Australia's Top 10 Eurovision entries as voted by fans

It's hard to believe that Australia has been participating in Eurovision for almost a decade.

What was originally meant to be a one-off appearance in 2015 for the contest's 60th anniversary has turned into nine appearances at Eurovision - and this year, we produced our 10th entry with Electric Fields's One Milkali (One Love).

To mark this great milestone, we held a poll for Australia's Top 10 Eurovision entries - as voted by both Australian and international fans.

Almost 300 voters (292 to be precise) ranked all ten of Australia's entries in the traditional Eurovision points format (1st = 12 points, 2nd = 10 points, 3rd = 8 points and 7-1 for positions 4-10).

In descending order, here are the overall results!

10. Isaiah Firebrace - Don't Come Easy (2017)

916 points

Isaiah was our third representative at Eurovision, following in the footsteps of Guy Sebastian and Dami Im in 2017. He made it through his semi-final, and in the Grand Final, he kept Australia's run of top 10 finishes in tact by scoring 173 points overall and placing 9th in Kyiv, Ukraine.

While Don't Come Easy got the wooden spoon overall in our poll, it did finish one spot higher with Australian voters, placing 9th with 580 points ahead of Montaigne's Technicolour (539 points).

9. Montaigne - Technicolour (2021)

928 points

Originally set to represent Australia in 2020, Montaigne had to produce a new entry when the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She entered Technicolour for the rescheduled contest in 2021 and filmed a performance in Sydney as lingering pandemic issues made it too risky for her to travel to Rotterdam. Unfortunately, she failed to progress from the semi-final, ending Australia's previously perfect run of qualifying for the Eurovision Grand Final.

8. Sheldon Riley - Not The Same (2022)

1186 points

Sheldon won the last edition (for now) of the national selection contest Australia Decides and represented Australia at the 2022 contest in Turin, Italy. He sailed through in second place from semi-final 2, before scoring 125 points in the Grand Final and finishing a very respectable 15th overall. This included a pretty harsh public score of only 2 points, the second-lowest score only to Switzerland's Marius Bear who received 0 points.

7. Montaigne - Don't Break Me (2020)

1364 points

Montaigne won the second edition of Australia Decides with Don't Break Me in February 2020 - and this was her original entry for Eurovision. However, the track never made it to the stage after the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world and forced the cancellation of the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She was forced to create a new entry and later entered Technicolour for the rescheduled contest a year later. Our voters thought Don't Break Me was a stronger track, but we'll never know how well it could have done.

6. Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Love) (2024)

1473 points

After becoming huge fan favourites and finishing runner-up in the first edition of Australia Decides, Electric Fields were picked by SBS as Australia's representatives at this year's Eurovision in Malmo, Sweden.

Sadly, despite a rousing performance of One Milkali (One Love), in semi-final 1, the duo failed to qualify for the Grand Final. It was later revealed that Electric Fields finished 11th in their semi-final and were only six points away from qualifying.

5. Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love (2018)

1719 points

Following her interval performance at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jessica Mauboy made her return to Eurovision as Australia's representative at the 2019 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.

After breezing through her semi-final, she finished 20th overall in the Grand Final with 99 points. This included a shocking snub in the public voting, where she finished last receiving just 9 points.

4. Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again (2015)

2053 points

The OG Australian Idol was also our OG Eurovision star. Guy Sebastian was Australia's first representative at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria, when we were invited as a 'special guest' entrant for the competition's 60th anniversary.

But Guy's superb showing helped ensure Australia remained part of the Eurovision family in the years to come, as he finished 5th overall on 196 points. This included two sets of 12 points from Sweden and Austria in the then-combined jury and public voting.

3. Voyager - Promise (2023)

2424 points

After dominating the public vote at Australia Decides in 2022 and narrowly missing out on a ticket to Turin, Voyager got their chance 12 months later when they represented us at last year's contest in Liverpool, UK. And boy did our first-ever band entry deliver.

They became the first Australian act to win an entirely publicly-voted semi-final. Their knockout Grand Final performance of Promise also helped Australia return to the top 10, as they finished 9th overall with 151 points, including 12 jury points from Iceland and Portugal.

Voyager also ranked slightly higher with the international voters in our poll, placing 2nd on 819 points ahead of Kate Miller-Heidke on 779 points in 3rd.

2. Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity (2019)

2434 points

Just 10 points ahead of Voyager, the original Australia Decides queen Kate Miller-Heidke earnt a spot in all Eurovision fans hearts with Zero Gravity. Her incredible performance in Tel Aviv swinging around on top of a bendy pole was universally acclaimed and won a prestigious Marcel Bezençon award for its staging as voted by show commentators.

She won her semi-final and became a dark horse to win the entire contest - but ultimately, finished 9th in the Grand Final on 283 points. This included two sets of 12 jury points from Poland and Romania.

1. Dami Im - Sound Of Silence (2016)

2660 points

While Kate might be the Australia Decides queen, it's clear to our voters that Dami Im is Australia's definitive Eurovision queen, emerging as the winner of our poll by more than 200 points!

Dami almost won the contest for us in only our second year of participating with the sublime Sound Of Silence at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. She won the second semi-final - the first time Australia had competed at that stage - and was the overall jury vote winner in the Grand Final with nine countries awarding her 12 points.

Despite finishing higher than Ukraine's Jamala in her semi, the tables were turned in the Grand Final, and Jamala prevailed by 23 points overall. Dami scored a total of 511 points to finish runner-up in 2016, our best placing at Eurovision to date. Sound Of Silence also won the prestigious composer prize at that year's Marcel Bezençon Awards.

A further breakdown of the results:

We had voters from Australia and other parts of the world participate in our poll! Here are the placings and points received for each entry based on our voters' locations:

Australian voters:

1. Dami Im - Sound Of Silence - 1766 points

2. Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity - 1655 points

3. Voyager - Promise - 1605 points

4. Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again - 1316 points

5. Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love - 1055 points

6. Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Love) - 923 points

7. Montaigne - Don't Break Me - 838 points

8. Sheldon Riley - Not The Same - 756 points

9. Isaiah Firebrace - Don't Come Easy - 580 points

10. Montaigne - Technicolour - 539 points

International voters:

1. Dami Im - Sound Of Silence - 894 points

2. Voyager - Promise - 819 points

3. Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity - 779 points

4. Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again - 737 points

5. Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love - 664 points

6. Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Love) - 550 points

7. Montaigne - Don't Break Me - 526 points

8. Sheldon Riley - Not The Same - 430 points

9. Montaigne - Technicolour - 389 points

10. Isaiah Firebrace - Don't Come Easy - 336 points

So there you have it - Dami Im's Sound Of Silence is the best of Australia's first 10 Eurovision entries, according to you!

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