Eurovision 2020: Australia Decides
| Eurovision 2020: 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 8, 2020 |
| Time | 7:30 p.m. ( AEST ) |
| Duration | approx. 180 minutes |
| Number of participants | 10 |
| Number of contributions | 10 |
| poll | 50% jury voting, 50% televoting |
| Opening act | Kate Miller-Heidke : Zero Gravity (Music: Kate Miller-Heidke , Keir Nuttall, Julian Hamilton; Text: Kate Miller-Heidke , Keir Nuttall) |
| Pause filler | Måns Zelmerlöw : Heroes (Music / Text: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb) ; Dami Im : Marching On (Music / Text: Dami Im ) ; Måns Zelmerlöw & Dami Im: Walk With Me (Music / Text: Måns Zelmerlöw, Andrew Jackson, Rachel Clare Furner, Ash Milton, Dan Goudie) |
| Moderation | |
| Joel Creasey & Myf Warhurst | |
Under the title Eurovision 2020: Australia Decides , the Australian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 took place in Rotterdam ( Netherlands ) on February 8, 2020 . It should be the second edition of this program. The singer Montaigne won with her song Don't Break Me .
format
concept
On August 29, 2019, the broadcasting television company, the public service broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), and the production company Blink TV Production announced that they would continue the concept of the first Australian preliminary decision Eurovision 2019: Australia Decides . According to this, ten artists and ten songs should again take part in the preliminary round taking place in the Gold Coast Convention Center. 50 percent of the winner will be determined by jury and televoting.
The jury consisted of the following members:
- Josh Martin - SBS entertainment coordinator and Australian head of delegation
- Kate Miller-Heidke - participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
- Måns Zelmerlöw - winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- Milly Petriella - Head of Member Relations at APRA AMCOS
- Paul Clarke - Head of Blink TV and Creative Director of Eurovision 2020: Australia Decides
As in the previous year, the broadcast took place at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Gold Coast .
Choice of contribution
Between August 28 and September 30, 2019, composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to the Australian television station SBS. It was only possible that only citizens of Australia were allowed to submit contributions. In addition, composers could submit more than one contribution.
Attendees
The ten participants in the program will be presented from November 2019 to January 2020. Two artists are presented for each announcement. On November 7, 2019, SBS presented the first two participants, followed by two more participants on November 19 and December 5, 2019. On December 16, 2019, the broadcaster SBS announced the complete field of participants
final
The finals took place on February 8, 2020 at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Gold Coast . A total of ten participants present their songs there before the jury and the audience decide on the winner. Kate Miller-Heidke opened the show with her song Zero Gravity , with which she won the Australian preliminary round in 2019 and represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ). During the voting phase , Måns Zelmerlöw presented the song Hereos, with which he won the Melodifestivalen 2015 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 . Dami Im also performed her new song Marching On . Most recently, Måns Zelmerlöw and Dami Im sang the song Walk With Me together
Montaigne won the jury voting and Casey Donovan the televoting. Nevertheless, 53 points in televoting were enough for Montaigne to win the preliminary round. With a lead of seven points she prevailed over Casey Donovan.
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
Points | ||
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| jury | spectator | total | ||||||
| 1. | 9 | Montaigne |
Don't Break Me M / T: Montaigne , David Musumeci, Anthony Egizii |
English | Don't break me | 54 | 53 | 107 |
| 2. | 8th | Casey Donovan |
Proud M / T: Justine Eltakchi |
English | Proud | 40 | 60 | 100 |
| 3. | 5 | Vanessa Amorosi |
Lessons of Love M / T: Vanessa Amorosi , Aleena Gibson, Trevor Muzzy |
English | Lessons of love | 42 | 40 | 82 |
| 4th | 10 | Didirri |
Raw Stuff M / T: Didirri Peters, Oscar Dawson |
English | Raw things | 39 | 24 | 63 |
| 5. | 7th | Mitch Tambo |
Together M / T: Roberto De Sa, Isabella Kearney-Nurse, Andy Hopkins |
English, Kamilaroi | Together | 24 | 33 | 57 |
| 6th | 3 | Jaguar Jonze |
Rabbit Hole M / T: Aidan Hogg, Deena Lynch |
English | rabbit hole | 18th | 28 | 46 |
| 7th | 6th | Diana Rouvas |
Can We Make Heaven M / T: Diana Rouvas, Louis Schoorl |
English | Can we create heaven | 24 | 18th | 42 |
| 8th. | 4th | Jack Vidgen |
I Am King I Am Queen M / T: Andrew Lowden, Jack Vidgen |
English | I am king, I am queen | 19th | 15th | 34 |
| 9. | 1 | iOTA |
Life M / T: Jesse Watt |
English | Life | 19th | 13 | 32 |
| 10. | 2 | Jordan Ravi |
Pushing Stars M / T: Mattias Lindblom, George Sheppard , Tania Doko, Martin Eriksson |
English | Slide stars | 11 | 12 | 23 |
Odds
The number of viewers increased by around 12 percent compared to 2019.
| broadcast | date | spectator | Market share |
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| Eurovision 2020: Australia Decides | Sat., February 8, 2020 | 0.334 million | 8.5% |
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Special Broadcasting Service : Who will represent Australia at Eurovision in 2020? In: sbs.com. August 29, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
- ↑ David Knox: Eurovision: Australia Decides 2020: guide. In: tvtonight.com.au. February 7, 2020, accessed on February 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani: Australia: SBS unveils first two acts for Euro Vision Australia Decides. In: sbs.com. November 7, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani: Australia: SBS unveils two more Euro Vision: Australia Decides candidates. In: esctoday.com. November 19, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 .
- ^ European Broadcasting Union : Montaigne and Didirri in the running for Australia's ticket to Rotterdam. In: eurovision.tv. December 5, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Field of participants complete and song published: These acts want to go to the ESC 2020 for Australia. In: esc-kompakt.de. December 16, 2019, accessed December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Anthony Granger: 334,000 Viewers For Eurovision - Australia Decides 2020. In: eurovoix.com. February 9, 2020, accessed on February 9, 2020 .