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Australia: Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey step down as commentators in Eurovision 2025!

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In a surprising early announcement, SBS has revealed that long-time Eurovision commentators, Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey, will not be returning to host the Australian broadcast of Eurovision in 2025. The beloved duo, who have been the voices of Australia’s Eurovision experience since 2017, have decided it’s time to step away from the role after so many years.

Reflecting on their departure, Myf and Joel shared:

It’s been a huge honour to host the Eurovision Song Contest for SBS, but the time has come to hang up our glitter microphones. We have absolutely adored watching our Australian artists compete on the world stage and it’s been a privilege to bring that experience to our dedicated Australian Eurovision fans. We are very grateful to SBS and Blink TV, and one of the best things to come out of this journey is our beautiful friendship. We certainly aim to work together again soon.

They also expressed their gratitude to SBS for the opportunity and have left open the possibility of future collaborations.

As the Eurovision 2025 season approaches, SBS has thanked Myf and Joel for their exceptional contribution to the network’s Eurovision coverage. The broadcaster has confirmed that new hosts will be announced in due course, promising an exciting new chapter for Australia’s Eurovision commentary.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

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Australia: The country will compete in Eurovision 2025!

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It is now officially confirmed that Australia will compete in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the shows that SBS has announced it is going to broadcast in 2025. Therefore, SBS received the special invitation and will be returning to the Eurovision stage for its tenth participation, as Australia’s contract with the EBU has expired and its participation has to be annually renewed.

Specifically, SBS’s press release mentions:

Eurovision Song Contest 2025
TX: May 2025 on SBS and SBS On Demand
The Eurovision Song Contest returns to SBS in 2025! The world’s largest live music event is a serious cultural force and a whole lot of fun, celebrating music and artistry from across the globe. This year’s event reached over 163 million viewers across the globe live from Malmö, Sweden, after Loreen’s historic 2023 win in Liverpool, UK. In 2024, Switzerland’s Nemo took out the title with their song The Code. Australia has participated in the contest since 2015, creating a legacy of sending truly unique artists to share their talents on the biggest platform in the world. Who will represent Australia in Basel, Switzerland 2025?

Regarding the country’s Eurovision 2025 selection procedure, no information is provided. The return of the Australia Decides format, however, appears unlikely given the confirmation date, and the nation is likely to opt for an internal selection instead.

Electric Fields were SBS’s pick for Eurovision 2024 with their song “One Milkali (One Blood)“. Unfortunately, Australia did not make it to the Grand Final for the second time in its history in the contest and missed the spot for seven points.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

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Australia: SBS Commentators for Eurovision 2024 Announced!

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SBS has announced the team to cover the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden.

Specifically, Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey will return to commentate on the contest for the seventh time, while Courtney Act will be the backstage correspondent.

Electric Fields will represent Australia in Malmo with “One Milkali (One Blood)” in the First Semi-Final on May 7th.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for more news about Australia’s participation in Eurovision 2024!

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Australia: Listen to Sheppard’s song submitted for Eurovision 2024!

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The song “Edge of the Earth”, with which the band Sheppard intended to represent Australia at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, was released yesterday.

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Australia: Electric Fields will represent the country in Malmö with “One Milkali (One Blood)”!

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We finally have an announcement from the “Land Down Under”. SBS, the Australian public television, has revealed that Electric Fields will represent Australia in Malmö with their song “One Milkali (One Blood)”.

You can listen to “One Milkali (One Blood)”, below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2IaHxCvdw

The entry’s reveal was scheduled for today, while a few days ago The Voyager, last year’s representatives, teased us with the announcement of their successors.

How we got to Electric Fields?

For the second consecutive year, SBS opted for an internal selection in order to decide its Eurovision 2024 act. No information was given regarding the procedure, while the rumors were excessive. Names like Delta Goodrem, Dannii Minogue and Dami Im were circulating as the potential Australian representatives with all of the aforementioned denying these rumors later.

It appears that Electric Fields were SBS pick for Eurovision 2024 and everyone else was just fans’ wishful thinking.

Who are Electric Fields?

Electric Fields is an Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture.

They are no strangers to the Eurovision community. Electric Fields took part in the country’s first national final, Australia Decides – Eurovision 2019, where they placed second behind Kate Miller-Heidke with their song “2000 and Whatever“.

What do you think of  “One Milkali (One Blood)”? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Australia: Watch the teaser video of the artist for Eurovision 2024!

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As we already know for some time now, in less than a week, on March 6 to be exact, the artist that will represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be announced!

But before that, SBS, the public broadcaster of the country, gave out a small teaser video, referring to the artist that will represent them.

 

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In the video, we can she Danny, the lead singer of the group Voyager which represented Australia last year,calling the other members of the group and telling them that he just learnt who is the artist that SBS selected. But at the moment he is about to state their name, the video ends.

Who do you think is the representative of Australia in this year’s Contest? Write us in the comments below!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Australian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Australia: Entry to be revealed on 6th of March!

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Through an e-mail to Wiwibloggs, the national broadcaster of Australia SBS revealed that the announcement of the entry for the upcoming 2024 Eurovision Song Contest is going to take place on the 6th of March!

In 2024 SBS is proud to broadcast the event which this year is taking place in Malmö, Sweden. We also celebrate 50 years since ABBA took to the Eurovision Stage with “Waterloo”, taking home the win for Sweden.

Australia has once again been invited to send a representative to compete in the contest. Stay tuned to hear who will be representing us on Wednesday 6th March.”

At this point we remind you that despite the speculations of the last months, the world-famous Dannii Minogue denied the rumors about her participation in Eurovision 2024!

Other names rumored to be successors to Voyager are Electric Fields and Jaguar Jonze, both known for their involvement in Australia Decides.

Last year Australia was represented in Liverpool by the Voyager with the song “Promise” finishing in the 9th place of the Grand Final, having previously won the second Semi-Final!

Source:Wiwibloggs

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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: SBS confirms internal selection for 2023 and Dami Im declares her interest!

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A few moments ago, the Australian Public Broadcaster SBS confirmed that the show “Australia Decides” will not return for Eurovision 2023, shifting to an internal selection for the artist and the song that will represent Australia at the Eurovision 2023 which will take place in Liverpool on behalf of Ukraine.

We have previously wrote about the change of the selection process, since the show was not included in the schedule of the broadcaster for 2023 as well as the submission period last year opened in August. Some people online rushed to discredit our article but we are happy that once again, Eurovisionfun is proven to be a reliable source for Eurovision news not only for Greece but beyond.

SBS mentions in the statement:

“We are thrilled to confirm that Australia will once again compete in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest next year, with hosts Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey at the helm. However, after three years of celebrating and working with local music artists through our Eurovision selection show, Eurovision – Australia Decides, we’ve made the difficult decision not to go ahead with the program in 2023.”

Over the past few months, we have been exploring ways we could deliver the event to Australian audiences next year however, a variety of factors contributed to us coming to this decision.

We are proud to continue to be the home of the Eurovision Song Contest and we look forward to celebrating 40 years of broadcasting Eurovision to all Australians in the coming year.”

Dami Im, the artist that brought Australia its best result, coming 2nd in Eurovision 2016, was quick to react to the news, stating that she is interested to represent the country one more time:

Australia was represented in Eurovision 2022 by Sheldon Riley and the song “Not the Same”, coming 15th with 125 points, the vast majority of which came from the juries (123) and 2 points came from the televote.

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Source: Eurovoix