Eurovision 2018 Jury members

This year's national jury members have been revealed. They will decide half of the result of the contest. 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 2018 – Jury Members

Former Eurovision artists in the juries

• Amber Bondin
  • Malta 2015: Warrior
• Aminata Savadogo
  • Latvia 2015: Love Injected
• Anabela
  • Portugal 1993: A Cidade Até Ser Dia
• Bob Savenberg
  • Belgium 1991: Geef Het Op
• Bojana Stamenov
  • Serbia 2015: Beauty Never Lies
• Cristina Scarlat
  • Moldova 2014: Wild Soul
• Emmelie de Forest
  • Denmark 2013: Only Teardrops
• Guri Schanke
  • Norway 2007: Ven A Bailar Conmigo
• Hanne Kristine Haugsand
  • Norway 2000: My Heart Goes Boom
• Laura Tesoro
  • Belgium 2016: What's the Pressure
• Mary Roos
  • Germany 1972: Nur Die Liebe Läßt Uns Leben
  • Germany 1984: Aufrecht Geh'n
• Michał Szpak
  • Poland 2016: Color of Your Life
• Nathan Trent
  • Austria 2017: Running On Air
• Niamh Kavanagh
  • Ireland 2010: It's For You
  • Ireland 1993: In Your Eyes
• Nina Žižić
  • Montenegro 2013: Igranka
• Tom Dice
  • Belgium 2010: Me And My Guitar

Did you know...

• The youngest juror, aged 16, comes from Estonia.
• The oldest, at 74, is part of the Croatian jury
• The average age of the jurors is 40.8 years old, just a few months older than last year’s average
• 102 jurors are female, 113 are male
• Georgia, Lithuania and Montenegro all invited professors to their jury.

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.

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.