RT Journal Article
T1 The Eurovision Song Contest: voting rules, biases and rationality
A1 Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.
A1 Ginsburgh, Victor
K1 Eurovision song contest
K1 Voting
K1 Borda
K1 Shapley method
K1 Biases
AB We analyze and evaluate the rules and results at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. We first concentrate on the various voting procedures and explore several alternatives (inspired by classical contributions in social choice and game theory) that could make a difference for the results. We also discuss other important issues, such as simplicity, contrast effects and whether experts are better judges than tele-voters. Our findings raise the question of whether the voting procedures used by the Eurovision Song Contest authorities are fail-safe. We endorse instead the use of the so-called Shapley voting procedure for judges as well as tele-voters.
PB Springer
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/15914
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/15914
LA en
NO J Cult Econ 47, 247–277 (2023)
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics, Carretera de Utrera, Km. 1, 41013, Seville, Spain
DS RIO
RD May 1, 2026