Dami Im, who finished second for Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, has been announced as the Australian spokesperson for Eurovision 2026.
Dami Im returns to the Eurovision Song Contest a decade on from representing Australia at the contest in Stockholm with “Sound of Silence”. Dami brought Australia their best result to date, finishing second with a total of 511 points, just 23 points behind the winners, Ukraine. Australia received 15 sets of 12 points across the juries and the televote.
The spokespersons announced to date are:
- 🇦🇱 Albania: Andri Xhaku
- 🇦🇺 Australia: Dami Im – Represented Australia at Eurovision 2016
- 🇦🇹 Austria: Philipp Hansa
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: Sandra Kim – Winner of Eurovision 1986
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Vladimira Ilieva
- 🇭🇷 Croatia: Doris Pinčić Guberović
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Loukas Hamatsos
- 🇨🇿 Czechia: Dominika Hašková – Represented Czechia at Eurovision 2022 as part of We Are Domi
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: Sissal – Represented Denmark at Eurovision 2025
- 🇪🇪 Estonia: Getter Jaani – Represented Estonia at Eurovision 2011
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Jaana Pelkonen – Host of Eurovision 2007
- 🇩🇪 Germany – Wavvyboi
- 🇬🇷 Greece: Klavdia – Represented Greece at Eurovision 2025
- 🇮🇹 Italy: Mariasole Pollio
- 🇱🇻 Latvia: Aurēlija Rancāne – Represented Latvia at Eurovision 2025 as part of Tautumeitas
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Lukas Radzevičius – Represented Lithuania at Eurovision 2025 as part of Katarsis
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Hana Sofia Lopes
- 🇳🇴 Norway: Elisabeth Andreassen – Represented Norway at Eurovision 1985 (as part of Bobbysocks) and 1996
- 🇵🇱 Poland: Aleksandra Budka
- 🇷🇴 Romania: Eda Marcus
- 🇸🇲 San Marino: Kelly Joyce
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Jakob Norrgård – Represented Sweden at Eurovision 2025 as part of KAJ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Livio Chistell
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Daniil Leshchynskyi – Represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 as part of Ziferblat
Delta Goodrem was internally selected to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The song that Delta will perform in Vienna is called “Eclipse”. It was written and composed by Michael Fatkin, Jonas Myrin, Ferras Alqaisi and Delta herself. She has qualified for the final and will compete in slot eight on Saturday night.
You can read more about Delta Goodrem below:
Source: SBS
Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 as part of celebrations marking 60 years of the Eurovision Song Contest. SBS has broadcast Eurovision in Australia since 1983. Australia’s best result to date came in 2016 when Dami Im, with the song “Sound of Silence”, finished in 2nd place in the final scoring 511 points, just 23 points away from victory. Australia has finished in the top 10 five times since their debut, most recently in 2023.
