Australia: SBS to reveal their Eurovision 2024 hopeful on March 6

Australia: SBS to reveal their Eurovision 2024 hopeful on March 6
Thursday, 15 February 2024

  • The Australian broadcaster, SBS, has confirmed that they will reveal their Eurovision 2024 participation on March 6. 

    In a mail sent out to the media SBS has confirmed the date they will be unveiling their Eurovision 2024 acts. The mail read as following:

    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.”

     

    Australia In Eurovision 

    Australia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times since their debut at the 2015 contest in Vienna. Although Australia’s first participation in the 2015 contest was set to be a single time participation, the country was invited to take part in the following years successively. Last year after an agreement with EBU, Australia secured its participation up to 2023. However, Australia was on the list of confirmed countries for Eurovision 2024.

    The country’s best result in the contest is Dami Im’s 2nd place in 2016. Australia has also finished in the top ten in three of its other appearances in the contest, with Guy Sebastian finishing fifth in 2015, and Isaiah Firebrace finishing ninth in 2017 . In 2019 , Kate Miller Heidke won the first national final to take place in the country and represented the land of Down Under at Tel Aviv with her song “Zero Gravity”. Kate achieved a 9th placing marking the country’s return back in the top 10.

    In 2022 national final winner Sheldon Riley flew the flag in Turin singing 'Not the same' which finished 15th in the Grand final with a total of 125 points ( 123 from the jury and 2 from televoting). 

    Last year the band Voyager,  was internally selected to  represent the country with the song “Promise” in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Voyager achieved Australia’s fifth top 10 finish at the contest, coming 9th in the Grand final. 

     

    News Source: Wiwibloggs

    Image Source: EBU / Sarah Louise Bennett

     

     

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.