After Guy Sebastian surprised the shit out of Europe / the world this year by delivering a knock-out performance at Eurovision, Australia has been invited back to compete again.
This afternoon, SBS, purveyors of all things sparkly and in questionable taste, made the announcement that ‘Straya will be sending a competitor to the 61st Annual Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm.
Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang will once again host the broadcast, and SBS will be announcing Australia’s artist in the new year. The choice should be pretty clear:
But just in case, allow us to chuck a couple of other names in the ring:
– The Veronicas
– Natalie Imbruglia
– Daniel Johns
– Kylie Minogue
– Dannii Minogue
– Vance Joy
– Troye Sivan
– Matt Corby
– Altiyan Childs
– Azaria
– Casey Donovan
– Bardot
– Scandal’us
– Young Divas
– Gabriella Cilmi
– Cosima De Vito
– Millsy
– Lee Harding
– Nikki Webster
– Bindi Irwin if she can sing
– Tammin Sursok
– Joel Turner & The Modern-Day Poets
– Iggy Azalea, but only if she uses her Mullumbimby accent
– Missy Higgins
– Shannon Noll
– Human Nature
– Savage Garden
– 5SOS
– Karise Eden
– Vanessa Amarossi
– Rogue Traders
via SBS
Photo: Nigel Treblin via Getty Images
Photo: Nigel Treblin via Getty Images