This is an illustrative final with four fictional entries: Aurora, Beacon, Cinder, and Drift. It explains the points arithmetic used by standard scoring. It is not a saved run, an official result, or a claim that the simulator will generate these exact rankings.
Each entry represents a different participating country, and all four countries vote. There are no extra juries. Because a country cannot vote for itself, each ranking has only three eligible entries. Under the app's standard point schedule, they receive 12, 10, and 8 points. Each voter therefore distributes 30 jury points and 30 public points.
Jury votes
Read each row as one country's awards to the receiving entries. The dash marks the prohibited self-vote.
| Voting country | Aurora | Beacon | Cinder | Drift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | — | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Beacon | 12 | — | 8 | 10 |
| Cinder | 12 | 10 | — | 8 |
| Drift | 10 | 12 | 8 | — |
| Jury total | 34 | 34 | 26 | 26 |
Aurora receives 12 + 12 + 10 = 34 jury points. Beacon also receives 34. The sum of the four column totals is 120, which matches four voters distributing 30 points each. That equality is a useful way to check a voting matrix.
Public votes
The public ranking can differ from the jury ranking, even for the same voter. Consider this second matrix:
| Voting country | Aurora | Beacon | Cinder | Drift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | — | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Beacon | 10 | — | 12 | 8 |
| Cinder | 10 | 8 | — | 12 |
| Drift | 8 | 10 | 12 | — |
| Public total | 28 | 26 | 36 | 30 |
Cinder receives the highest public total, 36. Public points also sum to 120. The combined contest distributes 240 points, with equal aggregate jury and public contributions in this example.
Combine the rounds
| Entry | Jury | Public | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 34 | 28 | 62 |
| Cinder | 26 | 36 | 62 |
| Beacon | 34 | 26 | 60 |
| Drift | 26 | 30 | 56 |
Aurora and Cinder tie on 62 total points. In the app's standard combined-vote tie-break, Cinder ranks ahead because it received more public points: 36 versus 28. The final order is therefore Cinder, Aurora, Beacon, Drift. A lead after the jury round is not necessarily a win after public points arrive.
How changing the format changes this example
In jury-only mode, Aurora and Beacon remain tied on 34 before the app's remaining tie-break fallback. In public-only mode, Cinder leads on 36. Under the classic UMK-style multiplier, each public award is tripled: Cinder would have 26 + 3 × 36 = 134 points. These changes follow directly from the scoring settings, even if the underlying recipient rankings were held fixed.
Your actual simulation chooses rankings randomly according to entry strength and the selected model, so switching settings and rerunning will not generally preserve these matrices. To investigate a specific result, open its voting matrices to inspect individual votes as well as the final total. The model guide explains how the recipient rankings are chosen.