 Grand jurors are selected so that each shortlisted album has one person in the jury room to advocate for it; ten are selected on the basis of having named one of the shortlisted albums as their top pick in the balloting, while the remaining jury position is given to a person who did not vote for any of the shortlisted albums at all.Polaris Music Prize board of directors selects the jurors.The jury list includes more than 200 Canadian music journalists, bloggers, and broadcasters.