Australia Decides 1

Australia Decides 01
Australia Decides 01 was the first edition of the show Australia Decides, the Australian selection method for The Eastern Sound. It was used to choose the Australian representatives for the The Eastern Sound 01. The show never took place, because it was cancelled. Instead a panel of juries chose the entry.

Entries
SBS confirmed 27th July 2020 the show Australia Decides would be held. But, sadly on 26th September decided to cancel it due to the ongoing problems with the pandemic in the country.

Final
The final will take place on TBD 2020 where 9 acts competed for the win, but only one of them had the guilty pleasure to represent the country on the first ever edition of The Eastern Sound. The Final was held on the Quodos Bank Arena, located on the biggest city of the whole country, Sydney, where they could have at least 10,000 seats.

The winner was selected by televoting and 10 international juries from Japan, Rapa-Nui, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Solomon Islands, Guam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Fiji & Mongolia.

Cancellation
The Grand Final of Australia Decided at the end was cancelled due to problems with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that really hit hard the country of Australia these last weeks, collapsing the Australian healthcare system as well as the education one.

At the end an expert panel of internal juries decided to choose the most capable entry out of the 9 finalists for representing the country on the first edition of The Eastern Sound