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Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria, in which they finished 5th with a total of 196 points at the grand final of the 2015 contest. Australia's participation in that contest was set to be a one-off event, however, it was confirmed in November 2015 by SVT that Australia would participate in the 2016 contest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/australien-ar-klar-for-eurovision-song-contest-2016-i-stockholm )〕 Australia is the first country from the Oceania region (and the second country outside of Eurasia overall after Morocco in 1980) to participate in the contest. ==History and non-participation== Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) first broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 and has continued to do so every year since. Eurovision has always attracted a large amount of viewers and popularity in Australia, primarily because of the country's strong political and cultural ties with Europe. In 2006, SBS aired the United Kingdom's broadcast, including commentary from BBC presenters Paddy O'Connell and Terry Wogan. An estimated 462,000 Australians tuned in to watch the 2006 Grand Final, making it the 21st most watched show in the 2005/06 financial year.〔http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbscorporate/media/documents/842201_tv_and_online.pdf〕 SBS continued to broadcast the contest in 2007 and 2008 with commentary provided from the United Kingdom.〔(Eurovision to be aired in Australia ) 1 April 2007, ESCtoday.com〕 The 2007 Grand Final attracted 436,000 viewers, making the contest the 20th most watched show in the 2006/07 financial year.〔http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbscorporate/media/documents/1824sbs_ar067_section1.pdf〕 2009 was the first year that Australian broadcaster SBS selected an Australian commentator for the contest. Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang were offered commentary for the contest every year since. The Semi-Finals and Grand Final were broadcast between 23 and 25 May: 272,000 viewers tuned in for the first Semi-Final, 421,000 for the second and 427,000 for the Grand Final. Zemiro and Pang have provided commentary for Australia since 2009. SBS have broadcast every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 on 6 May 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SBS Schedule 13 May 2009 )〕 SBS has also broadcast the 50th and 60th anniversary programmes. From 2010 to 2014, SBS allowed Australian viewers to participate in their own televote for the Grand Finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian televoters choose their winner )〕 However, these votes were not counted at the actual contest and did not affect the overall result. The SBS commentary team and Australian delegation were awarded a commentary booth of their own at the 2012 contest in Baku. They have been allocated a commentary booth every year since. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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