We’re over half way through our contest contenders, but no sign of our superfans flagging just yet as they return to vet another quartet of hopefuls.
We also travel to the southern hemisphere for our antipodean Triple Play this week, as well as bringing you up to speed with the big Eurovision News stories of the last seven days…
This Weeks Highlights
Australia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times since its debut in 2015. It has been in the top ten four times. It is also the second country outside of the Eurasia region to take part in the contest since Morocco competed in 1980. The country’s best result in the contest is a second-place finish for Dami Im in 2016. Australia also finished in the top ten in three of its other appearances in the contest, with Guy Sebastian finishing fifth in 2015, and both Isaiah and Kate Miller-Heidke finishing ninth in 2017 and 2019. Initially, Australia’s participation in the 2015 contest was set to be a one-off event, the plan being only to perform again the following year had it won. But it was confirmed in November 2015 by SVT that it would participate in the 2016 contest. Australia’s participation in the contest has been confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) until 2023.
Guy Theodore Sebastian AM is a Malaysian-born Australian singer and songwriter. He was the winner of the first Australian Idol in 2003, judge on Australia’s The X Factor from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach on The Voice Australia since 2019.
He represented Australia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in fifth place.
Sebastian has released ten top ten albums, including three number ones. The first seven all gained either platinum or multi-platinum certification. He has also achieved twenty three top twenty singles, with fourteen reaching the top ten, including six number ones. He is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to achieve six number one singles, and places third overall for all Australian acts.
Track List
| 1 | Yodel It! | Ilinca Feat. Alex Florea | 2017 Romania |
| 2 | Vrag Naj Vzame | Rebeka Dremelj | 2008 Slovenia |
| 3 | Tonight Again | Guy Sebastian | 2015 Australia |
| 4 | Don’t Break Me | Montaigne | 2020 Australia |
| 5 | Not The Same | Sheldon Riley | 2022 Australia |
| 6 | La Source | Isabelle Aubret | 1968 France |
| 7 | Like An Animal | Piqued Jacks | 2023 San Marino |
| 8 | Solo | Blanka | 2023 Poland |
| 9 | I Treni De Tozeur | Alice & Battiato | 1984 Italy |
| 10 | Burning Daylight | Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper | 2023 Netherlands |
| 11 | Break a Broken Heart | Andrew Lambrou | 2023 Cyprus |
| 12 | I Hear Your Heart | Vocal Group Cosmos | 2006 Latvia |
| 13 | When We’re Old | Ieva Zasimauskaite | 2018 Lithuania |
