Rest of the World in the Eurovision Song Contest

The flag used to represent the "Rest of the World" on the voting website of the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2023, the Eurovision Song Contest introduced a "Rest of the World" vote in which viewers from non-participating countries could cast votes for their favourites, with their votes aggregated and presented as one individual set of points, equivalent to one participating country.

The flag used to represent the "Rest of the World" on the voting website of the Eurovision Song Contest from 2023 until 2025.

The first vote for viewers from non-participating countries in a Eurovision event was introduced at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, where international audiences were invited to vote for their favourite entries via a dedicated website. The online vote was intended to determine the recipient of a special award rather than affect the contest results, with the winner to be presented with a trophy; however, the award was ultimately not presented after the voting website crashed.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest replaced traditional televoting with an online vote in 2017, allowing viewers to vote regardless of their country of residence. Jon Ola Sand, then-executive supervisor of both the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, stated that a similar system could be introduced to the adult contest in future editions.

On 22 November 2022, the European Broadcasting Union announced that, beginning with the 2023 contest, viewers from non-participating countries would be able to vote in all shows, with their votes being aggregated and presented as one individual set of points under "Rest of the World". Those viewers would be able to cast votes via the online platform Esc.vote, which requires ownership of a credit or debit card for verification.

The introduction of the "Rest of the World" vote altered the balance between the jury and public vote, giving the latter a slight majority of approximately 51% to 49% in the overall result, instead of the previous equal weighting.

Since the introduction of the "Rest of the World" vote in 2023, the EBU has annually revealed, in no particular order, a list of around ten non-participating countries that provided the highest total number of votes across all live shows. As of 2025, seven countries have appeared on the list in every edition in which the vote has been used: Canada, Hungary, Mexico, Slovakia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Of these countries, Hungary, Slovakia, and Turkey have previously participated in the contest.