The European Broadcasting Union has reportedly started discussions about potential changes to the jury aspect of voting at the Eurovision Song Contest.
At present 50% of the votes are determined by the voting public, while the other 50% comes from five-strong juries in each of the participating nations.
This year's contest was won last month by Sweden's Loreen, who gained 340 points from the juries with 15 countries giving her top marks - although she was less popular with the public, not earning the iconic douze points from any of the countries.
By contrast, Finland's Kaarija easily topped the public vote with 18 countries awarding 12 points, but a less favourable score from the juries meant that he only finished second overall, some 57 points behind Loreen.
The EBU is therefore considering changes which could potentially give more weighting to how the tens of millions watching at home judge the performances, with less influence to the professional juries.
A final decision on any alteration to the voting format will be made by January. body check tags ::
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