- Voting cap halved for 2026, encouraging fans to spread support across more entries
- Professional juries return to Semi-Finals with expanded, more diverse panels including young jurors aged 18–25
- Enhanced technical safeguards to detect and block coordinated or fraudulent voting activity
- disproportionate promotion campaigns, particularly those of affiliated third parties, such as governments (cough Israel cough) are now prohibited
Interesting. I remember that scandal, but I guess I missed what the outcome of that was.
It’s also funny (and annoying) that I didn’t know I could have voted in the semis… I’m still kind of upset that Australia didn’t make it to the final with milkshake man