Australia in the Worldvision Q1-2023
Australia participated in the Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023 in Manchester, 
United Kingdom with the song " " performed by Australian singer . The Australian broadcaster SBS organised the national final Australia Decides Q1-2023 in order to select the Australian entry for the Q1-2023 contest. Six entries competed in the national final, and the winner was announced on January 2023 following the of votes from a eight-member jury panel from states and territories of Australia.
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| Country | Australia | |||
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| Selection process | Australia Decides | |||
| Selection date(s) | Final: 08 January 2023 | |||
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Australia Decides Q1-2023 was the 2nd edition of the Australian music competition and took place in January 2023. The winner of the contest will be eligible to represent Australia at Worldvision Song Contest Q1-2023.
Format
Australia Decides Q1-2023, organised by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), was 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 & May-a | Say Nothing | English | ||
| 02 | Cxloe | New Trick | English | ||
| 03 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Complete Mess | English | ||
| 04 | Amy Shark | Only Wanna Be With You | English | ||
| 05 | Azure Ryder | Some Kind Of Love | English | ||
| 06 | KLP & Stace Cadet | Happy People | English | ||
| 07 | The Merindas | Complicated | English |
Scorecard
| Song | CT | NT | NS | QL | SA | TS | VI | WA | SP | Total |
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| Complicated |
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.