Sacha-Jean Baptiste has been announced as the Stage Director for Australia’s performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
Sacha-Jean Baptiste returns as the stage director for the Australian performance at the Eurovision Song Contest. She has already been revealed as the stage director for Bulgaria and Cyprus’ performance in Lisbon, having worked with both nations for the past couple of years. No details have been revealed so far about the concept of the Australian performance for Lisbon.
Jessica Mauboy will represent Australia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. She was internally selected by Australian broadcaster SBS, and will sing “We Got Love”.
Jessica is no stranger to the Eurovision Song Contest, as she performed on the 2014 stage in Copenhagen as the interval act, where she performed her song “Sea of Flags”. Since 2012, she has also headlined numerous tours, and supported the likes of Beyoncé and Chris Brown.
Source: Sacha-Jean Baptiste
Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 as part of celebrations marking 60 years of the Eurovision Song Contest. Australia has broadcast the contest since 1983 making it the country which watched the contest for the longest period of time before taking part in the contest. In 2016 Australia was represented by Dami Im with the song “Sound of Silence”. She brought Australia 2nd place in the final scoring 511 points, she was just 23 points away from victory.
