{"id":408053,"date":"2025-09-08T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408053\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:53:20","slug":"united-kingdom-bbc-to-scrap-phone-voting-eurovision-voting-goes-fully-online-for-uk-viewers-eurovision-news-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408053\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom: BBC to scrap phone voting \u2013 Eurovision voting goes fully online for UK viewers &#8211; Eurovision News | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"491\">The <strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"351\">BBC has announced the end of phone voting<\/strong> for its popular show Strictly Come Dancing. From the next series onwards, the results will be decided <strong data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"488\">exclusively by online voting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"826\">This change also has a direct impact on <strong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"564\">Eurovision voting in the UK<\/strong>. For the <strong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"593\">first time ever<\/strong>, UK viewers will cast their votes for the Eurovision Song Contest <strong data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"679\">entirely online<\/strong>. Until now, British audiences could vote both by phone and online, but from 2026 onwards, the online platform will be the only available method.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"1066\">At the moment, it is still <strong data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"918\">unclear whether online voting will remain a premium service<\/strong> (requiring a small fee per vote) or if the system will be adapted to offer free participation, similar to how some national broadcasters operate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1248\">The decision marks a significant shift in the UK\u2019s approach to audience participation, reflecting a wider trend of broadcasters across Europe investing more in digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1248\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superTV247\/status\/1965008866527305875\">Super TV 24\/7<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1250\" data-end=\"1431\">Stay tuned to <strong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1281\">Eurovisionfun<\/strong> for all the latest updates on the BBC\u2019s Eurovision strategy and how this change may influence the voting experience for fans in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has announced the end of phone voting for its popular show Strictly Come Dancing. From the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[192,748,393,140535,4884,1144,140536,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-408053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-eurovision-2026-united-kingdom","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-online-voting","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115169250757790197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}