Eurovision – Australia Decides was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production partner Blink TV. It determined for the Eurovision Song Contest between 2019 and 2022 (except in , following the cancellation of ).
Background Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 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 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.
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.
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%).
Discontinuation In November 2022, six months after the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, SBS announced that it would not be continuing Eurovision – Australia Decides, reverting back to internally selecting the Australian entries for Eurovision.
Contestants 2019 edition – Gold Coast Artist SongRunning orderJury votesTelevotesTotal points PlaceElla Hooper"Data Dust"1st1261810Electric Fields"2000 and Whatever"2nd44701142Mark Vincent"This Is Not the End"3rd1919387Aydan Calafiore"Dust"4th3810486Courtney Act"Fight for Love"5th2626524Leea Nanos"Set Me Free"6th1011219Sheppard"On My Way"7th4146873Alfie Arcuri"To Myself"8th3514495 Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"9th4887135 1Tania Doko"Piece of Me"10th176238
2020 edition – Gold Coast Artist SongRunning orderJury votesTelevotesTotal points PlaceIota"Life"1st1913329Jordan-Ravi"Pushing Stars"2nd11122310Jaguar Jonze"Rabbit Hole"3rd1828466Jack Vidgen"I Am King I Am Queen"4th1915348Vanessa Amorosi"Lessons of Love"5th4240823Diana Rouvas"Can We Make Heaven"6th2418427Mitch Tambo"Together7th2433575Casey Donovan"Proud"8th40601002 Montaigne "Don't Break Me"9th54531071Didirri"Raw Stuff"10th3924634
2022 edition – Gold Coast Artist SongRunning orderJury votesTelevotesTotal points PlaceG-Nation"Bite Me"1st1145565Erica Padilla"To the Bottom"2nd2025459Seann Miley Moore"My Body"3rd1852311Charley"I Suck at Being Lonely"4th3330634Andrew Lambrou"Electrify"5th1635517 Sheldon Riley "Not the Same"6th50501001Paulini"We Are One"7th3220526Jaguar Jonze"Little Fires"8th5140913Isaiah Firebrace and Evie Irie"When I'm with You"9th35104510Voyager"Dreamer"10th3760972Jude York"I Won't Need to Dream"11th3215478
Eurovision Song Contest results Year Artist SongFinalPointsSemiPoints Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"92841261 Montaigne "Don't Break Me" colspan="4" X Sheldon Riley "Not the Same"151252243
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