The regulations of the Intervision International Music Contest outline how the competition is to be staged and how countries may take part.
The responsibility for organising the final lies with the Organiser, which is a body based in the host country for that year. The Organiser may change annually, as the Founder of the contest approves each new host on the basis of applications received. This means that, unlike Eurovision, the winner of Intervision does not automatically earn the right to host the following year’s contest; the hosting country and company are instead chosen directly by the Founder – the Art Traditions Foundation from Russia.
Participation is arranged through Co-Organizers, which can be broadcasters, public institutions, private companies, or even individuals. Their role is to nominate a performer, attempt to arrange a national broadcast, and promote the contest within their country. Each country is represented by one song, selected with advisory input from the Founder but ultimately left to the Co-Organizer. The regulations allow not only for new or recently released songs but also for adaptations of older works, making covers and remakes possible if these new versions were released not earlier than a year prior to the contest. Every entry must reflect the values of the contest, made in pop music genre with possible inclusion of national motives, can be performed in any language, and must run between two and three minutes.
Performances may feature one or more main artists with backing dancers, singers, or musicians, but there can never be more than six people on stage at the same time. Only two instruments may be played live.
Each delegation is capped at ten people, and this total may include a sound engineer brought by the Co-Organiser.
The voting process is a major point of difference from Eurovision. There is no public voting: the winner is determined exclusively by an international professional jury, made up of one representative from each participating country. The exact procedures remain confidential, detailed in a separate regulation accessible only to organisers, jury members, and the voting supervisor.
Financially, the contest is structured to reduce barriers for participants. There are no entry fees, another distinction from Eurovision, where broadcasters pay contributions to the European Broadcasting Union.
The winner of Intervision receives a prize of 30 million rubles (roughly equivalent to about 333,000 USD), with the possibility of additional special awards, while all contestants are awarded diplomas. Taken together, the regulations show that Intervision is designed with more centralised control than Eurovision, with the Founder making final decisions on hosting and voting procedures. At the same time, the rules allow for a wider range of Co-Organisers, including private entities and even individuals, and for greater flexibility in song choice through the acceptance of adaptations and remakes.
Complete regulations are available here.
Source: INTERVISION 2025