Countries Australia

In fact, a number of high profile Aussies competed in the Contest for other nations before the country was officially invited to join the party at Vienna 2015 as part of the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations.

Their best result so far is courtesy of Dami Im who finished second in 2016 with Sound of Silence; a song which won the Marcel Bezençon Award for composition, as well as the jury vote.

Australia holds the distinction of being the first nation to compete remotely using a ‘live-on-tape’ performance, as COVID-19 travel restrictions in 2021 meant that Montaigne (and the rest of their delegation) could not travel to Rotterdam.