''Eurovision – Australia Decides'' was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels (SBS (Australian TV chann ...
(SBS) and production partner Blink TV. It determined for the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...
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
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; , UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations in countries within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) or who are member states of the Council of Europe, members of the ...
(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
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.
Contestants
Eurovision Song Contest results
Notes
References
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2019 Australian television series debuts
Eurovision Song Contest selection events
Music competitions in Australia
Recurring events established in 2019
Singing competitions
Australian music television series
2010s Australian reality television series
February
Music festivals established in 2019
2020s Australian reality television series