[News Engineer]

I think it helps to justify keeping the juries for the final, the joke act would have won otherwise. And those gaining a political vote would have come closer to winning.

The best pop song won.

Need to bring juries back for the semi finals as well. It balances things out nicely.

Having a 50/50 jury and public vote makes the contest more of a challenge to win. You can’t just go with a novelty song that might do very well in the public vote, you’ve got to have something the juries will go for enough as well. It’s got to stand out for both. Same the other way - you can’t just throw a dull serious ballad you think might appeal to the juries, you’ve got to go with something the public vote will go for too.

Much better that way. And the current way of announcing the scores builds the tension well.