You Can Vote in Every Eurovision Asia National Final From Anywhere — Here's the Rule Most People Miss

One of the genuinely new things about Eurovision Asia is that its national finals are not closed shops. Every participating broadcaster is running a Rest of the World vote alongside its domestic one, which means a fan in Dhaka, Dublin or Detroit can help pick Bhutan’s or the Philippines’ entry.

The European contest has nothing quite like this at national final stage. It is also poorly explained almost everywhere, and there is one rule that catches people out.

The basics

Voting happens at eurovisionasia.com/voting — that is the address the official pages now point viewers to. You do not need to be in the country holding the final, and you do not need a subscription to the broadcaster.

The official site also promotes ZOOP alongside voting, as a companion platform for watching, reacting and predicting. Going through eurovisionasia.com/voting has worked for every national final so far; see our ZOOP explainer for what that platform does and doesn’t control.

Each user receives eight free votes.

The rule people miss

You cannot put all eight votes on one song.

Every user must distribute their votes across a minimum of three different songs. This is a hard requirement built into the voting system, not a suggestion. If you were planning to dump your full allocation on a single favourite, the system will not let you.

Beyond the eight free votes, a paid Booster Pack adds ten additional votes. That is an absolute ceiling — eighteen votes total per user, and no more. The official site carries a Booster Pack terms and refund policy.

Full details were published in the official Eurovision guide to Rhythm of Bhutan, which set the template for the shows that followed.

Why the three-song minimum exists

The design intent is fairly transparent. In a small field — Bhutan’s final had five songs, the Philippines has ten — an organised international fanbase could otherwise land an enormous bloc on one entry and swamp the local audience.

Forcing votes to spread across at least three songs dilutes that. It rewards fans who actually listen to the field rather than arriving with a pre-decided target.

Whether it works is an open question. It is a softer constraint than it looks, since a coordinated group can still concentrate most of its weight on a first choice while parking the remainder elsewhere.

How much the international vote actually counts

This varies by country, and it matters more than the raw vote count.

Every national final that has aired so far used the same split:

• Professional jury — 40%
• Domestic public — 40%
• Rest of the World — 20%

That is eight shows out of eight: Bhutan, the Philippines, South Korea, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Nepal.

So the international share is a fifth of the result. Not decisive on its own, but comfortably enough to change a podium in a close race — in Bhutan, the one final that published its points, the international vote picked a different winner from both the jury and the home public.

Don’t confuse this with the Grand Final

The Bangkok final on 14 November uses a different system: a straight 50/50 split between professional juries and public voting. The 40/40/20 structure is a national final mechanism, not the contest-wide one.

What is still unclear

Three things worth watching:

1. The last two splits. Mongolia’s 40/40/20 was reported in August, before its show changed from an open final to a song vote, and hasn’t been restated. Cambodia’s has been described as 50% jury, 50% televote — the same shorthand that was used for Bangladesh, Vietnam and Nepal before all three turned out to be 40/40/20.
2. How Rest of the World votes are weighted internally. It is not publicly documented whether votes are pooled globally or grouped by region before being converted into a score.
3. How the international vote actually went. Only Bhutan has published its points. For every other final, nobody outside the broadcaster knows how Rest of the World voters ranked the field — see Nine national finals, one scoreboard.

We will update this page as broadcasters publish their rules.

Which shows you can still vote in

Two shows remain, both streaming on the official Eurovision YouTube channel:

• Mongolia’s Chosen One — Saturday 10 October, 21:00 ULAT (15:00 CEST)
• Cambodia’s Finest Voice — Saturday 17 October, 18:00 ICT (13:00 CEST)

After that, the next vote is the Grand Final itself on 14 November.

See the full national selection calendar for every remaining show, and our FAQ for common questions about the contest format.

Last updated 7 October 2026.