Australia AUSTRALIA 2023 - Voyager - Promise

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Looren]

Upgrading this to

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

Western Australia Federal Government is partially funding their pre show performances and the main performance. They should have a decent budget it seems for the main performance, I'm intrigued to see what staging they'll bring

 

[AlienSoul]

Western Australia Federal Government is partially funding their pre show performances and the main performance. They should have a decent budget it seems for the main performance, I'm intrigued to see what staging they'll bring

Do you mean the WA State Govt or both state and federal govts?

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

My apologies the WA state government.

 

[i anixi]

Let´s have a look at past participant:

2015	Guy Sebastian	Malaysian Indian of Tamil origin and Ceylonese descent
2016	Dami Im
2017	Isaiah Firebrace	Aboriginal Australian (father: Yorta Yorta / mother: Gunditjmara
2018	Jessica Mauboy	father: mother: Aboriginal Australian (Kuku Yalanji)
2019	Kate Miller-Heidke	Caucasian / white
2020-2021	Montaigne	with other ethnicities such as
2022	Sheldon Riley	father:
2023	Voyager	Caucasian/ white - lead singer is from

Honestly, I can´t think of another Eurovision country which submitted such a different/diverse bunch of talented singers to Eurovision in recent years.

It's such nonsense that it's actually quite unfair . I would totally ignore it, wouldn't waste a minute of my time and nerves with it .

 

[njdevils94]

Western Australia Federal Government is partially funding their pre show performances and the main performance. They should have a decent budget it seems for the main performance, I'm intrigued to see what staging they'll bring

Yep. Confirmed by Eurovoix here.

🇦🇺 Australia: Western Australia Government Helping to Fund Voyager's Eurovision Participation - Eurovoix

Voyager's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is being partially funded by the Western Australia Government.

eurovoix.com

 

[Remembrance]

Yeah, this one's good. I quite like it.
Could have been even more impactful, but I imagine it'll come alive on stage.

Good luck, Australia.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

Things I like in there and things I dont

 

[dannytr24]

Upgrading this to

 

[Aleksander Pagels]

I like it quite a lot except the electric guitar solo towards the end. It cheapens it a bit, but I know some love it. Maybe I feel this way because I love indie rock and often dislike classic rock.

Yeah tbf I never missed a guitar solo in Dreamer but it's cool to have one as well. But when you think about it only half of rock songs at ESC have a guitar solo, they do come across as a bit cheap and almost makes a song more generic tbh

 

[Semra]

Yeah tbf I never missed a guitar solo in Dreamer but it's cool to have one as well. But when you think about it only half of rock songs at ESC have a guitar solo, they do come across as a bit cheap and almost makes a song more generic tbh

Exactly. Makes it more generic. I also have problems with some of the lyrics, they're not... masterful. But most people won't care about that. I'm a lyrics nerd.

 

[AlienSoul]

AussieVision interview with Voyager's Danny Estrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzV9hNdaLlg

 

[Preuss]

Since they’ve had Eurovision in mind regarding everything about this entry, let’s hope the staging is good. Should have no troubles qualifying then

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

They've done a decent amount of press, which is good for interest in the contest down here I'm hoping haha. I just need SBS to announce we are going to keep participating and then I don't really care how this does either way. I think it'll qualify but flop hard in the final. This will have no jury votes to carry it like with most of our entries and I don't see this getting televotes either.

 

[Preuss]

They've done a decent amount of press, which is good for interest in the contest down here I'm hoping haha. I just need SBS to announce we are going to keep participating and then I don't really care how this does either way. I think it'll qualify but flop hard in the final. This will have no jury votes to carry it like with most of our entries and I don't see this getting televotes either.

Unless the staging is amazing, I think this entry will just drown in the sea of bands this year... they'll qualify for the final because semi 2 is so terrible + it's only televote though

 

[rasmuslights]

They've done a decent amount of press, which is good for interest in the contest down here I'm hoping haha. I just need SBS to announce we are going to keep participating and then I don't really care how this does either way. I think it'll qualify but flop hard in the final. This will have no jury votes to carry it like with most of our entries and I don't see this getting televotes either.

I can totally see this coming last in the final tbh.

 

[rasmuslights]

Western Australia Federal Government is partially funding their pre show performances and the main performance. They should have a decent budget it seems for the main performance, I'm intrigued to see what staging they'll bring

I'm worried for Australia tbh. This maybe means that sbs didn't have enough money to fund the act themselves and therefore selected voyager since they were backed by Western Australia. Because how else did this bland song by more or less a no-name got internally selected by Australia which usually takes Eurovision seriously?

 

[Preuss]

I'm worried for Australia tbh. This maybe means that sbs didn't have enough money to fund the act themselves and therefore selected voyager since they were backed by Western Australia. Because how else did this bland song by more or less a no-name got internally selected by Australia which usually takes Eurovision seriously?

SBS has never had the funds, and money is always plays a part in who they send to Eurovision, hence their first representatives were all signed with Sony, and Kate had to crowdfund parts of her entry lol

 

[Preuss]

I miss Jessica Mauboy. She just recently delivered such a good performance of We Got Love at Sydney Pride!

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

I miss Jessica Mauboy. She just recently delivered such a good performance of We Got Love at Sydney Pride!

Do you reckon SBS don't want to keep participating anymore. I feel like we can stay in the contest as long as we want to but I just get the feeling SBS don't want to anymore?