Today the entries for both Jude York and Voyager at the upcoming Eurovision – Australia Decides have been released. Both acts are part of the 11 strong lineup vying to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.
Jude York will be performing self-written song “I Won’t Need to Dream” at the contest which he collaborated with Billy Stonecipher on the songwriting.
Recently Jude was interviewed by Aussievision about the process of creating the song, in which he said:
“Basically we were both feeling quite down in the dumps the day we wrote it. We were kind of feeling a little bit defeated. I think this is a common experience for aspiring musicians. We kind of decided we wanted to write the song we needed to hear and that message that we hope everyone else feeling down and really pessimistic about their own life can feel uplifted after listening to it.”
Jude’s entry was released on Spotify today for Australian users.
Progressive metal band Voyager will be performing their entry “Dreamer”, this is their second attempt at the contest after they narrowly missed the final line up of the selection in 2020.
Lead singer of the band Danny Estrin has also recently been interviewed by Aussievision in which he said:
“Lyrically it is positive and negative at the same time. You’ve got the lockdown aspirations of the “grass is greener” but at the same time realising what we have around ourselves is pretty good too. So you know a lot of those things are explored in there. It’s not really a lockdown song, but it kind of is. We are not through this pandemic just yet, so there is a bit of that angst and tension in there as well.”
Voyager’s entry “Dreamer” has been released via their music video on YouTube.
The Australian public will have a say in who represents the nation at Eurovision 2022 with the return of Eurovision โ Australia Decides. The selection which was first held in 2019 will feature ten artists with the winner determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting.
The final will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on February 26, hosted by Joel Creasey and Myf Warhurst. Tickets areย now on saleย for both the jury and live shows.
In 2021, Montaigne sang for Australia with the song โTechnicolourโ in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. She was unable to travel to the host city and so aย backup tape performanceย was used. Australia failed to make the final for the first time finishing 14th in Semi-Final One with 28 points.
Source: Aussievision / Image Source: sbs
Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 as part of celebrations marking 60 years of the Eurovision Song Contest. The broadcaster SBS has broadcast Eurovision in Australia since 1983. Australiaโs best result to date came in 2016 Australia when Dami Im, with the song โSound of Silence,โ finished in 2nd place in the final scoring 511 points, just 23 points away from victory.