The Eurovision spin-off in Asia could see the light of day at the end of 2019

The Eurovision Asia could well happen … in Australia.

Fans have been hoping for some time to have an Asian fallout in the popular Eurovision Song Contest. Last year, confirmation was given that the event was finally going to take place.

And now, a new 9 News report says that Eurovision Asia has to stand on the Australian Gold Coast after discovering documents released by the Gold Coast City Council.

Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in May, the report indicates that this version will take place from November 30 to December 7, culminating in a grand finale of three hours. The report also states that there will be 16 competing countries in the Asia-Pacific region. According to rumors, China, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates would participate.

The Council documents also suggest that the competition will follow a format similar to that of the European version, 50% of the votes from a jury and the remaining 50%, from calling electors.

Tom Tate, Mayor of Gold Coast, said: "The Eurovision Asia is huge. [It reaches] more than 200 million people. "

A spokesman for SBS, license holder, said: "Eurovision Asia is still in development. We continue to have a number of discussions about the realization of the event, but nothing is confirmed at this point.

"We are delighted to have recently announced that the first Eurovision selection show in Australia would choose the song and the artist who will represent Australia in May, Eurovision – Australia Decides to stand on the Gold Coast in February. "

Michael Ebeid, the outgoing director of SBS, also downplayed last month's rumors, telling TV Tonight that not being able to air the contest was one of his biggest "disappointments".

Ebeid said, "It's just too complicated geopolitically. We are still talking to a few countries but we have put all our energy into [another project].

"It's more under our control and on our continent, while it has been very difficult to get agreement from ten Asian countries."