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The Next Star for Eurovision" Ditches Red and Blue Buttons for Eurovision Scoring System

The Israeli reality competition "The Next Star for Eurovision" is adopting the Eurovision Song Contest's scoring system, replacing its familiar red and blue buttons with numerical scores from judges and audience votes. Contestants will need 70% of the combined vote to advance.

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What happened

  1. 01The Next Star for Eurovision will now use a numerical scoring system from 4 to 12 points per judge.
  2. 02The new scoring system is directly adopted from the Eurovision Song Contest format.
  3. 03Contestants need a combined 70% of votes from judges and the studio audience to advance.
  4. 04The show's iconic separating screen will remain a key feature.
  5. 05Rotem Sela and Assi Azar will continue as hosts for the upcoming season.

Hosts Rotem Sela and Assi Azar will continue to present the show, which selects Israel's Eurovision representative.

Translated and summarized by baba from Maariv, the latest report. Read Maariv’s original

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