Australia in the Worldvision Q4-2022
The Australian participated in the Worldvision Song Contest 2022 in Barcelona, Spain with the song "Is It Worth Being Sad" performed by Australian singer Meg Mac. The Australian broadcaster SBS organised the national final Australia Decides 2022 in order to select the Australian entry for the 2022 contest. Seven entries competed in the national final, and the winner was announced on 21 May 2022 following the of votes from a eight-member jury panel from state and territorias of Australia.
| Worldvision Summer 2022 | ||||
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| Country | Australia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Australia Decides | |||
| Selection date(s) | Final: 21 May 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Meg Mac | |||
| Selected song | "Is It Worth Being Sad" | |||
| Australia in the Worldvision Song Contest | ||||
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Australia Decides Summer 2022 was the 1st edition of the Australian music competition and took place in 20-21 May 2022. The winner of the contest will be eligible to represent Australia at Worldvision Song Contest Summer 2022. Initially, the competition was supposed to take place on 29 May 2022.
Format
Australia Decides Summer 2022, organised by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), will be held in the format of one final with the participation of six invited compositions released no earlier than 1 January 2021. On May 20, the number of participants in the selection was increased 7 competitive applications.
Voting
Each voting state and territory could rate five compositions on a scale of 5 to 1. The winner was determined by the composition that scored the most points.
After the announcement of the voting results, it turned out that three compositions ("Go To Hell", "Devil Lips" and "Is It Worth Being Sad") scored a total of 23 points. According to the selection rules, an additional stage of determining the winner was involved: first, by the number of points received from each voting state and territory, and in the event of a tie, by the quality of the marks starting from 5 points.
Spotify
On 25 May 2022, an album was announced with participating compositions in the selection called "AUS DECIDES 2022".
Final
Voting took place from 19 to 20 May 2022. Meg Mac with song "Is It Worth Being Sad" won the selection.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Language(s) | Total | Place |
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| 01 | Flume feat. Emma Louise | Hollow | English | 20 | 4 |
| 02 | Clinton Kane | Go To Hell | English | 23 | 2 |
| 03 | Hatchie | Quicksand | English | 19 | 5 |
| 04 | Alfie Arcuri | Devil Lips | English | 23 | 3 |
| 05 | Meg Mac | Is It Worth Being Sad | English | 23 | 1 |
| 06 | Rüfüs Du Sol | On My Knees | English | 9 | 7 |
| 07 | George Alice | Mid Years | English | 18 | 6 |
Scorecard
| Song | CT | NT | NS | QL | SA | TS | VI | WA | SP | Total |
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| Hollow | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 | ||
| Go To Hell | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | ||
| Quicksand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Devil Lips | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | |||
| Is It Worth Being Sad | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | ||
| On My Knees | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Mid Years | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
After selection
At Worldvision
As previously known, the representative of Australia qualifies for the final automatically along with the representative of Japan (Big Two). Meg Mac will perform in the first part of the final.