From watching Eurovision on the sofa to being on the primary stage, Perth synth steel band Voyager says it’s a dream come true to characterize Australia at this yr’s singing contest.
During an early morning announcement on YouTube on Wednesday, organisers revealed the genre-bending band will go to Liverpool to sing their track Promise in May.
The band addressed the media at a press convention at Kings Park simply hours after the announcement.
Lead singer Danny Estrin mentioned that as a German migrant the chance has been “phenomenal”.
“We’ve been Eurovision fans for a long time, we started this campaign in 2016 with a simple hashtag Voyage for Eurovision… And then when you hear those words ‘you’re going to be representing Australia at Eurovision 2023’, you just literally fall off your chair,” he mentioned.
The greatest viewers the band has ever carried out in entrance of was roughly 8000 individuals. The viewers for Eurovision is within the a whole bunch of tens of millions.
Mr Erstrin mentioned the Eurovision viewers have been assured an “extravaganza” of a present.
“Eurovision is a three-minute sprint. It’s like the full-on cardio workout where you’ve got to channel everything that you have into three minutes.”
The music video for the band’s Eurovision track was shot in Kalbarri and options the pink Hutt Lagoon, and the gorges of Kalbarri National Park and Nature’s Window.
Tourism minister Roger Cook threw his assist behind the band and mentioned he couldn’t be prouder to have Western Australia on the worldwide stage.
“Western Australia is on a rock and roll around the world. Every week we are sending a new message around the globe that it’s all happening in WA,” he mentioned in a press release.
“And what a way to show Western Australia to the world, with our very own homegrown heroes Voyager representing Australia and showcasing our dreamlike state as part of Eurovision.”
The State Government is supporting Voyager’s Eurovision entry by way of the Contemporary Music Fund and Tourism WA.
Mr Estrin described the music video as a “postcard” for Western Australia.
“We all love living here. It’s the greatest place in the greatest place in the world. And we want people to come here and that’s a genuine feeling that we all have. So why not use it to bring more people here?”
The band additionally teased that their costumes could possibly be designed by a Western Australian designer as one other layer of WA being represented on the world stage.
The band’s progressive pop steel observe Promise blends New Romantic, ‘80s infused vocals with a technical, melodic framework and features what has become the band’s signature instrument, the keytar.
Instead of getting a nationwide track contest to resolve Australia’s consultant, this yr SBS handpicked Voyager after they went very near successful Australia Decides final yr with the pumping Dreamer.
The band’s choice is a marked departure from Australia’s earlier contestants who’ve all been soloists.
The band, who has launched seven albums, has been placing its hand up for Eurovision since 2015.
Australia has competed in Eurovision eight instances. Last yr Sheldon Riley positioned fifteenth together with his ballad Not the Same.
Dami Im got here closest to successful, her ballad Sound of Silence in 2016 scored her an in depth second place. Jessica Mauboy would have been dissatisfied with twentieth place in 2018 with We Got Love however Montaigne has the doubtful honour of being our least profitable performer, failing to qualify for the grand remaining with Technicolour in 2021.
The 67th Eurovision Song Contest might be held in Liverpool, United Kingdom from 9 to 13 May 2023.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
