After making its Eurovision debut earlier this year, Australia has locked in a spot at the Song Contest’s kid-friendly Junior Eurovision competition this November. Junior Eurovision is open to young singers between the ages of 10 and 15, and Australia is set to announce its representative and the song they’ll be performing this Friday, 9th
You read that correctly — Australia’s love affair with the Eurovision song contest saw us take fifth place at Eurovision 2015, and now Aussie university students will soon have the chance to study the Euro-centric competition in a class called “Eurovisions”. As News Corp Australia reports, the University of Melbourne will begin offering the course
The countdown is on to the audiovisual glitter-bomb that is the Eurovision 2015 final. One hero will stand alone against an army of transoceanic sequins, outrageous wigs, industrial strength hairspray and maniacally choreographed dance moves in a bid to win glory for Australia in our first ever year as an official Eurovision contender. Geography be
Eurovision 2015 is drawing ever nearer. Guy Sebastian will be representing Australia at the song contest in Austria later this month, and now it’s finally been revealed who we’ll be sending over to judge this year’s acts. Australia’s 2015 Eurovision jury will form part of this year’s pool of judges, along with the other countries
Stealing the attention away from a Eurovision stage show is no small feat, but a 48-year-old Swedish sign language interpreter has done just that, after becoming a viral sensation this week for his spirited signed renditions of euro-pop tunes. Sweden held the final of their Eurovision entry contest over the weekend, and chose Magnus Carlsson
Guy reveals ‘Tonight Again’
“You’re sending a beige-coloured Volvo full of Subway rolls into a world full of high camp theatrics…”
Guy Sebastian has officially been announced as the artist who will be flying the flag for Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Austria. At a press conference at the Sydney Opera House this morning, SBS hosts Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang brought Sebastian to the stage for the big reveal. Asked what he will
Barbariön, a Melbourne heavy metal band with Viking-inspired attire, have put up their collective hands to represent Australia at Eurovision 2015. Following news earlier this week that Australia will send an act to perform in the grand final of Eurovision, the industry has been mulling over who it will send to compete in Austria. Thankfully,
TISM frontman Humphrey B. Flaubert (real name Damian Cowell) has responded positively to the increasingly popular petition to get TISM to reform and represent Australia at Eurovision 2015, which Australia will now compete in. “I do not wish to comment on behalf of TISM out of respect for my colleagues and the artistic integrity of
UPDATE 05/03/15: Australia’s first Eurovision Song Contest entrant has been announced. It’s happened, we’re in, Australia’s going to Eurovision. Geographical concerns aside, the dream is somehow now a reality and the guessing game has begun as to who will represent the green and gold come May 23rd. SBS have confirmed they are in talks with
As Australia still continues to grapple with the news that we’re actually part of Europe – at least for one day this coming May – now the conversation turns to just who our proud nation will be sending over to Austria for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Australians have of course competed previously in the
Hot on the heels of this morning’s big revelation that Australia would be competing in the celebrated Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever, a petition has surfaced online calling for the reformation of a group certain to do some damage on the oddball European stage, masked Melbourne seven-piece TISM. Perhaps in a reaction
Plus we get to vote.
