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A National Final to choose our next Eurovision act?

Head of the Australian Delegation wants our best singers to compete for the right to represent Australia.

Paul Clarke, Head of the Australian Delegation for Eurovision, has floated the idea of a National Final to choose our next Eurovision act.

Countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands and United Kingdom choose their representative in National Finals.

“We have to develop a culture where our best singers are willing to compete against each other,” he told ESCDaily.

“I think that’s going to take a little bit of learning.

“But I think it’s possible.”

It’s understood that this year organisers approached some A-list names to go to Ukraine, but there was a hesitancy to follow in Dami Im’s footsteps, given her roaring success.

However SBS and producers Blink TV also have other plans to lock down in addition to a potential National Final.

Last year they announced an Asia-Pacific Eurovision would take place in 2017, but no details about participants or dates have been confirmed.

In November managing director Michael Ebeid said, “It’s still very much a work in progress, I’m afraid.”

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  1. I would love to see a competition between our best singers/bands or whatever, thats a great idea but with their own choice of song for a Eurovision entry that the public vote on to send overseas. Instead of picking someone, more than likely the latest Voice winner etc singing a random song and they go represent Australia, but the Australian people don’t get behind it because its not a great song to begin with. It’s a song competition, who sings it is not what it is all about. A competition to select the best song would get people involved before Eurovision week, bigger audience would be invested, bring more viewers to the screen…

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