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Eurovision – Australia Decides
''Eurovision – Australia Decides'' was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production partner Blink TV. It determined for the Eurovision Song Contest between 2019 and 2022 (except in , following the cancellation of ). Background Australia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in by invitation from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a "one-off" special guest to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. On 17 November 2015, the EBU announced that SBS had been invited to participate in and that Australia would once again take part. This invitation has been extended each year and Australia is invited to participate in the contest until at least 2023. The entrants from 2015 until 2018 were internally selected. In September 2018, SBS announced that from 2019, it would organise a national contest to select the artist and the song that will compete at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and placed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Creasey
Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 and 2014 and the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. In September 2020, Creasey joined Nova FM's national radio show ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' as a co-host with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell. Early life Creasey was born in the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills and moved to Perth at a young age. His father, Terry, worked as a model while his mother, Jenny, was a singer. The couple met on the set of '' Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' in which they both appeared as extras. His father was also the "Solo" man in the iconic 1985 advertisement for the soft drink and currently owns several McDonald's restaurants in Perth. Creasey has two sisters. Creasey is openly gay. He came out to his family and friends in 2007, when he was sixteen. He atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Melina Miller-Heidke (; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but since 2014 has been an independent artist. Four of her solo studio albums have peaked in the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, '' Curiouser'' (October 2008), ''Nightflight'' (April 2012), '' O Vertigo!'' (March 2014) and '' Child in Reverse'' (October 2020). Her most popular single, " The Last Day on Earth" (July 2009), reached No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart after being used in promos for TV soap, ''Neighbours'', earlier in that year. At the ARIA Music Awards Miller-Heidke has been nominated 17 times. She represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with her song, "Zero Gravity" (January 2019). Miller-Heidke is the only person to have sung at all three, Coachella, the New York Metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Riley
Sheldon Riley Hernandez (born 14 March 1999) is an Australian singer. He represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with his song " Not the Same". He first appeared as a contestant on the eighth season of The X Factor Australia. Riley later competed on the seventh season of The Voice Australia, and in 2020, he appeared on America’s Got Talent for its fifteenth season. Early life Riley was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to an Australian mother and a Filipino father. He grew up on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Career 2016–2020: ''The X Factor'', ''The Voice'', and ''America's Got Talent'' In 2016, Riley, who then performed under his full name Sheldon Hernandez, auditioned for the eighth season of ''The X Factor Australia'' with the songs "Circle of Life" by Elton John and "Ordinary People" by John Legend. He originally participated in the 14–21s category, which was mentored by Adam Lambert, and was eliminated as a solo artist at the bootcamp stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lambrou
Andrew Lambrou ( ; el, Άντριου Λάμπρου; born 25 May 1998) is an Australian singer. He represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Early life Andrew Lambrou was born in 1998 to a Greek Cypriot family. One of his grandfathers is from Paphos, Cyprus, while he also has roots from the island of Lemnos, Greece. At the age of five, Lambrou won first place in an eisteddfod, singing "Do-Re-Mi" from ''The Sound of Music''. The same year, his mother enrolled him in music school, realising he had a musical inclination. Career 2013–2020: Career beginnings and ''The X Factor'' Lambrou first gained attention in 2013 after uploading a cover of Evanescence's "My Immortal" to YouTube. A 15-second cover of Sam Smith's " Stay With Me" uploaded onto Instagram was shared by a music page in Spain and earned Lambrou over 2,000 followers overnight. In 2015 Lambrou took part in the seventh season of ''The X Factor Australia''. He was eliminated after the super hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seann Miley Moore
Seann Miley Moore is an Indonesian-Australian singer, known for competing in season 12 of the X-Factor UK and in season 10 of The Voice Australia. Career In 2015, Moore competed in season 12 of the X-Factor UK at the age of 25 and made it to the final ten. In 2017, he released his first EP called “Seann Miley Moore”, that consisted of four songs. He released his second EP, “4 Track Bitch” in 2018. In 2021, he competed in season 10 of The Voice Australia on Jessica Mauboy’s team, he turned all four chairs in his blind audition where he performed The Prayer by Andrea Bocelli. That lead him to compete as one of the artists at Eurovision: Australia Decides 2022 with his song “My Body”. Personal life He was born in Indonesia. In 2003, he moved to Australia with his family. In his teenage years, he came out as gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Break Me
"Don't Break Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Montaigne, released as a single on 31 January 2020. The song won the second installment of ''Eurovision - Australia Decides'', Australia's national selection for Eurovision on 8 February 2020, and was going to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, to be held in Rotterdam, before the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Montaigne was due to compete in the first semi-final which was meant to be held on 12 May 2020. Background Montaigne said "'Don't Break Me' is a depiction of the enough is enough phase of a relationship breakdown, where one person feels like they are putting much more time, energy and resources into the relationship than the other person and becomes frustrated and resentful. I wrote it while reading 'Co-dependent No More' by Melody Beattie, which really informed the qualities of the character and the relationship dynamic." ''Eurovision – Australia Decides'' Montaigne perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montaigne (musician)
Jessica Alyssa Cerro (born 14 August 1995), who performs as Montaigne, is an Australian art pop musician and Twitch streamer. Her debut album, '' Glorious Heights'', was released on 5 August 2016 and peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 she won Breakthrough Artist – Release for the album and was nominated for three other categories. In April 2016 she was a featured vocalist on Hilltop Hoods' track, "1955", which reached No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She was supposed to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with her song " Don't Break Me", until the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, she represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Technicolour", but did not qualify from the semi-final, becoming the first Australian entrant not to qualify to the final since the debut of Australia in 2015. Biography Early life Cerro was born in Sydney on 14 August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Donovan (singer)
Casey Donovan (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian singer, songwriter, actress, theatre actress and author, best known for winning the second season of the singing competition show ''Australian Idol'' in 2004. She won the competition at age 16, becoming the series' youngest winner. In 2017, Donovan won the third series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here''. Donovan also hosted the NITV music show ''Fusion with Casey Donovan''. Early life Casey Donovan was born in Condell Park, New South Wales, of indigenous descent to a family that included several relatives with musical careers, including her father, who along with his brothers are members of country band The Donovans. After her parents divorced, her mother and siblings moved in with stepfather Norm Axford. Growing up, Casey was always interested in singing and performing. Contact with the Donovan cousins fostered interest in both singing and playing guitar, which led to busking on the streets of Tamworth during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Tambo
Mitch Tambo is an Australian singer, songwriter and political activist, who self-released his debut EP in 2016. In 2019, he reached the final of the ninth series of '' Australia's Got Talent'' and garnered national attention. In November 2019, Tambo was signed to Sony Music Australia. Early life Tambo was born in Sydney and moved to Tamworth when he was 18 months old. Tambo says his mother Roz Parker empowered him to embrace his Aboriginal Australian (Gamilaraay) culture and identity, while his Aunty Bernadette Duncan helped him revive his language. Tambo said "My mum has been my greatest influencer, period. When it comes to culture, she empowered and encouraged me 1000 per cent to dive in and never look back. She's seen the power in it and what it's done for my spirit." In 2010, Tambo travelled to Rome for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. Music career In 2016, Tambo self-released his debut extended play titled ''Guurrama-Li''. It was re-released on Songbird Records in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Rouvas
Diana Rouvas (born 29 January 1984) is an Australian singer-songwriter previously signed to Universal Music Australia. In 2019, she won ''The Voice Australia'', against Daniel Shaw. She was born in Sydney to a Greek father and Australian mother. Career and background Rouvas started vocal training at age four, and writing at age eight. She was on stage at an early age performing, and relocated to the United States of America at 16 to pursue her music career as a singer-songwriter. In 2001, at 17 she toured with Australian artist Tina Arena as a backing vocalist, visiting France and China. In 2006 Diana represented Australia in G'day LA celebrations in Los Angeles. In 2006 she recorded and released an original Extended Play titled ''Never Said Hello''. 2012–2018: ''The Voice'' 2012 In 2012, Rouvas auditioned for the first season of ''The Voice'', performing " Work It Out" and was selected on Team Keith Urban. She made it to the final top eight. Two of the songs she perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Amorosi
Vanessa Joy AmorosiSharon Verghis"Back on track" ''The Sun-Herald'', 18 October 2009, Archived fro''the original''on 6 March 2016. (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her combined album and single sales have reached over two million worldwide. Amorosi rose to fame in 1999 with the release of her debut single, " Have a Look", which reached gold status in Australia. The following year, she achieved international success with her debut studio album, '' The Power''. She performed at both the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony and its accompanying closing ceremony in Sydney. Her performance of "Heroes Live Forever" at the opening ceremony gained international acclaim. Performed at the closing ceremony, " Absolutely Everybody", which became an unofficial anthem of the games, went on to be a major hit in Australia and many European countries including the United Kingdom and Germany. After a second studio album, ''Change'', in 2002 and severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Vidgen
Jack Vidgen (born 17 January 1997) is an Australian singer, best known for winning the fifth season of '' Australia's Got Talent'' as a teenager. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia with his debut single, " Yes I Am", and studio album, of the same name, were released in August 2011. The album debuted at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart, and was certified gold. His second studio album, ''Inspire'', was released in April 2012, reaching number 23 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 2019 Vidgen took part in season 8 of Australian ''The Voice'' and was eliminated after the Semi-Finals. He also appeared on '' America's Got Talent: The Champions''. Vidgen has also appeared on '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in Australia. Early life Vidgen is the son of Steve Vidgen and Rachel Hayton. From 2007 to 2010, Vidgen performed at various events in Sydney, including Schools Spectacular, Eisteddfod, and the local Christmas carols. He also taught hims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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