points in either the jury vote or televote is possible. An overall "nul points" were scored only once in the {{Escyr|2021}} final.

From {{Escyr|2023}}, only televoting is used to determine the results of the semi-finals. Since this introduction, "nul points" were scored twice in the second semi-final of the 2023 contest.

====In finals====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points from juries and televoting
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2021}}|| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=2021}}|| [[James Newman (musician)|James Newman]] || "[[Embers (James Newman song)|Embers]]"
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points from juries
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|Spain|y=2017}} || [[Manel Navarro]] || "[[Do It for Your Lover]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2019}}|| {{esc|Israel|y=2019}} (host){{Efn|Due to an error in relation to the jury votes from Belarus, Israel appeared to receive 12 points (all from Belarus) during the broadcast of the 2019 final. This was corrected by the EBU three days after.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 May 2019|title=EBU Issues Statement on the 2019 Grand Final Result|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/ebu-issues-statement-on-eurovision-2019-grand-final-result|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524003358/https://eurovision.tv/story/ebu-issues-statement-on-eurovision-2019-grand-final-result|archive-date=24 May 2019|access-date=25 May 2019|publisher=eurovision.tv}}</ref>}}|| [[Kobi Marimi]] || "[[Home (Kobi Marimi song)|Home]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2021}}|| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=2021}}|| [[James Newman (musician)|James Newman]] || "[[Embers (James Newman song)|Embers]]"
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|{{Escyr|2022}}|| {{esc|Germany|y=2022}}|| [[Malik Harris]] || "[[Rockstars (Malik Harris song)|Rockstars]]"
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points from televoting
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2016}}|| {{esc|Czech Republic|y=2016}}|| [[Gabriela Gunčíková]] || "[[I Stand (song)|I Stand]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|Austria|y=2017}}|| [[Nathan Trent]] || "[[Running on Air (song)|Running on Air]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2019}}|| {{esc|Germany|y=2019}}|| [[S!sters]] || "[[Sister (S!sters song)|Sister]]"
|-
|rowspan=4;|{{Escyr|2021}}
| {{esc|United Kingdom|y=2021}}|| [[James Newman (musician)|James Newman]] || "[[Embers (James Newman song)|Embers]]"
|-
| {{esc|Spain|y=2021}} || [[Blas Cantó]] || "[[Voy a quedarme]]"
|-
| {{esc|Germany|y=2021}} || [[Jendrik Sigwart|Jendrik]] || "[[I Don't Feel Hate]]"
|-
| {{esc|Netherlands|y=2021}} (host) || [[Jeangu Macrooy]] || "[[Birth of a New Age]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2022}}|| {{esc|Switzerland|y=2022}}|| [[Marius Bear]] || "[[Boys Do Cry (song)|Boys Do Cry]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2024}}
|{{esc|United Kingdom|y=2024}}
|[[Olly Alexander]]
|"[[Dizzy (Olly Alexander song)|Dizzy]]"
|}

====In semi-finals====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points from juries
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|San Marino|y=2017}} || [[Valentina Monetta]] and [[Jimmie Wilson (singer)|Jimmie Wilson]] || "Spirit of the Night"
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Zero points from televoting
|-
! scope="col" | Contest
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
|-
|{{Escyr|2017}}|| {{esc|Malta|y=2017}} || [[Claudia Faniello]] || "Breathlessly"
|-
|{{Escyr|2018}}|| {{esc|Iceland|y=2018}} || [[Ari Ólafsson]] || "[[Our Choice (song)|Our Choice]]"
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|{{Escyr|2019}}|| {{esc|Austria|y=2019}} || [[Paenda]] || "Limits"
|-
|{{Escyr|2021}}|| {{esc|Czech Republic|y=2021}} || [[Benny Cristo]] || "[[Omaga]]"
|-
|{{Escyr|2022}}|| {{esc|Azerbaijan|y=2022}} || [[Nadir Rustamli]] || "[[Fade to Black (Nadir Rustamli song)|Fade to Black]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Escyr|2023}}|| {{esc|Romania|y=2023}} || [[Theodor Andrei]] || "[[D.G.T. (Off and On)]]"
|-
||{{esc|San Marino|y=2023}} || [[Piqued Jacks]] || "[[Like an Animal (Piqued Jacks song)|Like an Animal]]"
|-
|}

===Junior Eurovision===
No entry in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] has ever received ''nul points''. Between 2005 and 2015, each contestant began with 12 points to prevent such a result.<ref name="12p">{{cite web |publisher=ESC Today |date=26 November 2005 |url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/5208 |title='Your votes please: the spokespersons' |access-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601191146/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5208 |archive-date=1 June 2010 }}</ref> However, there has not been a situation that the 12 points received in the beginning would have remained as the sole points.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} The closest to that was {{esccnty|Croatia|JESC|y=2014|t=Croatia in 2014}}, which ended up with 13 points after receiving a single point from {{esccnty|San Marino|JESC|y=2014}}.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Siim|first1=Jarmo|title=Extra 'country' to give points in 2012|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=extra_country_to_give_points_in_2012|website=junioreurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=25 August 2016|date=15 October 2012}}</ref>

In October 2012, a new "{{Esccnty|Kids Jury|Junior}}" was introduced into the voting system. The jury consists of members aged between 10 and 15, representing each of the participating countries. A spokesperson from the jury would then announce the points 1–8, 10 and the maximum 12 as decided upon by the jury members.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Siim|first1=Jarmo|title=Extra 'country' to give points in 2012|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=extra_country_to_give_points_in_2012|website=junioreurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=25 August 2016|date=15 October 2012}}</ref> In {{Escyr|2016|JESC}}, the Kids Jury was removed, and instead each country awarded 1–8, 10 and 12 points from both adult and kid's juries, also eliminating televoting from the contest.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jordan|first1=Paul|title=Format changes for the Junior Eurovision 2016|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=format_changes_for_the_junior_eurovision_2016|website=junioreurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 May 2016|date=13 May 2016}}</ref> An expert panel was present at the 2016 contest, with each of the panelists being able to award 1–8, 10 and 12 points themselves.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jordan|first1=Paul|title=Jedward to appear at Junior Eurovision 2016!|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/blog?id=jedward_to_appear_at_junior_eurovision_2016|website=junioreurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=17 May 2016|date=13 May 2016}}</ref> Since the {{Escyr|2017|JESC}} contest, viewers worldwide have been allowed to vote online.

In {{Escyr|2018|JESC}}, {{esccnty|Portugal|JESC|y=2018}} and {{esccnty|Wales|JESC|y=2018}} received no points in the jury voting.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|title=Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Minsk 2018 - detailed voting results|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018/final/results|website=junioreurovision.tv|access-date=25 May 2021|date=26 November 2018}}</ref> In {{Escyr|2019|JESC}}, Portugal again received no points in the jury voting.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|title=Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Gliwice-Silesia 2019 - detailed voting results|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/event/gliwice-silesia/gliwice-silesia-2019/results|website=junioreurovision.tv|access-date=25 May 2021|date=25 November 2019}}</ref>

==Regional bloc voting==
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Although statistical analysis of the results from 2001 to 2005 suggests regional bloc voting,<ref name="Gatherer">{{cite journal |last=Gatherer |first=Derek |date=2006 |title=Comparison of Eurovision Song Contest Simulation with Actual Results Reveals Shifting Patterns of Collusive Voting Alliances |url=http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/9/2/1.html |journal=Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=1–6 |access-date=14 May 2007}}</ref> it is debatable how much in each case is due to ethnic diaspora voting, a sense of ethnic kinship, political alliances or a tendency for culturally-close countries to have similar musical tastes.<ref name="Ginsburgh">{{cite journal |last1=Ginsburgh |first1=Victor |last2=Noury |first2=Abdul G. |title=The Eurovision Song Contest. Is voting political or cultural? |journal=European Journal of Political Economy |date=March 2008 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=41–52 |doi=10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.05.004 }}</ref>  Several countries can be categorised as voting blocs, which regularly award one another high points.<ref name="Gatherer"/> The most common examples are {{esccnty|Cyprus}} and {{esccnty|Greece}}, {{esccnty|Moldova}} and {{esccnty|Romania}}, {{esccnty|Belarus}} and {{esccnty|Russia}}, and the [[Nordic countries]].

It is still common for countries to award points to their neighbours regularly, even if they are not part of a voting bloc. For example, {{esccnty|Finland}} and {{esccnty|Estonia}} or {{esccnty|Germany}} and {{esccnty|Poland}}, Greece and {{esccnty|Albania}} or {{esccnty|Armenia}} and Russia. Votes may also be based on a diaspora: Greece, {{esccnty|Turkey}}, {{esccnty|Poland}}, Lithuania, Russia and the former {{esccnty|Yugoslavia|t=Yugoslav}} countries normally get high scores from Germany or the United Kingdom, Armenia gets votes from {{esccnty|France}} and {{esccnty|Belgium}}, Poland from {{esccnty|Ireland}}, Romania from {{esccnty|Spain}} and {{esccnty|Italy}}, and Albania from {{esccnty|Switzerland}}, Italy and {{esccnty|San Marino}}. 
Former Eurovision TV director Bjørn Erichsen disagreed with the assertion that regional bloc voting significantly affects the contest's outcome, saying that Russia's first victory in 2008 was only possible with votes from thirty-eight of the participating countries.<ref name="Bakker">{{cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse  |date=2 June 2008 |title=Eurovision TV Director Responds to Allegations on Voting |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/belgrade-2008?id=1135 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513000930/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/belgrade-2008?id=1135 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |website=Eurovision Song Contest |location=Le Grand-Saconnex |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=23 May 2010}}</ref>

A 2017 study,<ref name="Mantzaris">{{cite journal |last1=Mantzaris |first1=Alexander V. |last2=Rein |first2=Samuel R. |last3=Hopkins |first3=Alexander D. |title=Examining Collusion and Voting Biases Between Countries During the Eurovision Song Contest Since 1957 |journal=Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation |date=2018 |volume=21 |issue=1 |doi=10.18564/jasss.3580 |arxiv=1705.06721 }}</ref> made a complete analysis of the competition from 1957 until 2017. The voting patterns change and the previous studies restrained their analysis to a particular time window where the voting scheme is homogeneous. This approach allows the sampling comparison over arbitrary periods consistent with the unbiased assumption of voting patterns. This methodology also allows for a sliding time window to accumulate a degree of collusion over the years, producing a weighted network. The previous results are supported and the changes over time provide insight into the collusive behaviours given more or less choice.

==See also==
* [[Kids Jury in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]

==Notes==
{{Noteslist}}

==References==
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{{Eurovision years}}

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[[Category:Voting]]

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