Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Australia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sound of Silence", written by Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci, and performed by Dami Im. The Australian participating broadcaster, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), internally selected its entry for the contest. Im was announced as the Australian representative on 3 March 2016 during the Sydney concert of Conchita Wurst, who won Eurovision for Austria in 2014. The song Im performed, "Sound of Silence", was presented to the public on 11 March 2016.

Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 by an invitation to SBS from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the contest. On 17 November 2015, the EBU announced that SBS had been invited to participate again in the 2016 contest. In 2015, Australia was guaranteed a spot in the final of the contest and was allowed to vote during both semi-finals and the final; however, for the 2016 contest, Australia would have to qualify to the final from one of two semi-finals and could only vote in the semi-final in which the nation was allocated to compete.

Australia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 10, "Sound of Silence" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Australia placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 330 points. In the final, Australia performed in position 13 and placed second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 511 points.