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🇦🇺 Voyager interview: “I’ve been wrapped up in bubble-wrap to make sure I made it to Eurovision”

We continue on with our in-person interviews, and this time, we got a chat with Voyager, the group all the way from down under, also known as Australia. For the interview, they took the MUCH shorter trip from the arena to the Lush Lounge. In the interview, we had a fun chat with the group members of Voyager as they …

🇦🇺 Voyager Interview: “It feels like it’s the right time, the right moment, and the right song.”

Last week before a quick vacation I was privileged enough to sit down with Danny Estrin from Voyager to talk about the band’s journey to Eurovision and more. A special thank you goes out to Clementine Zawadzki, Danny, and the SBS team for arranging this interview across an 11 hour time difference! Our most important question that we got to …

‘Break’-ing News: At Long Last, Cyprus Releases Andrew Lambrou’s Eurovision Entry

Since Panik Records announced that Andrew Lambrou had been internally selected as the country’s 2023 Eurovision act in October of last year, fans have been waiting to hear what the island nation was cooking up. Today, fans got their answer. Panik Records debuted the official music video for the ‘Break a Broken Heart’ on its YouTube channel this morning. In …

Australia: Voyager is off to Liverpool with “Promise”!

Aside from an announcement last November, where SBS said they would not be going ahead with the Eurovision: Australia Decides national final format to choose their 2023 representative, the Australian national broadcaster had been keeping very quiet. The appearance of the premiere video yesterday on the Eurovision Youtube channel came out of nowhere and immediately set the rumour mill spinning, …

Source: EBU / Sarah Louise Bennett

Australia: Internal Selection for Eurovision 2023

SBS has announced that they will select the artist and the song internally that will represent Australia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Previously, from 2019 until 2022, Australia has used Eurovision: Australia Decides to select their representatives. It is also notable that Australia has used the internal selection from their debut year, 2015, until 2018. SBS has released …

Sheldon Riley Removes a New Kind of Mask, Teases Upcoming Projects

Three months post-Turin, 23-year-old belter Sheldon Riley once again found himself dramatically removing a mask on stage … only this time, the mask was bright pink and three feet wide. Earlier this week, in the season four finale of the Australian edition of The Masked Singer, Sheldon was unmasked as the ‘Snapdragon’ after finishing in 2nd place. Sheldon is the …

Where is Harrogate? More things you might not know about Eurovision 1982 (Part Two)

We’re back with another edition of Fun Facts about Eurovision – specifically Eurovision 1982! Did you know that in 1982 two eventual Eurovision winners almost competed in the same year and with the same band name? Do you know why Australia didn’t broadcast the contest this year? How many Eurovision entries have Ralf and Bernd written? All these questions and more …

Semi 2 Qualifiers Draw for Grand Final Slots. When Will Your Favorite Acts Perform?

We now know which half of the Grand Final all of this year’s qualifying acts will perform in! At tonight’s post-show press conference, the 10 entries that made it out of semi-final two drew for their slots. Czech Republic, Finland, and Romania will be performing in the first half of Saturday night’s show, with Belgium, Azerbaijan, Poland, Estonia, Australia, Sweden, …

Australia reveals their jury members and spokesperson

Australia’s national broadcaster SBS has revealed the five members of the Australian jury for this week’s Eurovision Song Contest, as well as who will reveal their illustrious and highly sought after douze points in Turin. The jury members who have been selected to make up 50% of Australia’s vote in Semi-Final 2 on Thursday and the Grand Final on Saturday …

Sheldon Riley: “It’s time to take off the mask. I won’t be hiding my face anymore.”

It’s just 6 days till the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy! Connor speaks to Australian representative Sheldon Riley after his first rehearsal in Turin. They talked about his Eurovision rehearsals, about reading the comments over his Australia Decides staging, and how long it took him to pack all his suitcases. Check out our interview …

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