Metal band Voyager is representing Australia in this year's Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision final is edging ever close. The 67th song contest comes to Liverpool on Saturday, May 13, with the UK hosting on behalf of last year's winners Ukraine.
Eurovision legend Graham Norton, Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina will be hosting this year's contest.Among the 2023 competitors, this year is non-European nation Australia. Progressive metal band Voyager will be performing for Oz with their song Promise.
The group are massive Eurovision fans and have launched several attempts to compete since Australia joined the Contest in 2015, coming closest last year when they took the runner-up spot at Australia Decides. Australia was initially invited to take to the Eurovision stage as the interval act in the second semi-final of the 2014 contest. The following year, the nation was invited to compete for the first time to commemorate Eurovision’s 60th anniversary. They sent Guy Sebastian, who performed his track Tonight Again and came fifth.
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