Taiwan in Own Asiavision Song Contest 23

Taiwan participated in the Own Asiavision Song Contest 23 with the song "Zai ming wei weilai de bolang li" written by Nu and Lena Cha. The song was performed by the duo Astro Bunny. The Taiwanese entry for the twenty-third edition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan was selected via the national final OASC 23: Your Decision, organised by the Taiwanese broadcaster Taiwan Television (TTV). Five acts competed in the national final and the winner was selected following the combination of a public televote and thirteen international jury groups.

Taiwan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Own Asiavision Song Contest which took place on 7 April 2020. Performing during the show in position 10, "Zai ming wei weilai de bolang li" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 April 2020. It was later revealed that Taiwan placed seventh out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 72 points. In the final, Taiwan performed in position 3 and placed fifteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 82 points.

Background
Prior to the twenty-third edition, Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, had participated in the Own Asiavision Song Contest fifteen times since their debut in the first edition. Taiwan has won the contest on one occasion: in the eighth edition with the song "Why Not Love" performed by Rosie Yang and Ryan Yu. Since the introduction of semi-finals in the twelfth edition, Taiwan has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final eleven times, including two top ten results: in the twelfth edition with Diana Wang and "Home" placing second and in the seventeenth edition with Lin Jia Yin and "Run" placing fourth. After returning to the contest in the twenty-second edition following their one-edition withdrawal due to declining public interest and poor results in previous contests, Taiwan managed to qualify to the final and place fourteenth with the song "Present" performed by Chiu Pi.

The Taiwanese national broadcaster, Taiwan Television (TTV), broadcasts the event within Taiwan and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TTV confirmed their intentions to participate at the Own Asiavision Song Contest 23 on 5 March 2020. Taiwan has selected their entry consistently through an internal selection. However, the broadcaster announced along with their participation confirmation that a national final would be organised for the first time featuring a competition among several artists and songs to choose the Taiwanese entry for the twenty-third edition.

OASC 23: Your Decision
OASC 23: Your Decision was the national final developed by TTV in order to select the Taiwanese entry for the Own Asiavision Song Contest 23. Five acts competed in a televised show on 12 March 2020 held at TTV Studio 1 in Taipei and hosted by Lulu. The winner was selected through the combination of the votes of thirteen international jury groups and a public vote. The show was broadcast on the TTV Main Channel as well as online via the broadcaster's website ttv.com.tw. The national final was watched by 920,000 viewers in Taiwan.

Competing entries
On 23 February 2020, TTV announced an open submission for interested artists and songwriters to submit their songs until 1 March 2020. Artists were required to be Taiwanese, possess Taiwanese citizenship or have permanent residency in Taiwan. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit songs in any language. At the closing of the deadline, the broadcaster received 97 submissions. TTV formed a selection panel that was tasked to select five finalists out of the received submissions to compete in the national final. The selection panel consisted of ten members: five music professionals and five members of the public. The finalists along with their promotional music videos were presented on 6 March 2020.

Final
Five acts competed in the televised final on 12 March 2020. A combination of the votes from thirteen international jury groups and a public vote consisting of SMS and online voting selected the winner, "Zai ming wei weilai de bolang li" performed by Astro Bunny. Each jury group had an equal stake in the final result and the results of the public vote had a weighting equal to the votes of a single jury.