Australia AUSTRALIA 2023 - Voyager - Promise

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

Isaiah was great in the grand final though. In that year with not so many great vocalists he was definitely one of the better. Yeah he wasn’t at his best but his GF vocals were good. What ultimately tanked the entry was the staging that could’ve been better executed

So Ricki Lee was going to Australia Decides or just the song was meant for Australia Decides??

She was going to submit it for Australia Decides.

 

[Preuss]

She was going to submit it for Australia Decides.

That’s super interesting to know tbh as she was rumored to do it before. If Australia continues in Eurovision, they need to internally select her

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

We could as well just have another Australia Decides just so there could be space for a Voyager interval act and an AusDecides trophy handover
based on the fact that Blas Canto handed over the Benidorm Fest trophy on its first year instead of the hosts; yes, handing a trophy over to the next person is plausible without there being a NF to having been won

 

[12Points]

can sound really big and anthemic on stage, probably final top 15

 

[rasmuslights]

We could as well just have another Australia Decides just so there could be space for a Voyager interval act and an AusDecides trophy handover
based on the fact that Blas Canto handed over the Benidorm Fest trophy on its first year instead of the hosts; yes, handing a trophy over to the next person is plausible without there being a NF to having been won

Australia Decides was mostly awful with a few stand-out songs (didirri, jaguar jonze, montagine, charley and that's it)

Australia needs to start selecting its biggest artists again. I'm really disappointed that they sent Voyager this year, not that their bad but very mid and it looks like Australia isn't even trying anymore.

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

Well if they wouldn't end up being sent at some point they would have begged SBS forever and ever on, and maybe SBS just wants to avoid that for now so they let the band have their moment... maybe after THEN we'll see some of Australia's "greats" some more again

 

[Sammy]

Every year I hope to get something at least as good as „Tonight again“. Well perhaps next year….

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

I can see it around 15th in GF televote and maybe about the same or slightly worse with the jury.

 

[mauve]

 

[Chorizo]

I enjoy the powerful ending, but the earlier parts of the song are not that distinguished. 7 points.

 

[Simon]

Hey all. I want to play a game. Only because the song made me think: what have you done before that "if you haven't done this before, then you haven't been alive". I want it t0 be fun, so it could be truthful, not true, a combination; or nobody knows?

I'd post to get get the party started, but I've already had a bottle of fine pinot noir, so I'll be more truthful than I should be right now. Anyone else want to kick us off?

 

[JenJen94]

I've ended up liking this alot more than I expected to do so! they absolutely smashed it here!

 

[theditz83]

Nice to see them using the Tourism WA footage in the Madrid pre-party performance, but there needs to be a better connection between those visuals and the futuristic neon visuals to tie everything together better.

I'm close friends with the UK sales rep for Tourism WA and she has been posting about filming all the footage with the band for the music video and extra footage for promo material, so I can only assume they'll be using it for Eurovision in some respect

 

[simori95]

Hey all. I want to play a game. Only because the song made me think: what have you done before that "if you haven't done this before, then you haven't been alive". I want it t0 be fun, so it could be truthful, not true, a combination; or nobody knows?

I'd post to get get the party started, but I've already had a bottle of fine pinot noir, so I'll be more truthful than I should be right now. Anyone else want to kick us off?

Oh hi, a fellow Simon! Sorry that your game hasn‘t taken off yet, I actually quite like the idea. I am afraid I am not the most creative when it comes to this, but I did feel that a very special moment in my life was hiking up and consequently spending the night on a(n extinct) volcano and being woken up by the (small) eruption of the active volcano right next to it. It felt so surreal.

 

[ESC94]

Today this song is part of the songchecks at ESC kompakt. Here for everyone who speaks German:

ESC-Songcheck kompakt 2023 (25) – Australien: „Promise“ von Voyager - ESC kompakt

Nach mehreren Jahren mit Vorentscheidungen (und der Pandemie-Ausnahme 2021) hat sich das australische Fernsehen in diesem Jahr wieder für eine interne Auswahl des Beitrags für den Eurovision Song C…

esc-kompakt.de

The bloggers reactions are more on the mediocre side.

 

[Juliette]

I really like this song! Very enjoyable!

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

The live performances have been great, the lead is great vocally. I mean some choreography etc could tighten things up. But I'm glad this will least do well in the semi, I think top three is given. Now the final, to me at best this could match Sheldon (which I doubt they won't have his jury support) or perform about the same as Jess or worse (which I think is most likely). Still this band have no support from SBS, are getting all their funding from WA's state government and they're going to most likely win their semi, that is fantastic. I really need SBS to confirm we're still participating, the fact that we can put through a competitve entry with very little effort is impressive.

 

[ESC94]

For everyone who´s interested and speaks German: Danny Estrin in the new episode of "ESC Update":

ESC Update: Australiens Danny Estrin über seine ESC-Vorbereitungen

Der gebürtige Niedersachse Danny Estrin singt für Australien. Er erzählt uns von seinen Vorbereitungen auf Liverpool und den Gigs auf den Prepartys.

www.eurovision.de

 

[midnightsun]

Awesome interview! Danny talking 30 minutes in German, he‘s such a humble guy and a huge ESC fan! He has so much knowledge about ESC, he grew up with his parents listening to ESC when he was a kid and he attended ESC 2019 as a fan, two weeks of parties for him.

And he confirmed that this is Australia‘s last year in Eurovision (for now) - he also confirmed there is a contract that lasts until 2023. He doesn’t know if it will be renewed.
They asked him if it depends on Australia‘s success at Eurovision this year but he didn’t know - he said we should better vote for Australia‘s 12 points in case it does!

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

Awesome interview! Danny talking 30 minutes in German, he‘s such a humble guy and a huge ESC fan! He has so much knowledge about ESC, he grew up with his parents listening to ESC when he was a kid and he attended ESC 2019 as a fan, two weeks of parties for him.

And he confirmed that this is Australia‘s last year in Eurovision (for now) - he also confirmed there is a contract that lasts until 2023. He doesn’t know if it will be renewed.
They asked him if it depends on Australia‘s success at Eurovision this year but he didn’t know - he said we should better vote for Australia‘s 12 points in case it does!

Sounds like he knows as much of us lol. It will all depend on Paul Clarke or that Emily I don't know her surname and what they say in May when they're doing interviews.