In a galaxy of glitter, Australia’s is sending a supernova to compete in Eurovision 2026.
Delta Goodrem will rep the green and gold at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this May, stepping onto the famously glitter-drenched global stage with her brand new single Eclipse. SBS confirmed the news today, revealing the pop powerhouse will perform at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle in front of a live audience (plus a casual 160-million viewers worldwide).
Delta Goodrem – ‘Eclipse’
The beloved Aussie icon says she’s honoured to take on the gig, calling Eurovision one of the most iconic music stages on the planet. “I’ve always loved the creativity, individuality and joy Eurovision brings,” she said. “I can’t wait to arrive in Vienna and make Australia proud.”
Her competition entry Eclipse is very much built for maximum Eurovision drama – cinematic pop, sweeping production, delicate piano moments that explode into full-blown power ballad glory… the whole emotional light-meets-shadow metaphor dialled straight to eleven.
In other words: exactly the kind of song designed to make wind machines work overtime while LED screens simulate cosmic phenomena behind her.
The track was written by Goodrem herself alongside Ferras Alqaisi, Jonas Myrin and producer Michael Fatkin, and arrives with a suitably grand visual companion. The music video – filmed across Newcastle sand dunes – sees Delta performing among mirrored plinths as day turns to night in a full symbolic collision of light and darkness. Eurovision subtlety this is not… and thank goodness for that.
It’s a huge moment in an already massive career for Goodrem. Since signing her first record deal at 15, she’s sold more than nine million albums globally, scored five number-one albums and nine chart-topping singles, and picked up 12 ARIA Awards. Her debut Innocent Eyes alone went 23-times platinum and remains one of Australia’s biggest-selling albums ever. She’s collaborated with legends from Celine Dion to Olivia Newton-John – and now she’s taking that experience straight to Europe’s most gloriously chaotic musical showdown.
SBS says the timing couldn’t be better, with the 2026 contest marking Eurovision’s 70th anniversary and more than a decade since Australia first joined the party. Delta now follows in the footsteps of past Aussie representatives like Guy Sebastian, Dami Im, Kate Miller-Heidke and more – but with her own unmistakable brand of high-gloss, emotionally-charged pop theatre.
Eurovision 2026 runs from May 12 to May 16 in Vienna, with SBS broadcasting the event live and in primetime across Australia.
Let the games begin.
Further Reading
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