Heart of Australia

Australia will participate in the Mako Song Contest 2019. The Australian broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, will organise the national final Heart of Ukraine in order to select the Australian entry for the 2019 contest in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bidding Phase
Australia broadcaster, ABC, announced on 15 November that after a lengthy bidding phase, Sydney's ANZ Stadium would host final of the Heart of Australia.

The Host City


Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, and Macarthur to the south. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2017, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,131,326.

Presenters
During the press conference to announce the host, ABC surprised the press announcing Dami Im.

is a Korean-born Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist performing artist. Im is known for achieving the highest Eurovision score for Australia.

Im emigrated to Australia from South Korea with her family at the age of nine. She won the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and managed by Ken Outch at Parade Management.

After winning The X Factor, Im released her debut and winner's single "Alive", which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. This was followed by the release of her self-titled second studio album, which debuted at number one the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Im became the first X Factor Australia contestant to follow up a number one single with a number one album on the ARIA Charts. Im's third studio album, Heart Beats, was released in 2014 and became her second top-ten album. It produced the top-twenty hits "Super Love" and "Gladiator".

Im represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "Sound of Silence", where she won the jury vote and placed fourth in the televote, coming second overall with a total of 511 points.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of four shows: four heart; on 2nd February 2019 - 1st March 2019, a second chance round for heats is based on 2nd - 8th March 2019. two semi-finals, on 9th - 22th March 2019, a second chance round from Semifinal on 23rd - 29th March 2019 and a final on 30th March 2019 - 5th April 2019. The results are determined by all countries having the ability to rank all songs from 1 - 5 by voting at home. The top 2 will qualify to the Semifinal from each heart whilst third and forth places will go to Second Chance! - The top 2 will qualify to the Final from each semifinal whilst third and forth places will go to Second Chance! Final will be with 6 acts!