Malmo 2024: Why is Australia in Eurovision?
06 May 2024 SBS, Australia’s broadcaster of the Eurovision Song Contest, released an interesting podcast in three parts over the past week that detailed Australia’s history in Eurovision and tried […]
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Julia Zermio admits: Australia in Eurovision made it weird and should not be involved
14 February 2018 Forming one half of Australia’s commentary team for the Eurovision Song Contest between 2009 and 2016, Julia Zemiro admits Australia’s involvement made it weird, particularly in a […]
Snooze! It’s Isaiah Firebrace and Don’t Come Easy for Australia
08 March 2017 For months Isaiah Firebrace was heavily speculated to be Australia’s entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest of 2017 and yesterday that proved so when he was formerly […]
Stockholm 2016 – Awards, TV Ratings & Australia 2017
22 June 2016 No! If San Marino can start their 2015 song with “no”, why can’t I for a post? It is with some minor sadness Eurovision 2016 will officially […]
Did Terry Wogan totally spoil Eurovision?
24 April 2016 Christer Bjorkman, Sweden’s Melodifestivalen and Eurovision guru, made headlines during the week when he slammed Terry Wogan, Britain’s former BBC commentator, for making Eurovision irrelevant and kitsch […]
Should Australia be in the Eurovision Song Contest?
10 January 2016 Only two years ago I wrote a scathing critique on Australia’s chances of ever competing in the Eurovision Song Contest, citing our disrespect and mockery of the contest, […]
Eurovision 2015 Vienna – Voting Controversy, TV Ratings and Awards
05 June 2015 It’s taken 2 weeks to fully decompress after an especially intense edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also sad, especially this year, thanks to Australia’s […]
Eurovision 2015 Vienna – Review Grand Final
24 May 2015 We are all heroes So it proved for Sweden’s Måns Zelmerlöw, the song about bullying that ironically triumphed over the song from the world’s most recent geopolitical bully, […]
Eurovision 2015 Vienna – Review Semi Final 2
22 May 2015 In contrast to the amazing first semi final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the second one was positively drab. After the crowd chorus of “Good Morning […]
Eurovision 2015 Vienna – Review Semi Final 1
20 May 2015 If anyone was not exhausted after the first semi final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, then they are not human. With many of the […]
Mr Eurovision Australia 