Overview
- The EBU will cut the maximum televotes per viewer from 20 to 10 and will encourage fans to spread votes across entries.
- Semifinals restore a 50/50 split between juries and the public, with national juries expanding from five to seven members and including at least two jurors aged 18 to 25.
- The EBU will work with voting partner Once to expand security and detect coordinated or fraudulent patterns, while maintaining that the Basel 2025 results were valid.
- Israel remains confirmed for the 2026 contest, with a special vote to reconsider only if members at the December 4–5 assembly judge the new safeguards insufficient.
- Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland have threatened not to take part if Israel competes, and the EBU is preparing participation contingencies.