diff --git a/src/lib/auth.config.ts b/src/lib/auth.config.ts
index 12b819e..8435301 100644
--- a/src/lib/auth.config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/auth.config.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ export const authConfig: NextAuthConfig = {
         '/reset-password',
         '/apply',
         '/lunch/pick', // external attendees pick a dish via signed token (no account)
+        '/vote', // audience QR voting at the grand finale (token-based, no account)
+        '/live-scores', // public live scoreboard
+        '/live/ceremony', // big-screen ceremony view (projector, no account)
         '/api/auth',
         '/api/trpc', // tRPC handles its own auth via procedures
         '/api/cron', // cron endpoints self-guard via x-cron-secret (CRON_SECRET)
diff --git a/tests/unit/auth-public-paths.test.ts b/tests/unit/auth-public-paths.test.ts
index 195140f..4f1d76b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/auth-public-paths.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/auth-public-paths.test.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,24 @@ describe('middleware public paths', () => {
   it('blocks a protected page without a session', () => {
     expect(authorized('/admin/logistics', null)).toBe(false)
   })
+
+  // Grand finale: audience QR voting, public scoreboard, and the big-screen
+  // ceremony view are all reached by attendees with NO account.
+  it('allows audience voting pages without a session', () => {
+    expect(authorized('/vote/competition/round123', null)).toBe(true)
+    expect(authorized('/vote/session456', null)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('allows the public live scoreboard without a session', () => {
+    expect(authorized('/live-scores/session456', null)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('allows the big-screen ceremony view without a session', () => {
+    expect(authorized('/live/ceremony/round123', null)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps jury and admin live surfaces private', () => {
+    expect(authorized('/jury/competitions/round123/live', null)).toBe(false)
+    expect(authorized('/admin', null)).toBe(false)
+  })
 })