Because the public can't be trusted to vote properly, jury panels will be brought back to the Eurovision Song Contest next year, although there will still be a telephone vote as well.
As much previously reported, Eurovision has come in for a great deal of criticism in recent years from people who say that the current voting system gives unfair bias to Eastern European countries, who, some say, all automatically vote for each other rather than picking the song they think is the best. Said tactical voting has led to Western Europe countries like the UK, France and Germany - who provide a lot of the funding for the Contest and its broadcast - consistently scoring badly at the Contest.
From next year, a judging panel from each country will vote alongside the viewing public in an attempt to balance out any biased punter voting. When the jury vote was re-introduced to the semi-final stage this year, there were significant differences between the public and jury votes. That said, even before the public vote there were always countries that traditionally voted for each other, so maybe it'll all be pointless. We shall see in May, when the next contest is held in Moscow.
Eurovision's Executive Supervisor, Svante Stockelius told the BBC: "Nothing is more democratic than the vote of the public. But a jury takes the opportunity to listen to the songs several times before they make up their minds. We believe a combination will make the show more interesting".