MicroVision Song Contest 2

MicroVision Song Contest 2 was the second edition of the MicroVision Song Contest. The contest took place in Sydney after the Australian win victory in the 1st edition. A total of 50 countries competed in MicroVision Song Contest 2.

Host City
Sydney is the capital city and most populous city in the state of New South Wales, 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, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2020, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,367,206, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'.

Bidding phase
The venue Sydney Super Dome was announced as the venue for the competition to be held in. It has a capacity of 21,000 and several big concerts and sport events take place here.


 * The host city had to be near a major airport.
 * The venue must be available for at least six weeks before the contest and one week after the conclusion of the contest
 * The venue must not be open-air, but an air-conditioned building with a capacity of at least 10,000 and a minimum ceiling height of 15 metres (49 ft), insulated for sound and light.
 * The green room must be located as close to the arena as possible (or within it), with a capacity of 300.

Presenter
Troye Sivan Mellet (/trɔɪ sɪˈvɑːn/ TROY sih-VAHN; born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with EMI Australia in 2013 and released his third extended play, TRXYE (2014), which peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200. Its lead single, "Happy Little Pill", reached number ten on Australian music charts. In 2015, he released his fourth extended play Wild followed by his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood, whose lead single "Youth" became Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 23. His second studio album Bloom (2018) reached number three in Australia, and number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Its lead single, "My My My!", became Sivan's second number-one single on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. "Take Yourself Home" served as the first single from his EP In a Dream (2020).

List of Participants
On February 15, 2022 the MBU decided to put down the advancing rule as well as the division rule. The 44 (remaining) countries were chosen internally by the Micro Broadcasting Union.

Australia, Switzerland,  Spain,  North Macedonia,  Iceland and  Italy, placing respectively from 1st to 6th in the previous edition secured their position as Automatic Qualifiers.

Semifinal 1
Australia, Spain and  Iceland had to vote in this semifinal as the members of the Big 6.