Eurovision – Australia Decides

For the most recent edition, see Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Eurovision – Australia Decides was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production partner Blink TV. It determined the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest between 2019 and 2022 (except in 2021, following the cancellation of the previous contest).^[1]

Eurovision – Australia Decides
Genre	Song contest
Presented by	Joel Creasey and Myf Warhurst
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3 editions
Production
Production locations	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland
Running time	2 hours and 30 minutes
Production company	Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
Original release
Release	7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) – 26 February 2022 (2022-02-26)
Related
Eurovision Song Contest (1956–present)

Background

Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 by invitation from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. On 17 November 2015, the EBU announced that SBS had been invited to participate in the 2016 contest and that Australia would once again take part. This invitation has been extended each year and Australia is invited to participate in the contest until at least 2023.^[2]

The entrants from 2015 until 2018 were internally selected. In September 2018, SBS announced that from 2019, it would organise a national contest to select the artist and the song that will compete at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed a call for entries. The show was to be called Eurovision – Australia Decides.^[3]

Format

SBS asks for submissions, then selects ten entries and their running order for the contest. The contest takes place over a weekend in February, with a jury preview show, a matinee preview show and a live final. The winner is determined via the combination of public televote (50%) and the votes of a professional jury panel (50%).^[3]

Discontinuation

In November 2022, six months after the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, SBS announced that it would not be continuing Eurovision – Australia Decides, reverting back to internally selecting the Australian entries for Eurovision.^[4]

Contestants

2019 edition - Gold Coast
Artist	Song	Running order	Jury votes	Televotes	Total points	Place
Ella Hooper	"Data Dust"	1st	12	6	18	10
Electric Fields	"2000 and Whatever"	2nd	44	70	114	2
Mark Vincent	"This Is Not the End"	3rd	19	19	38	7
Aydan Calafiore	"Dust"	4th	38	10	48	6
Courtney Act	"Fight for Love"	5th	26	26	52	4
Leea Nanos	"Set Me Free"	6th	10	11	21	9
Sheppard	"On My Way"	7th	41	46	87	3
Alfie Arcuri	"To Myself"	8th	35	14	49	5
Kate Miller-Heidke	"Zero Gravity"	9th	48	87	135	1
Tania Doko	"Piece of Me"	10th	17	6	23	8

2020 edition - Gold Coast
Artist	Song	Running order	Jury votes	Televotes	Total points	Place
Iota	"Life"	1st	19	13	32	9
Jordan-Ravi	"Pushing Stars"	2nd	11	12	23	10
Jaguar Jonze	"Rabbit Hole"	3rd	18	28	46	6
Jack Vidgen	"I Am King I Am Queen"	4th	19	15	34	8
Vanessa Amorosi	"Lessons of Love"	5th	42	40	82	3
Diana Rouvas	"Can We Make Heaven"	6th	24	18	42	7
Mitch Tambo	"Together	7th	24	33	57	5
Casey Donovan	"Proud"	8th	40	60	100	2
Montaigne	"Don't Break Me"	9th	54	53	107	1
Didirri	"Raw Stuff"	10th	39	24	63	4

2022 edition - Gold Coast
Artist	Song	Running order	Jury votes	Televotes	Total points	Place
G-Nation	"Bite Me"	1st	11	45	56	5
Erica Padilla	"To the Bottom"	2nd	20	25	45	9
Seann Miley Moore	"My Body"	3rd	18	5	23	11
Charley	"I Suck at Being Lonely"	4th	33	30	63	4
Andrew Lambrou	"Electrify"	5th	16	35	51	7
Sheldon Riley	"Not the Same"	6th	50	50	100	1
Paulini	"We Are One"	7th	32	20	52	6
Jaguar Jonze	"Little Fires"	8th	51	40	91	3
Isaiah Firebrace and Evie Irie	"When I'm with You"	9th	35	10	45	10
Voyager	"Dreamer"	10th	37	60	97	2
Jude York	"I Won't Need to Dream"	11th	32	15	47	8

Eurovision Song Contest results

Year	Artist	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2019	Kate Miller-Heidke	"Zero Gravity"	9	284	1	261
2020	Montaigne	"Don't Break Me"	Contest cancelled[a] X
2022	Sheldon Riley	"Not the Same"	15	125	2	243

Notes

1. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.