Free Eurovision "Pick ONE" ballot (PDF)

Ranking every song is hard work. Choosing just one is a lot more fun. This ballot asks each guest to pick exactly one country for every question — from "Best Dancer" to "Who deserves 12 points purely for the audacity?" — and then argue about the answers.

Download the template (PDF) HERE and print one copy per player.

What's on the sheet

The ballot has a header for your name and the date, followed by a table of 19 numbered categories, each with a single box for your pick. The first 12 are the classics: Best Dancer, Best Dressed, Best Staging, Best Vocal, Best Emotional Moment, Funniest Moment, Biggest Banger, Most Clever Song, Most Unhinged, Most Eurovision, Best Visual and My Personal Winner.

The last 7 are deliberately ridiculous. Who would you actually put on your playlist? Who would you vote for if nobody could see you? Which performance would you show someone to explain Eurovision? Every category takes exactly one country — no ties, no sharing and no hedging.

How to use it

1. Write your name and the date at the top.
2. Watch the show and make mental notes. You don't need to fill in anything yet unless a performance really stands out.
3. Write one country in each box. If two acts are equally good, you have to choose.
4. Save the last 7 questions for the end of the show, when you've seen every act.
5. Reveal your picks one category at a time and see which countries the room agrees on.
6. Tally up how many categories each country won across all ballots. The country with the most picks takes the group's overall title.

Printing tips

• A4 and Letter both print cleanly (choose "fit to page" if your printer asks).
• Black-and-white is fine — the sheet is just black lines and text, with no shading, so it uses very little ink and you don't need a color printer.
• The sheet works well with a pen too, since there's no scoring to correct, just picks.
• For a sturdier sheet that survives a full evening of writing and rewriting, print on 120gsm paper or card stock.
• A clipboard or a firm magazine underneath makes writing easier if you're on a sofa.

Why a paper version

A numbered ranking table forces you to compare every act against every other. A one-pick ballot asks the question you actually care about, which is who stood out for what, and a paper sheet makes it easy to pass around and compare answers across the sofa.

If you want to run a live digital scoreboard alongside the paper versions, you can create a room here and everyone can join from their own device.