The Eurovision Song Contest has seen many ways of voting throughout its near 60 years. To date, there have been 8 voting procedures, some dropped, some repeated. The 12-point system that is still used today was introduced in 1975, Luxembourg was the very first recipient of the "douze points", receiving it from the Netherlands. From 1975 to 1979, the points were read at random according to the performance order of the receiving country. From 1980 onward, the points were read in ascending numerical order to increase the excitement factor for the audience as to which country would get the 12 points. Starting in 2006, the spokesperson would only announce the top 3 scores of each country after 1- through 7-point scores were shown on the screen in order to slash a big percentage off the overa