# 12 Points Citizen Science

> 12 Points Citizen Science (iPhone/iPad app by Angelos Pipergias.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/12-points-citizen-science/id6762058508 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Angelos Pipergias](https://appshunter.io/developer/1886696583)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 48 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-04-17
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/12-points-citizen-science/id6762058508/reviews.md

## What is 12 Points Citizen Science?

Rate the Song Contest. Compare with friends. Power real research.

Cast your 12 points. Give science a hand.

12 Points is your companion app for the world's biggest song
competition — an unofficial, fan-made citizen science project
from researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and
NYU Abu Dhabi. Rate every entry from every competing country,
build your personal scoreboard, compare your taste with friends,
and (if you choose) help advance real academic research on
musical taste and how groups make decisions together.

Free. No ads from us. No paid tier. Geeky, and a little bit glittery.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Rate every entry from the semifinals to the grand final, on
  a 10-star scale. Vocals, staging, songwriting, pure camp —
  your ballot, your rules.
- Browse all competing countries on an interactive map and
  dive into each entry's video and community discussion.
- Build a personal scorecard and share it with your group chat,
  your followers, or anyone who needs to know your verdict.
- Compare side-by-side with friends — see who really has taste
  and who just has loud opinions.
- Change your mind as often as you want. Songs grow on people.
- Once you've rated every entry in a contest, unlock a rich
  statistics dashboard: see how different countries and
  demographics voted, compare your ballot against the community
  and the official juries, and find out who would have won
  under alternative voting systems like ranked-choice, approval,
  or Borda count. A fan dashboard and a working introduction
  to the mathematics of collective choice.
- Join the forum and argue (politely) about staging choices.

A FAN APP THAT'S ALSO A LABORATORY
Every year, ESC brings together one of
the most enthusiastic, cross-cultural audiences on the planet.
That's a once-a-year window into how millions of people from
dozens of countries evaluate the same set of songs — a goldmine
for researchers studying musical taste, cultural difference, and
collective choice.
If you opt in, your anonymised ratings help our team study:
- How musical taste varies across cultures, countries, and
  generations.
- How recommendation algorithms could get better at matching
  songs to listeners.
- How groups can make fairer, better collective decisions.
Opting in is entirely your choice. If you don't, your ratings
stay on your device — you still get the full app experience,
analytics included.

PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION
- Research participation is opt-in and explicit.
- Anonymised data only. Your identity is separated from your
  ratings before any researcher ever sees them.
- Nothing is sold. Nothing is tied to advertising.
- Reviewed under University of Southern Denmark research
  ethics guidelines.

OPEN SCIENCE
Findings, aggregated results, and documentation will be
published openly so other researchers — and curious fans —
can build on the work.

WHO'S BEHIND IT
12 Points is led by researchers at the University of
Southern Denmark, in collaboration with NYU Abu
Dhabi. The project is supported through 2028 by a Digital
Infrastructure grant from the Carlsberg Foundation.

NOT THE OFFICIAL APP
12 Points is an independent, unofficial, fan-made companion.
It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the
Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU),
or any participating broadcaster. All trademarks belong to
their respective owners.
Learn more at 12points.science


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.6 — 2026-05-16

bug fix: list view reordering fixed for live competitions

### 1.0.2 — 2026-04-22

New navbar, notifications page

### 1.0 — 2026-04-17

No release notes.

## Related topics

[12 points citizen science](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/12-points-citizen-science)

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