Eurovision 2016 Jury members

This year's national jury members have been revealed. They will decide half of the result of the contest. For the first time, the jury and televoters will each give their own set of points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12.

Each jury member is asked to evaluate:

• vocal capacity
• performance on stage
• composition
• originality of the song
• overall impression

Each participating country has 5 Jury members. The national juries decide half of the result of the contest. Many former representatives are in this year's juries.

Eurovision 2016 – Jury Members

Former Eurovision artists in the juries

• Alma Čardžić
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina 1994: Ostani Kraj Mene
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina 1997: Goodbye
• Andrea Demirović
  • Montenegro 2009: Just Get Out of My Life
• Axel Hirsoux
  • Belgium 2014: Mother
• Basim
  • Denmark 2014: Cliche Love Song
• Hayko
  • Armenia 2007: Anytime You Need
• Kati Wolf
  • Hungary 2011: What About My Dreams?
• Kejsi Tola
  • Albania 2009: Carry Me In Your Dreams
• Marga Bult
  • Netherlands 1987: Rechtop In De Wind
• Marjetka Vovk
  • Slovenia 2015: Here for You
• Molly Sterling
  • Ireland 2015: Playing With Numbers
• Monika Kuszyńska
  • Poland 2015: In The Name Of Love
• Pamela Ramljak
  • Croatia 2010: Lako Je Sve
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina 2005: Call Me
• Stoyan Yankoulov
  • Bulgaria 2007: Water
  • Bulgaria 2013: Samo Shampioni
• Teo
  • Belarus 2014: Cheesecake
• Viktor Rakonczai
  • Hungary 1997: Miert Kell, Hogy Elmenj?
• Yoanna Dragneva
  • Bulgaria 2008: DJ, Take Me Away

Admission rules for jury members

• Members of the jury must not have been part of the jury in the previous two years
• Members of the jury must be aged of at least 16 on the day they vote
• Members of the jury must not be employees of Participating Broadcasters
• Members of the jury must pursue a profession in or related to the music industry
• Members of the jury shall be citizens of the country they represent
• No member of a jury shall be connected in any way with any of the participating songs entered and/or artists performing in the contest in such a way that they cannot vote in complete independence and impartiality.
• Just like viewers at home, juries will vote during the Final and during one of the two Semi-Finals.

The work of the juries

The jury members will gather to watch the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, live as it happens, via a dedicated satellite channel at each country's public broadcaster headquarters. Their work will be supervised by a notary, and the EBU's independent observers of PwC reserve the rights to pay ad-hoc surprise visits to the jury gatherings in order to re-assure that the jury voting is being conducted in accordance with the Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Each jury member will rank all entries, except their own country's contribution, in order. Each jury member should vote independently from the others.

After the submission of their vote, the EBU and PwC intensely work together to check and verify the jury results. In case of apparent irregularities, a national jury vote may be discarded.