Eurovision 2019: Australia Decides
| Eurovision 2019: Australia Decides | |
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| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Australia
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| Broadcasting station |
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| Producing broadcaster |
Blink TV Production |
| place |  Gold Coast Convention Center, Gold Coast |
| date | February 9, 2019 |
| Time | 7:30 p.m. ( AEST ) |
| Duration | about 162 minutes |
| Number of participants | 10 |
| Number of contributions | 10 |
| poll | 50% jury voting, 50% televoting |
| Opening act | Casey Donovan: Tonight Again (Music / Text: Guy Sebastian, David Ryan Harris, Louis Schoorl) |
| Pause filler | Dami Im : Sound of Silence (Music / Text: DNA (David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii)) ; Hans Berlin Boy Wonder; Dami Im: Dreamer (Music / Text: Dami Im, Carl Dimataga) |
| Moderation | |
| Joel Creasey & Myf Warhurst | |
Under the title Eurovision 2019: Australia Decides , the first Australian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place in Tel Aviv ( Israel ) on February 9, 2019 . The singer Kate Miller-Heidke won with her song Zero Gravity .
format
concept
As early as 2017, the head of the delegation, Paul Clarke, announced that he wanted to organize a national preliminary decision based on the model of the Melodifestivalen . Among other things, he invited the producer of the melody festival Christer Björkman to Australia to develop concepts. On October 14, 2018, SBS finally presented the first Australian preliminary decision. On February 9, 2019, the Australian contribution was chosen in a live broadcast with ten artists. The day before, the jury voted in a jury show. The winner of the preliminary decision was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the audience.
The jury consisted of the following members:
- Christer Björkman - producer of the Melodifestivalen
- Fifa Riccobono - former managing director of Albert Music
- Milly Petriella - Artistic Director of the Australasian Performing Right Association
- Josh Martin - Editor in Chief, Entertainment at SBS
- Paul Clarke - Australian Head of Delegation
The broadcast took place at the Gold Coast Convention Center on the Gold Coast. In an application process, the city prevailed against Sydney and Melbourne .
Choice of contribution
From October 14, 8:00 a.m. to November 4, 2018, 11:59 a.m., composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to the Australian television station SBS. In addition, SBS had asked composers and producers to submit a contribution for the show.
On November 27, 2018, SBS announced that they had received over 700 songs. The show's producers selected a total of 20 songs, which were then shortened to ten songs. These ten songs were worked out by producers in order to then find suitable interpreters for these songs. According to SBS, some big names in Australia should also participate in the preliminary round.
On December 2, 2018, SBS released the first four subscribers. Three more participants followed on December 18, 2018. On January 17, 2019, SBS presented the last three participants.
final
The preliminary decision took place on February 2, 2019 at the Gold Coast Convention Center, Gold Coast . The show was opened by Casey Donovan, who presented Australia's contribution to 2015 Tonight Again , actually sung by Guy Sebastian . Dami Im performed as a filler with Sound of Silence . She also presented her song Dreamer . Comedian Matt Gilbertson also appeared.
In the end Kate Miller-Heidke won the first Australian preliminary decision with her song Zero Gravity .
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
Points | ||
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| jury | spectator | total | ||||||
| 1. | 9 | Kate Miller-Heidke |
Zero Gravity M: Kate Miller-Heidke , Keir Nuttall, Julian Hamilton; T: Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall |
English | Zero gravity | 48 | 87 | 135 |
| 2. | 2 | Electric Fields |
2000 and Whatever M / T: Michael Ross, Zaachariaha Fielding |
English, Pitjantjatjara | 2000 and something | 44 | 70 | 114 |
| 3. | 7th | Sheppard |
On My Way M / T: George Sheppard , Amy Sheppard , Jay Bovino, Jon Hume |
English | On my way | 41 | 46 | 87 |
| 4th | 5 | Courtney Act |
Fight for Love M / T: Danny Shah, Felicity Birt, Shane Jenek , Sky Adams |
English | Fight for love | 26th | 26th | 52 |
| 5. | 8th | Alfie Arcuri |
To Myself M / T: Alfie Arcuri, Audius Mtawarira, Séb Mont |
English | To myself | 35 | 14th | 49 |
| 6th | 4th | Aydan Calafiore |
Dust M / T: Aydan Calafiore, Cam Bluff, Dylan Joel |
English | dust | 38 | 10 | 48 |
| 7th | 3 | Mark Vincent |
This is not the End M / T: Isabella Kearney-Nurse, Mark Vincent, Roberto De Sa |
English | This is not the end | 19th | 19th | 38 |
| 8th. | 10 | Tania Doko |
Piece Of Me M / T: Tania Doko, Christian Fast, Peter Mansson, James Roche |
English | part of me | 17th | 6th | 23 |
| 9. | 6th | Leea Nanos |
Set Me Free M / T: Frank Dixon, Leea Nanos |
English | Set me free | 10 | 11 | 21st |
| 10. | 1 | Ella Hooper |
Data Dust M / T: Alice Chance |
English | Data dust | 12 | 6th | 18th |
Odds
The Australian preliminary round can be seen as a success for SBS. With a market share of 8.5%, the broadcaster SBS achieved its best rate since the 2018 World Cup .
| broadcast | date | spectator | Market share |
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| Eurovision 2019: Australia Decides | Sat., February 9, 2019 | 0.298 million | 8.5% |
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ David Knox: A National Final to choose our next Eurovision act? In: sbs.com. May 17, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Dimitris Ioannou: Eurovision: Australia Decides to select entry on February 9th. In: escxtra.com. October 14, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani: Australia: SBS receives 700 entries for Eurovision 2019. In: esctoday.com. November 27, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
- ^ Special Broadcasting Service : Invitation to Submit Songs for Eurovision - Australia Decides. In: sbs.com. October 14, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Halpin: Australia: Sheppard and Kate Miller-Heidke among first acts for Australia Decides. In: wiwibloggs.com. December 2, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .
- ^ Emily Herbert: Australia: Three More Artists for Eurovision - Australia Decides Revealed Including Courtney Act. In: eurovoix.com. December 18, 2018, accessed December 19, 2018 .
- ^ Neil Farren: Australia: Final Eurovision - Australia Decides Participants Revealed. In: eurovoix.com. January 17, 2019, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ^ Evert Groot: Australia decides: Kate Miller-Heidke to Tel Aviv. In: eurovision.tv. February 9, 2019, accessed March 2, 2019 .
- ^ Special Broadcasting Service : Eurovision - Australia Decides credit list. In: .sbs.com.au. February 20, 2019, accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ https://amnplify.com.au/ella-hooper-could-be-heading-straight-to-eurovision-as-she-joins-eurovision-australia-decides-2019-with-a-special-new-track /
- ↑ Anthony Granger: Australia: Over 298,000 Viewers For Eurovision - Australia Decides. In: eurovoix.com. February 11, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .