Australia in the Worldvision Q4-2022

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Worldvision Summer 2022
CountryAustralia
National selection
Selection processAustralia Decides
Selection date(s)Final:
21 May 2022
Selected entrantMeg Mac
Selected song"Is It Worth Being Sad"
Australia in the Worldvision Song Contest
Summer 2022

Australia 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.

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), 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
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
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.

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