Australia’s Voyager stormed home with an explosive appearance at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, securing ninth place as Sweden claimed top honours.
Australia’s Voyager stormed home with an explosive appearance on stage at the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest, securing ninth place from a field of 37 countries. With wind and smoke machines, a 1988 Toyota MR2 on stage and lead singer Danny Estrin wielding his keytar, the group secured 151 points.
Eurovision’s arcane scoring system is one of its most-loved elements, giving rise to the event’s most famous phrases- pronounced “dooze pwa” and “nul pwa” - or 12 points and no points, the best and worst scores possible. There was a second Australian performer in this year’s competition, singer Andrew Lambrou representing Cyprus, who came 12th overall with 126 points.
Compared with last year’s competition, when organisers expelled Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, this year’s competition was largely apolitical until Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky asked to speak to the TV audience of 160 million viewers during the final but was refused. The broadcast also included a songbook medley of music connected to the host city, Liverpool, including a moving rendition of one of the city’s great sport and cultural anthems,. “A tear in my silly old eye, you don’t see that every day,” host Graham Norton said.
The seven-decade history of Eurovision is significant, Martin says, because “it brings people from different countries together, working in the same field, for an incredibly meaningful creative moment. And the connections that are made change each performer.
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