Australia confirmed for Eurovision 2018!
Exclusive: Australia locked on Lisbon 2018 with Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey back for SBS.
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EXCLUSIVE: Australia is returning to the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Lisbon, Portugal next May with SBS commentators Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey.
It marks the fourth year Australia will officially compete following entries with Guy Sebastian, Dami Im and Isaiah Firebrace -all of which finished in the Top 10.
SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid said: “SBS is proud to secure Australia’s return as competitors in the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth year, as the country’s unique affection and passion for Eurovision continues to grow.
“In Guy, Dami and Isaiah, SBS has showcased the incredible talent of Australia’s musical performers on the world stage, and in turn, the wonderful diversity that makes up Australia today.
“It’s also great to be welcoming back hosts Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey after they perfectly captured the spirit of the contest in their debut this year. We’re looking forward to revealing more exciting news in the coming months.”
The event in May at Lisbon’s MEO Arena marks the first time Portugal will host the long-running contest, following Salvador Sobral’s win in Ukraine with “Amar pelos dois.”
Australian Head of Delegation and Director of Blink TV, Paul Clarke, said: “It’s wonderful that we’re back! In the three years that we have competed in Eurovision we have achieved huge success, ranking second in the results overall behind Sweden. It’s an exciting challenge for us to find a competitor who can fly the flag high for Australia, and we can’t wait to begin that search.”
SBS & Blink TV are currently in discussions with territory partners for the Eurovision Asia Song Contest, hoping to be staged in 2018.
With the good news of our inclusion in Lisbon, who would you like to see representing Australia?
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15 Responses
Sia would be phenomenal !
Wonder if she would consider
The Veronicas would be great
At this rate, we’re going to run Out of successful talent show graduates – especially because many have just faded out from the talent shows in recent years. It would be good To have a solo or group act not from one of these shows
I hope this will be the year that we finally see Delta as our entrant. All our entrants so far have been quite good, especially Dami who almost won it for us. But I think Delta could do wonders for us in the competition.
Has someone at SBS had a chat with Joel to ask him to bring down the shrieking histrionics he over-excitedly displayed throughout the Mardi Gras telecast? I think he’s a great talent and lots of fun, but when he gets worked up into a frenzy, it makes for tough viewing. I turned off the MG telecast this year – first time ever – due to him, and am now a bit reluctant to turn on Eurovision for fear of the same.
I mentioned to SBS top brass MG needed to remember that viewers at home can hear them fine, and not to get carried away with the atmosphere, or at least the audio surrounds. It wasn’t just Joel and it is a deceptive situation.
Are we on a perpetual year by year inclusion agreement or at some point does our entry become automatic?
My understanding is it’s negotiated each year.
My worry is we will be excluded as soon, and if, Eurovision Asia gets legs
It’s entirely possible yes.
Our contestants might have been racially diverse, but musically we have a long way to go before we really show the world what we’re all about. Personally I’d love to see Montaigne giving it a crack. She’s very dramatic, but also really interesting. Amazing voice, but she’s outside the box.
I love all the previous entrants but wonder if this years eventual entrant be “diverse” ?
Because I feel a bit of reverse discrimination here
No, I think that was just an ant walking across your little toe…
Time for a non-solo, non-talent-show act.
(Yes, yes, I know – over Sony’s dead body…)
I wonder if the Kransky Sisters are available?
At least we weren’t relegated to ‘Eurovision Lite’ – the Asian version