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Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. Owing to its cultural and political ties to European countries, the Eurovision Song Contest has been televised in Australia by the public broadcaster SBS for over thirty years. In honour of the contest's 60th running and in recognition of the event's popularity in Australia, it was announced on 10 February 2015 that Australia was to be invited to compete in the 2015 contest as a special guest participant. Australians have participated in and even won Eurovision as representatives of other countries (Australian coloratura soprano Mary-Jean O'Doherty participated in the 2015 contest as part of the group Genealogy representing Armenia), but this marked the first time that the country officially participated. In March 2015, SBS announced that it had selected Guy Sebastian to represent Australia; he performed the song "Tonight Again" written by himself, David Ryan Harris and Louis Schoorl. Along with Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, Australia was given an automatic entry into the grand final. Although this was considered a one-off event, Australia would, in accordance with Eurovision rules, still be able to return for the 2016 contest if it were to win. The EBU has considered the possibility of similarly inviting other guest countries to future editions of the contest.〔 However it was revealed in May 2015 that Australia might become a permanent participant following some reports by executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand to the Swedish broadcaster. Australia finished in fifth place in the final on 23 May, with a total of 196 points.〔("Eurovision 2015: Australia will be watching", news.com.au ). Accessed 24 May 2015〕 In terms of individual votes, Sweden, Austria, Norway, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Iceland, Hungary, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland and San Marino all placed Australia in the top three. Host nation Austria and winner of the contest Sweden awarded 12 points to Australia. == Background == (詳細はSpecial Broadcasting Service (SBS) has broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest for over 30 years, and the popularity of the contest has grown over those years—primarily a result of the country's strong political and cultural ties with Europe. The cult following of Eurovision in Australia has been acknowledged during the event itself; during the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, an interval act during the semi-finals paid tribute to Australian culture, and featured a performance by local singer Jessica Mauboy.〔 Australian singers have also participated at Eurovision as representatives of other countries, including Olivia Newton John (1974, United Kingdom), two-time winner Johnny Logan (Ireland), Gina G (1996, United Kingdom), and Jane Comerford as lead singer of Texas Lightning (2006, Germany).〔 Tying in with the goal of Eurovision—to showcase "the importance of bringing countries together to celebrate diversity, music and culture", the 2015 theme of "Building Bridges", and arguing that they could not hold "the world's biggest party" to celebrate the 60th edition of Eurovision without inviting Australia, the EBU announced on 10 February 2015 that the country would compete at that year's edition as a special guest participant. At a press conference held at the Sydney Opera House on 5 March 2015 at 09:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time (22:30 4 March 2015 GMT), it was announced that the Australian public broadcaster, SBS, had internally selected Guy Sebastian to represent Australia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.〔 Sebastian's song, "Tonight Again", was officially unveiled by SBS on 16 March. 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 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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