Overview
- Fans will be limited to 10 votes per payment method in 2026, with professional juries reinstated for the semi‑finals to restore an approximate 50/50 split with the public vote.
- Jury panels will expand from five to seven members, include at least two jurors aged 18–25, and require signed declarations of independent, impartial voting with no coordination.
- An updated Code of Conduct curbs disproportionate third‑party promotion, explicitly including government‑backed campaigns, with potential sanctions for attempts to sway results.
- The EBU will broaden fraud detection with voting partner Once to identify and block coordinated or suspicious activity and to strengthen monitoring of televote patterns.
- All measures have been approved by the Eurovision Reference Group and will be reviewed at the December General Assembly, where a vote on Israel’s participation would occur only if members deem the reforms insufficient; the 2026 lineup is due before Christmas for May’s contest in Vienna.