Australia’s Voyager rock through to Eurovision finals in a car called ‘Promise’
The Perth band Voyager has won through to this weekend’sfaced off against Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Romania, Austria, Denmark, Lithuania, San Marino, Belgium, Slovenia, Iceland, Georgia, Greece, Poland and Estonia in the competition on Thursday evening in the UK.
Becoming a part of the Eurovision family – a dream Voyager’s lead singer and keytarist, Danny Estrin, says he has had for a lot longer than the seven years Australia has been part of the competition – has already exceeded the band’s expectations, so they’re not feeling the pressure to take out the trophy.
“We’re not running a hundred-metre race. Well we are, but we’ve all got different costumes on,” said Estrin, adding their finals costumes would be “extra”.And with a potential final audience of 180 million viewers, the exposure is second to none, according to the drummer, Ashley Doodkorte.
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