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| Preselection date = 8 February 2020 |
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| Entrant = [[Montaigne (musician)|Montaigne]] |
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| Song = [[Don't Break Me]] |
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| Writer = {{unbulleted list|Jessica Cerro|[[DNA Songs|Anthony Egizii]]|[[DNA Songs|David Musumeci]]}} |
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'''Australia''' will participate in the '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]]''' in [[Rotterdam]] with the song |
'''Australia''' will participate in the '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]]''' in [[Rotterdam]] with the song [[Don't Break Me]] written by Jessica Cerro, [[DNA Songs|Anthony Egizii]] and [[DNA Songs|David Musumeci]]. The entry will be performed by [[Montaigne (musician)|Montaigne]]. The Australian broadcaster [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS) chose the song in the national final ''[[Eurovision - Australia Decides]]'' on 8 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/08/29/australia-eurovision-australia-decides-2020/|title=Australia: Eurovision - Australia Decides to Return in 2020|date=2019-08-29|website=Eurovoix|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-08}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:50, 12 March 2020
| Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | ||||
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| Country |  Australia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovision - Australia Decides | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 February 2020 | |||
| Selected entrant | Montaigne | |||
| Selected song | "Don't Break Me" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Australia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song Don't Break Me written by Jessica Cerro, Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci. The entry will be performed by Montaigne. The Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) chose the song in the national final Eurovision - Australia Decides on 8 February 2020.[1]
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.
In 2015, Australia was guaranteed a spot in the final of the contest and was allowed to vote during both semi-finals and the final. For 2016, Australia would have to qualify for the final from one of two semi-finals and could only vote in the semi-final in which the nation was competing. Dami Im sang Sound of Silence and finished second in the 2016 contest.
In 2019, the country was represented by Kate Miller-Heidke with "Zero Gravity," which was chosen in a national selection. Australia received ninth place in the grand final with 284 points.
Before Eurovision
Eurovision – Australia Decides
On 29 August 2019, SBS announced that they would hold a national final to select the Australian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Eurovision - Australia Decides national final will take place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 7 and 8 February 2020, hosted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey.[2]
Competing entries
On 29 August 2019, SBS announced an open submission for interested songwriters to submit their songs. The submission period lasted until 30 September 2019.[3] SBS announced the first two participants for the national final on 8 November 2019,[4] the next two on 19 November 2019,[5] with the final names revealed on 16 December 2019.[6]
Format
The Jury voted based on the performance of each act from a special preview show, which will occur the night prior to the main broadcast. [7] The jury consisted of[8]:
- Josh Martin – SBS Commissioning Editor for Entertainment and Australia's Head of Delegation at Eurovision
- Kate Miller-Heidke – winner of Australia Decides 2019
- Måns Zelmerlöw – winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- Milly Petriella – APRA AMCOS Director of Member Relations
- Paul Clarke – Director of Blink TV and Creative Director of Eurovision and Eurovision - Australia Decides.
For the televote, Australia's total votes cast by the Australia public was divided by 290 to determine the number of votes that would equal 1 point. The vote total of each act was divided by this value to determine and be rounded up to the nearest whole number to determine the points received by each act. This rounding could result in slightly more than 290 points being awarded by the public.
In the event that there is a tie in point totals, the tie will break in favour of the act with the higher number of votes from Australia’s vote. In the unlikely event the vote number from Australia’s Vote be identical, the Jury’s vote is used as the further tie-breaker.
Results
| Final – 8 February 2020 | ||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | iOTA | "Life" | English | Jesse Watt | 19 | 13 | 32 | 9 |
| 2 | Jordan-Ravi | "Pushing Stars" | English | Mattias Lindblom, Tania Doko, George Sheppard, Martin Eriksson | 11 | 12 | 23 | 10 |
| 3 | Jaguar Jonze | "Rabbit Hole" | English | Deena Lynch, Aidan Hogg | 18 | 28 | 46 | 6 |
| 4 | Jack Vidgen | "I Am King I Am Queen" | English | Jack Vidgen, Andrew Lowden | 19 | 15 | 34 | 8 |
| 5 | Vanessa Amorosi | "Lessons of Love" | English | Vanessa Amorosi, Aleena Gibson, Trevor Muzzy | 42 | 40 | 82 | 3 |
| 6 | Diana Rouvas | "Can We Make Heaven" | English | Diana Rouvas, Louis Schoorl | 24 | 18 | 42 | 7 |
| 7 | Mitch Tambo | "Together" | English, Gamilaraay | Roberto De Sa, Isabella Kearney-Nurse, Andy Hopkins | 24 | 33 | 57 | 5 |
| 8 | Casey Donovan | "Proud" | English | Justine Eltakchi | 40 | 60 | 100 | 2 |
| 9 | Montaigne | "Don't Break Me" | English | Jessica Cerro, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci | 54 | 53 | 107 | 1 |
| 10 | Didirri | "Raw Stuff" | English | Didirri Peters, Oscar Dawson | 39 | 24 | 63 | 4 |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Australia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[9]
References
- ^ "Australia: Eurovision - Australia Decides to Return in 2020". Eurovoix. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Australia: Eurovision - Australia Decides to Return in 2020". Eurovoix. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Australia: Eurovision - Australia Decides to Return in 2020". Eurovoix. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "First two artists revealed for 'Eurovision – Australia Decides' 2020". SBS News. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Two more acts revealed for 'Eurovision – Australia Decides' 2020". SBS. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "4 more artists and first song for 'Eurovision - Australia Decides'". Eurovision TV. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Eurovision royalty to grace Eurovision – Australia Decides – Gold Coast 2020". MY GC. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Eurovision: Australia Decides 2020: guide". TV Tonight. February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.