It's been seven months since Montaigne represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest, and around Europe and elsewhere Eurovision season is already beginning to build for next year's event.
After broadcaster SBS today revealed four more acts, plus details of a fifth, we now know the shape of the 11 entries that will be competing at Australia Decides for the right to represent Australia at Eurovision in May next year.
This follows earlier releases of six other acts who will be taking part. But there are still two big question marks left before the line-up can be completed.
So what do we know and what are we still waiting to find out about Australia Decides 2022?
When is Eurovision — Australia Decides?
Australia Decides will be held over two days, February 25 and 26, 2022.
The opening night will feature a non-televised show where all acts perform, and those performances will be used as the basis for the jury vote component of the final score.
Then on Saturday the 26th, the final will be held starting at 7:30pm AEST (8:30pm AEDT), shown live on SBS.
Where will the Eurovision — Australia Decides be held?
The venue for the final will again be the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Who is competing in Eurovision — Australia Decides?
Today, SBS released the names of four artists who will be taking part in Australia Decides.
Emerging Gold Coast-born, Sydney-based songwriter Charley has made a mark with two recent electro-pop singles, Hard for Me and Arizona.
Western Australian progressive metal band Voyager made it to the shortlist for the 2020 Australia Decides without making the final — this year the outfit, who mix 80s synth-pop, keytars and metal, are in the mix for Turin.
Queer performer Seann Miley Moore is no stranger to performing on TV musical competitions, hitting the headlines when he made the final of the British X-Factor in 2015 and again in this year's The Voice. The talented singer with an eye-catching sense of visual style was previously a WAAPA graduate and musical theatre performer.
Singer-songwriter Jude York has a total of 20 million streams for his music, which range from solo projects to a collaboration with dance/electronic artist Wastemall, and a series of one-minute songs posted on social media.
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Musician-artist Jaguar Jonze (Deena Lynch), who competed in Australia Decides in 2020, is back with an as yet unrevealed song. Jonze performed her own song 'Rabbit Hole' in 2020. The multi-talented performer has been at the forefront of the #MeToo movement in Australia, sharing her experiences and organising support for survivors in the music industry.
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Powerful vocalist Paulini will be at the final — the Fijian-Australian singer who featured in the first season of Australian Idol in 2003, before releasing several albums and performing more recently in musical theatre, starring in The Bodyguard, Hair and Chess.
Isaiah Firebrace, the First Nations pop artist who won the 2016 series of the X-Factor Australia and then came ninth at Eurovision in 2017 with the song 'Don't Come Easy', will attempt to earn a spot at the Contest for the second time.
G'Nat!on made it to the final of this year's edition of The Voice — if successful, they would be the first girl group to represent Australia at Eurovision. They mix pop and dance anthems with elements of hip-hop and RnB. In 2019, they made the top 10 of Triple J Unearthed.
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Streaming artist and songwriter Andrew Lambrou has built a big fanbase on social media with covers of pop hits, but has released his own music this year, featuring a pop sound with darker elements.
Sheldon Riley: Another talent to have emerged from reality TV, Riley performed on Australia's The Voice in 2018 and 2019, before competing on America's Got Talent in 2020 — where his mix of fashion, powerful vocals and dark pop caught the eye.
The two unknowns — Isaiah's duet partner and the TikTok WildCard entry
There is one remaining reveal for Australia Decides and one major piece of public involvement in the process before we get to the Gold Coast for the final.
Isaiah Firebrace has already been announced as a competitor, but he will be doing a duet with an as-yet unnamed Australian performer. That name will have to drop in advance of the final in February.
The second big unknown is the identity of the 11th performer at Australia Decides — and that's where the public comes in!
Launched today is a national TikTok Wildcard Artist contest, where any Australian aged over 16 can enter.
They can post a vocal performance clip of anything they choose (up to a minute long) on TikTok with the hashtag #EurovisionAustralia, either solo or as a group of up to six people.
The winner will become the 11th artist in the final.
Who else will be performing at Eurovision — Australia Decides?
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The first announced special guest to perform at the final is the Norwegian group KEiiNO, who came sixth in the 2019 Contest with the song 'Spirit in the Sky'.
The song, featuring the traditional joik singing of the Sami people mixed with pop and techno, proved a huge hit with the European public, winning the televote on the night.
Which big name will not be competing in Eurovision — Australia Decides?
One well-known performer who will not be at Eurovision is Dami Im, who scored Australia's best result when she came second in 2016 with Sound of Silence.
Ever since then, the Australian fandom has been waiting for an announcement that the Korean-born Australian singer would be having another go at the contest.
However, Im took to Instagram earlier this month to say she had "a gig booked in Brisbane for May 2022 in the maternity ward", as she and her husband Noah Him are expecting their first child.
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Turin in Italy, with the first semi-final on May 11 (AEDT), the second semi on May 13 (AEDT) and the final itself on May 15 (AEDT).
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