The current tie-break procedure was implemented in the 2016 contest . In the procedure , sometimes known as a countback , if two ( or more ) countries tie , the song receiving more points from the televote is the winner . If the songs received the same number of televote points , the song that received at least one televote point from the greatest number of countries is the winner . If there is still a tie , a second tie-breaker counts the number of countries who assigned twelve televote points to each entry in the tie . Tie-breaks continue with ten points , eight points , and so on until the tie is resolved . If the tie can not be resolved after the number of countries which assigned one point to the song is equal , the song performed earlier in the running order is declared the winner , unless the host country performed earlier ( in which case the song performed later would be the winner ) . The tie-break procedure originally applied only to first place ties , but since 2008 has been applied to all places
2016 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest