Who was on the Australian Jury for Eurovision?

In case you missed it announced speedily by Joel Creasey in the closing comments of the Eurovision Song Contest Final, the Australian Jury names were revealed by SBS.

Catherine Martin (also Australia’s spokesperson)
Catherine Martin is a four-time Oscar winning Production Designer, Costume Designer and producer. She has collaborated with her husband and creative partner Baz Luhrmann on the distinctive look of all their productions for over 30 years, establishing them as two of the world’s most innovative creators of film, theatre and entertainment. Martin began collaborating with Luhrmann while still studying at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), designing his production of Lake Lost for the Australian Opera. This earned Martin the first of many career accolades: a Victorian Green Room Award for Best Design. Since then, Martin has designed almost all of Luhrmann’s subsequent stage productions, including Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Critic’s Award for Opera Design, and a version of Puccini’s opera La Bohème set in 1957. The latter went on to open on Broadway in 2002 to critical acclaim and won Martin a Tony Award for Production Design. In 1992, Martin began designing for film and partnered with Luhrmann on his stunning film debut, Strictly Ballroom. Her work garnered two BAFTA awards for Production Design and Costume Design, and an AFI award for Production Design. She followed this success in 1996 with Luhrmann’s iconic film version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Art Direction and won another BAFTA for Production Design. In 2001, Martin’s acclaimed design work on Moulin Rouge won her two Academy Awards for Costume Design and Art Direction, two AFI awards for Production Design and Costume Design, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Production Design, among other accolades. Martin co-produced Luhrmann’s epic Australia in 2008 and was also the film’s production designer and costume designer. Starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the film earned Martin an Academy Award nomination for Costume Design. The film will soon be reconceived as a six-part limited series, launching on Hulu and Disney+ in late 2023. In addition to winning two Academy Awards for Art Direction and Costume Design for her work on Luhrmann’s 2013 film The Great Gatsby Martin was also a producer. In 2016, Martin executive produced Luhrmann’s Netflix Original Series The Get Down, and co-designed both sets and costumes for the pilot. Most recently, Martin served as a producer, production designer and costume designer on Luhrmann’s 2022 box office and critical hit Elvis, garnering another three Academy Award nominations for Art Direction, Costume Design and Martin’s first Best Picture nomination. Martin’s additional projects with Luhrmann include guest editing the first signature edition of Vogue Australia in 1994, returning to collaborate with Vogue on two issues of Vogue Living Australia in 2009 and 2022. She designed the look of Luhrmann’s two lavish brand films for Chanel No. 5, in 2004 and 2014, for which legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld created the costumes. Martin also has her own homewares brand, Catherine Martin Home, collaborating with Designer Rugs and Mokum Textiles on fabrics and wallpaper. Her work features prominently in the Faena Hotel, Miami Beach, for which she and Luhrmann provided the overall interior design vision.

Andrew Farriss
Andrew Farriss is an Australian rock musician best known as the keyboardist, backing vocalist, and main composer for rock band INXS. He won an ARIA Award for Producer of the Year in 1990 and also won Best Songwriter with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in the 1984 Countdown Australian Music Awards. Along with his brothers Tim and Jon he was inducted in to the Hall of Fame at the Western Australian Music Industry Awards in 2008.

Eddie Perfect
Actor/musician Eddie Perfect has recorded solo albums and written and performed numerous cabaret shows, including biographical musical comedy ‘Shane Warne: The Musical’. Eddie has taken his songwriting career all the way to Broadway where he composed musicals ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘King Kong’ before returning to Australia to star in Dolly Parton’s musical ‘9 to 5’.

Brihony Dawson
Television presenter, sports commentator and singer Brihony Dawson was billed in 2022 as the first non-binary presenter to front a major TV show in Australia, as well as the first non-binary host of ‘The Challenge’ reality TV franchise. Dawson has toured extensively as a vocalist under the name ‘Ladyhood’ and was an on-the-ground host for the ABC coverage of the Sydney WorldPride Opening Concert in February of this year.

Toni Pearen
Toni Pearen is an entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. Best known for her role on soap opera ‘E Street’ between 1989-1992, Toni released album, ‘Intimate’ in 1994, featuring two ARIA certified gold singles, ‘In Your Room’ and ‘I Want You’ She also hosted ‘Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show’ from 2003 to 2007, and competed on the eighth season of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ in 2008

Latifa Tee
DJ and recording artist Latifa Tee has played alongside international acts such as EARTHGANG, ASAP Ferg and Jaden Smith, as well as Australian artists including ChillinIt, Kwame, Hayden James and Vera Blue. She also hosts late night dance program ‘Mix Up’ every Saturday evening on triple j.

Their votes went this way in the Final:

12 points – Belgium
10 points – Lithuania
8 points – Estonia
7 points – Sweden
6 points – Austria
5 points – Finland
4 points – Spain
3 points – Cyprus
2 points – Portugal
1 point – Italy

Source: Aussievision