Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Australia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.^[6]

Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Australia performed ninth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Netherlands and preceding the entry from Georgia.^[7] At the end of the show, Australia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Australia placed fourth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 212 points: 82 points from the televoting and 130 points from the juries.^[8]

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the reverse order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Australia was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Australia was subsequently placed to perform in position 16, following the entry from Denmark and before the entry from Finland. During the final on 12 May. Australia placed twentieth in the final, scoring 99 points: 9 points from the televoting and 90 points from the juries.^[9]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Australian jury:^[12]

• Richard Wilkins (jury chairperson) – radio DJ, entertainment journalist
• Jordan Raskopoulos – comedian, singer, writer
• Sukhdeep Singh Bhogal (L-FRESH the Lion) – artist
• Susanna Rowe (Zan Rowe) – radio broadcaster, music journalist
• Peta Jane Millgate (Milie Millgate) – executive producer at Sounds Australia, music export

Detailed voting results from Australia (Semi-final 2)^[10]

R/O	Country	Jury							Televote
		R. Wilkins	J. Raskopoulos	L-Fresh the Lion	Z. Rowe	M. Millgate	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Norway	1	15	8	3	3	3	8	5	6
02	Romania	4	17	12	9	16	12		14
03	Serbia	14	12	11	7	12	14		12
04	San Marino	17	16	10	16	7	15		9	2
05	Denmark	15	6	16	10	1	5	6	1	12
06	Russia	12	13	13	8	15	16		17
07	Moldova	10	2	4	2	4	2	10	2	10
08	Netherlands	13	11	3	13	10	10	1	10	1
09	Australia
10	Georgia	11	3	14	12	11	11		15
11	Poland	16	9	17	15	8	17		13
12	Malta	7	10	5	4	17	8	3	4	7
13	Hungary	9	4	7	11	6	7	4	8	3
14	Latvia	2	5	15	14	9	6	5	11
15	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	1	12	3	8
16	Montenegro	5	14	9	17	14	13		16
17	Slovenia	8	8	6	5	13	9	2	7	4
18	Ukraine	6	7	2	6	5	4	7	6	5

Detailed voting results from Australia (Final)^[11]

R/O	Country	Jury							Televote
		R. Wilkins	J. Raskopoulos	L-Fresh the Lion	Z. Rowe	M. Millgate	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Ukraine	21	10	7	12	16	15		16
02	Spain	2	25	2	17	13	4	7	25
03	Slovenia	25	23	18	22	25	25		14
04	Lithuania	1	22	4	25	19	8	3	20
05	Austria	17	4	5	3	22	6	5	13
06	Estonia	10	3	1	9	20	3	8	11
07	Norway	11	14	13	11	10	16		10	1
08	Portugal	6	24	20	20	24	18		24
09	United Kingdom	19	19	14	15	11	21		5	6
10	Serbia	20	21	11	18	17	23		21
11	Germany	3	2	3	2	7	2	10	9	2
12	Albania	13	13	6	19	8	14		23
13	France	16	12	21	21	14	22		18
14	Czech Republic	18	17	25	24	1	10	1	8	3
15	Denmark	15	6	15	16	6	13		2	10
16	Australia
17	Finland	23	20	19	13	21	24		7	4
18	Bulgaria	22	18	24	7	23	20		19
19	Moldova	14	5	9	6	18	9	2	6	5
20	Sweden	4	1	8	1	2	1	12	12
21	Hungary	24	11	16	14	12	19		15
22	Israel	9	8	10	4	4	5	6	1	12
23	Netherlands	7	16	12	23	15	17		22
24	Ireland	8	7	23	5	3	7	4	3	8
25	Cyprus	5	9	22	10	9	11		4	7
26	Italy	12	15	17	8	5	12		17

• Official SBS Eurovision site