The juries should just go. They were brought back to lower the impact of buddy-voting, and to elevate diversity. The reality is you have Greece and Cyprus swapping 24 points instead of 12 (the Nordics, among others, are almost as bad), and the juries keep killing entries the viewers would have ranked much higher. There are so many problems, but just to list a few:
-The show is for the viewers at home. 5 narrow minded music ”experts” should not have a say over the spectators. We’ve seen it a few times that the public favorite does not win.
-On the other hand we’ve also seen jury favorites being in the lead, and then brutally burned by the televotes. That’s almost as bad, especially for the artists.
-Juries rank all songs, which means they not only vote for the ones they like; they sabotage entries they don’t like. Viewers don’t have that power.
-Juries watch a different performance. In the case of bad singing, mishaps and what not, the juries and viewers are not even evaluating the same end product.
-Juries are possibly worse than spectators when it comes to buddy-voting, and voting for the same style over and over. Viewers have been much more open minded.
-The so called experts can’t even agree on who should win, so can you say they recognise quality? There were so many different 12-pointers yesterday that I lost count.
Edit: 16 (!!!) finalists got 12-pointers from juries, so how are juries relevant for rewarding the highest quality when they can’t even remotely agree on the winner?