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Australia: Catherine Martin will be Australian spokesperson

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Costume designer Catherine Martin will be Australian spokesperson for Eurovision 2023.

The four times Oscar winner will announce the results from the Australian jury at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.  She is well-known for her work with her husband and creative partner Baz Luhrmann for over 30 years on different productions.  They are considered two of the most innovative creators of film, theatre and entertainment.

“I am so excited to be the spokesperson for Australia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Since my first memories of ABBA exploding onto the stage and becoming the worldwide phenomenon they are, I have been obsessed, not only with the extraordinary celebration of music and songwriting but also with the inspiration, staging, costuming, and lighting. Eurovision celebrates not only musical excellence but the presentation of music, in visually extraordinary ways.”

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more news about Australia in Eurovision 2023!

Source: SBS

Eurovision 2023: Australia’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on stage we will be seeing Voyager on their first rehearsal as the representatives of Australia in this year’s competition with “Promise”.

Who are Voyager?

Voyager is a progressive metal band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1999. The band has released seven full-length albums to date.

In 2020 they had submitted a song to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 called “Runaway”, but were eventually not selected as one of the 10 artists competing in the country’s national final.

Last year, the band was selected to take part in Eurovision – Australia Decides and came second with “Dreamer”. In fact, it came in the first place of the televoting.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

This is a great tune to finish off the second Semi-final – with the 80s-style synths leading into a big old rock chorus. It manages to sound distinctively Australian and fabulously Eurovision at the same time, which is a great indicator of how much Australia have rolled themselves in Eurovision glitter since they joined the contest in 2015. Voyager look like absolute pros, and are rocking both the Liverpool stage and those sequinned houndstooth check outfits.

They also have a car on stage, which we saw in the prop store yesterday and wondered who it belonged to. I’m afraid we can’t tell you the make or model. It looks 80s and sporty.

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Below you can watch a small clip from the Australian first rehearsal on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228674284141546778?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7228613202169726491

The second rehearsal for Australia will be held on the 5th of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for Voyager.

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Source: eurovision.tv

Australia: Voyager cover “Queen of Kings”!

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Via their personal Tik Tok account, Australia‘s representatives at this year’s Eurovision, Voyager, shared their own version of the Norwegian entry “Queen of Kings”.

You can listen to Voyager’s cover of “Queen of Kings” below:

 

@voyagerau We just had to make a cover of Queen of the Kings @Alessandra Mele #eurovision #escnorway #queenofthekings #queenofthekingsallesandra ♬ Queen of Kings – Alessandra

You can also check out our team’s reaction video for the australian entry:

Voyager are competing in this year’s contest with the song Promise, closing the second semi-final on May 11th.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the australian entry in Eurovision 2023!

Australia: With Voyager and ”Promise” in Liverpool!

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A short while ago, Australian public television (SBS) announced that the band Voyager will be representing the country on Eurovision 2023.

Voyager will be competing with the song Promise, which you can listen to below:

Who are Voyager?

Voyager is a progressive metal band from Perth, Western Australia , formed in 1999. The band has released seven full-length albums to date.

In 2020 they had submitted a song to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 called “Runaway”, but were eventually not selected as one of the 10 artists competing in the country’s national final.

Last year, the band was selected to take part in Eurovision – Australia Decides and came second with “Dreamer”. In fact, it came in the first place of the televoting.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Australia’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

Australia: Internal selection announcement attracts famous artists, who’d wish to compete at Eurovision 2023!

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This week, SBS announced that they will be ditching Eurovision – Australia Decides in favour of an internal selection procedure for their representative that will have to travel to Liverpool next May, in the hopes of winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

This will be the first time in four years that Australia would choose an entry internally, since the selection of Jessica Mauboy back in 2018.

It looks like the announcement of the internal selection by SBS made the prospect of representing Australia in 2023 in Liverpool quite appealing for many popular artists, who have already started showing their interest in representing Australia in next year’s contest publicly!

Dami Im

The first artist that showed her interest is Dami Im.

“Was looking forward to competing at Aus decides but in this case I’m super keen”

She would be keen on competing at Australia decides, as she notes, but would be glad if she was given the opportunity to represent Australia in 2023.

“I’m so keen if I get offered the opportunity to return”

Her song “Sound of Silence” is the best known Australia’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden back in 2016, when it finished 2nd receiving a total of 511 points.

Later in 2021 she had announced that she would compete at Australia Decides, if SBS hadn’t decided to select Montaigne, after being chosen at Australia Decides back in 2020 for the cancelled contest.

Jaguar Jonze

The fan-favourite Jaguar Jonze was urged by many of her fans on Twitter to grab the opportunity of the internal selection! She later on tweeted:

“Just saying @SBSEurovision I’d happily cancel my hair appointment in May to represent Australia on a world stage”

Jaguar Jonze competed in this year’s Australia Decides placing 3nd with the song “Little Fires“!

Sheppard

The band who already got the taste but lost over Kate Miller-Heidke back in 2019, expressed their interest as well, by commenting:

“Consider our hat thrown in the ring! What an honour we’re sure whoever heads to Liverpool will do us all proud x”

Sheppard competed in the very first Australia Decides contest placing 3rd with the song “On My Way”

VOYAGER

The band, who just got back from an international tour, commented on the Aussievision Facebook page:

“Oooooohhhh, consider us interested. We’d be honoured to make the voyage….”

VOYAGER competed in this year’s Australia Decides placing 2nd with the song “Dreamer” and had previously attempted to enter the competition, back in 2020!

Time will tell who will eventually represent Australia at Eurovision Song Contest 2023, after the internal selection procedure of SBS is complete.

This year, Australia was represented by Sheldon Riley with the song “Not The Same”, having previously won Australia Decides. Sheldon placed 15th in the final with 125 points, almost all from the juries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosfFz2FJPU

Who would you like to represent Australia next year at the contest? Leave a comment below!

Source: Aussievision

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Australia: Internal selection for Eurovision 2023!

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It looks like Australia Decides, Australia’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, will not be returning next year.

SBS has unveiled its schedule for the new TV season and Australia Decides is nowhere to be found. In fact, in the list he published, it is mentioned at the end under the sign “absent”, along with two more television projects.

So far, Australian public television has not officially announced how Australia’s representative in Eurovision 2023 will be selected, although everything now indicates that we are heading for an internal selection.

Last year, SBS opened the deadline for submissions on August 26, closing a month later on September 26. Having already entered November and knowing that at least a month is required for the submission of entries, it seems that Australia will choose internally for Eurovision 2023.

Of course, this won’t be the first time this has happened, since from 2015 to 2018, as well as 2021, SBS selected its representatives for the competition internally.

This year, Australia was represented by Sheldon Riley with the song Not The Same, having previously won Australia Decides. Sheldon placed 15th in the final with 125 points, almost all from the juries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosfFz2FJPU

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovisionin