Australia AUSTRALIA 2021 - Montaigne - Technicolour

[escYOUnited]

I wanna be close to my mother
I wanna belong to the world
A mirror that shows technicolor
I'd be a magnificent girl

But everything is frustrating
Everything moves along
Faster than I can relate to

But I got power, yeah
Midnight is the hour, yeah
Time to take off your cloaks

Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we stand together
We can do whatever
Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we care for one another
We can

I wanna know that there's a future
That I can move myself towards
And yet I promise you
Yes all you nasty dudes
I don't need certainty
To get my pot of gold

Everything is frustrating
Everything moves along
Faster than I can relate to

But we got grace, yeah
We got style and lasers, yeah
Time to take off your cloaks

Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we stand together
We can do whatever
Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we care for one another
We can

Shine
Shine
Shine
Shine

Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we stand together
We can do whatever
Techni-technicolour
Techni-technicolour
If we care for one another
We can

Shine​

 

[Trece]

The Australian Head of Delegation has explained why they have decided not to travel to Rotterdam:

"Absolutely gutted": Why SBS did not send Montaigne to Eurovision | TV Tonight

Exclusive: Health & Safety risks were too much, and our distance made travel even more complex, explains SBS.

tvtonight.com.au

Nice story how hard is to bring one girl Montaigne and may be a 4 dancers, ofc its too hard comparing a hungred of athletes smth. Oh wait

 

[Trece]

The stress she got for 2 years, first cancellatiom and then travel ban, is worse for her health than possible getting covid in Rotterdam

 

[crashworld]

^I do feel there is alot to do with the funding and government not being supportive towards the arts & culture as someone from Australia has mentioned. But it is what is I guess.

 

[Loindici]

^I do feel there is alot to do with the funding and government not being supportive towards the arts & culture as someone from Australia has mentioned. But it is what is I guess.

Bottom line, government (most of the time) sucks. I guess it's a human universal.

 

[abenteuer]

I'm convinced if Australia were sending a better and more competitive song (a la "Sound of Silence"), her ass would be in Rotterdam.

 

[A-lister]

I'm convinced if Australia were sending a better and more competitive song (a la "Sound of Silence"), her ass would be in Rotterdam.

Nope, Australia is strict with their rules and the exceptions they made for sportsmen is simply due to public interest.

Eurovision isn't a big deal in Australia, regardless of what EBU claims and it's as simple as that. Some might call it unfair, and sure it might be, but if there isn't a big enough audience for it then it's simply a question of demand and weighting in if it's worth the risk.

Some ESC fans opinions about the songs won't change the fact that most Aussies don't watch Eurovision.

Oh, and on the song department, this song is miles better than that cold artificial ballad in 2016. Imo, Australia was such a bore in their first three years, I can't find any other country that played it that safe and uninteresting, luckily they started to become more interesting lately.

 

[abenteuer]

Nope, Australia is strict with their rules and the exceptions they made for sportsmen is simply due to public interest.

Eurovision isn't a big deal in Australia, regardless of what EBU claims and it's as simple as that. Some might call it unfair, and sure it might be, but if there isn't a big enough audience for it then it's simply a question of demand and weighting in if it's worth the risk.

Some ESC fans opinions about the songs won't change the fact that most Aussies don't watch Eurovision.

Oh, and on the song department, this song is miles better than that cold artificial ballad in 2016. Imo, Australia was such a bore in their first three years, I can't find any other country that played it that safe and uninteresting, luckily they started to become more interesting lately.

If Australia is really so strict, I find it bizarre they sent their contestant to Florida for the Miss Universe beauty pageant this past weekend. I think they had faith in her -- she did end up placing in the top 10...

It seems obvious to me that while covid was partially a concern, Montaigne was not sent because it would be an expensive endeavour for what would likely be an embarrassing result in the contest.

 

[Citelis]

I still believe that she can qualify

 

[Lance Esgard]

Montaigne gave a telling answer in her interview with Wiwibloggs regarding the choice to not go:

"If like, uh, y'know, anyone gets COVID at all, like, we have to stay on longer in Rotterdam and it would just like bankrupt me..."

The answer reflects what Paul Clarke, Head of the Australian Delegation, said about the insurance risk in the TVTonight article above. So there was a financial aspect... one that would exist regardless of whether Australia had an entry that was a potential winner or not.

Athletes have commercial sponsors. So does Miss Universe Australia. But Eurovision in Australia is reliant on a public broadcaster.

So money seems to have been a relatively prominent factor in the situation.

 

[A-lister]

If Australia is really so strict, I find it bizarre they sent their contestant to Florida for the Miss Universe beauty pageant this past weekend. I think they had faith in her -- she did end up placing in the top 10...

It seems obvious to me that while covid was partially a concern, Montaigne was not sent because it would be an expensive endeavour for what would likely be an embarrassing result in the contest.

Is it bizarre though? USA has come a much longer way in vaccination than Europe, also Australia has some sort of travel/immigration deal with the USA making travelling easier, also I can't find the ratings but from my understanding Miss Universe is a pretty popular thing in Australia.

I hear your point, but I don't think it would look much different for another entrant (perhaps if Delta Goodrem would enter but that's the only name I could think of). Australia already sent some pretty popular names and got good positions yet it didn't really make the contest much more popular there it seems.

 

[A-lister]

Montaigne gave a telling answer in her interview with Wiwibloggs regarding the choice to not go:

"If like, uh, y'know, anyone gets COVID at all, like, we have to stay on longer in Rotterdam and it would just like bankrupt me..."

The answer reflects what Paul Clarke, Head of the Australian Delegation, said about the insurance risk in the TVTonight article above. So there was a financial aspect... one that would exist regardless of whether Australia had an entry that was a potential winner or not.

Athletes have commercial sponsors. So does Miss Universe Australia. But Eurovision in Australia is reliant on a public broadcaster.

So money seems to have been a relatively prominent factor in the situation.

This makes sense, sponsors.

I guess that in combo with public interest... I mean sponsors are a direct result of public interest anyways.

 

[crashworld]

Montaigne gave a telling answer in her interview with Wiwibloggs regarding the choice to not go:

"If like, uh, y'know, anyone gets COVID at all, like, we have to stay on longer in Rotterdam and it would just like bankrupt me..."

The answer reflects what Paul Clarke, Head of the Australian Delegation, said about the insurance risk in the TVTonight article above. So there was a financial aspect... one that would exist regardless of whether Australia had an entry that was a potential winner or not.

Athletes have commercial sponsors. So does Miss Universe Australia. But Eurovision in Australia is reliant on a public broadcaster.

So money seems to have been a relatively prominent factor in the situation.

Agreed. I think beside the obvious risk of getting infected factor I do believe funding is really the other reason they couldn't go. Such a pity though. If the pandemic situation doesn't improve next year considering we have multiple waves of new infections and new variants of the virus coming, I can see the Australian act sitting out next year as well.

 

[Milos-BC]

Yet another situation where I feel that the previous song (2020) was superior. I feel bad for Montaigne, but it's also understandable. Health is always the top priority and everything else comes later.

3 points.

 

[Chorizo]

What is it with young girls singing about Technicolour these days? Malta did the same thing in 2019. Were they even born when Technicolour was a thing? Isn't it a problem that "Technicolor" is a trademark? Of course, Australia has already graced Eurovision with "Facetime" a few years ago. Maybe the u makes the difference.
It is interesting to watch the music video. Mad Max was so wrong. Australia is clearly the place that managed to avoid the dystopic apocalypse and they actually have a stadium full of people. The fact that I'm digressing so much probably means that I don't care that much about the song. It's very feminist, it even has female armpit hair (presumably in Technicolour) but it seems everything about this song draws more of my attention than the song itself.
It's a pity that she will not perform on stage in Rotterdam since this will lead to different standards for Australia compared to the countries that appear live on stage in Rotterdam. I'm not the right target group for songs about female empowerment but I think the composition and the vocals are interesting. I give it 10 points for now.

 

[Chorizo]

Too bad Australia didn't qualify. I still have to make my ranking for the semi final but it was one of my favorites. In the end, when only a few spots were left, the two countries I really wanted to make it were Ukraine and Australia.
I'm wondering if the remote participation affected the outcome and if it was close. It will be interesting to analyze the points on Sunday.
Well, at least they didn't come to Europe for nothing since they stayed home anyway.

 

[Sammy]

Australia for the first time out.... Well - vocally this wasn't too convincing for me. Now the speculations will start if the fact she wasn't live had any effect on it.

 

[Realest]

Had it in my Top10 before the Rehearsals, but then lost my Interest.
Curious to see the Split Results.

 

[bstream]

Australia is going to channel their rage into giving Dami Im amazing staging next year

 

[Ana Raquel]

Too bad this is the entry that made them lose the streak. the poor girl, I hope she has another shot in the future and she is actually able to fully experience it. and I also hope Australia keeps on going out of the box with their entries. even if the outcome is not the ideal one, you are in the right track.

I'm also curious to see the split results. i wonder how hyperpop was received by the juries and the televoters

 

[Fluke]

I'm sure we all saw this coming. Out for the first time, but you could say they wouldn't really have been in it anyway.

Staging and vocals were okay, they did a good job making it seem as if they were actually there on stage. The problem was the song itself. Still think "Don't Break Me" could have been Top 5 or close, it's a freaking masterpiece.