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Voyager to represent Australia at Eurovision 2023

Australia sends its first ever band to Eurovision with Perth synth-metal quintet Voyager.

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For the first time ever, a band will represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Liverpool in May.

Perth synth-metal quintet Voyager, comprising Danny Estrin (Vocals, Keytar), Simone Dow (Guitars), Scott Kay (Guitars), Alex Canion (Bass), Ash Doodkorte (Drums) will take to the stage with their pop metal stomper, Promise.

The band has been throwing their hat in the ring for Eurovision ever since Australia announced its participation back in 2015. In last year’s Eurovision: Australia Decides, they led the public vote with their song Dreamer.

Eight years later, they have triumphed following an internal selection by SBS / Blink TV.

A captivating music video was also partly-shot in WA’s mid-west Kalbarri and Kalbarri National Park, drawing upon rock formations including Nature’s Window.

Singer Danny Estrin said: “As a long-time Eurovision fan, this is the pinnacle – Voyager gets to play the greatest show on earth! Our song Promise is made for the Eurovision stage and collectively we feel it’s one of our best yet. We filmed the music video in both the city of Perth and beautiful parts of Western Australia to showcase the majestic beauty of our home state. Eurovisionation, we are coming!!!”

SBS Head of Entertainment Emily Griggs said: “Voyager bring together my love for the 80’s and catchy lyrics that you can’t stop singing. I can’t wait to see Eurovision fans the world over embrace them as much as Aussie crowds have. Voyager have been determined to get centre stage for the biggest song contest in the world and SBS know they will bring that grit with them along with a whole lot of fun. Look out Europe, the Aussies are coming!”

Director of Blink TV Paul Clarke said: “Promise is a song that delivers in spades, from a band that never fails to impress. From the very first listen I knew it was something special – an epic, cinematic track that will take listeners on an anthemic rock voyage all the way to the Eurovision stage. This year, Australia’s hopes are in the masterful hands of a band for the first time ever, and I can’t wait for Voyager to rock your socks off in Liverpool.”

SBS’s exclusive coverage will once again be fronted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey.

This year marks 40 years of SBS broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest to all Australians, and the eighth year Australia has participated in the event.

Eurovision Song Contest Final is held May 14 (AEST).

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  1. Dreamer was an earworm, but this is a fantastic song and more suitable for Eurovision, with so much energy and build to it structurally. Beautiful voices. I think they will stage it well.

  5. This aging rocker is impressed, great song, the visuals are amazing and best part is they don’t have some ridiculous gimmick (wires… like poor Dima Biden “Believe “ 2009, sequins, hoods, masks or Lycra onesies) to try and draw people in. Arguably too much OTT now with Eurovision evolving which in my opinion distracts from the music itself. (I always think of vision impaired people on that score). Glad it’s a band for a change too. At least Voyager could not be any worse than Sayyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif in 1987 (just saying).
    Good luck hope they do well.

  6. Looks and sounds like SBS have thrown in the towel this year. Voyager’s song last year was good; this is utter dross.
    You don’t solve the problem of not having an ‘Australia Decides’ competition by just letting the band who won the popular vote last year put up whatever else they can come up with.
    Great that we’re putting up a band for the first time ever, but I refuse to believe that they went through any kind of tough vetting process for the Australian song submission this year if ‘Promise’ is the supposed best we have got.
    I don’t expect Australia will see the finals this year.

  9. I like the song, well enough and it could be Eurovision worthy … but it is missing that something to truely be Eurovision

    I’m optimistic for it, and love to see the stage set up and the live performance of it to see if those are what I perceive to be the missing peace,

  10. Exciting band choice, but a terribly boring song. Last year’s Dreamer was something you could get excited about. But this song gives us no chance of getting to the finals, especially now that the semis are 100% viewer voted with no jury. All in all, disappointed.

  12. Sounds good and fits with Eurovision for mine, be interesting how stage presentation and the like goes on the performance nights, looking forward to the whole show(s).

  14. Awesome! I was disappointed when they weren’t chosen last year. The song definitely has Eurovision vibes and it’s good to see us putting forward something different from our previous entries.

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