AUSTRALIA – Next year marks the final year that Australia is guaranteed a place in the Eurovision Song Contest.
But Paul Clarke, Creative Director of Eurovision: Australia Decides and Director of Blink TV is convinced Australia has proven it belongs on the stage.
Speaking from Turin last week, Clarke said he and SBS Head of Entertainment Emily Griggs had been working in the background for future appearances.
โAnother part (of being here) is doing a little bit of lobbying. Working around the soft political power. The embers are always burning at Eurovision. Iโm really confident that will be extended. I think they like our sense of irreverence and weโll have a crack with some wild prop. The Kate Miller-Heidke performance is remembered as one of the absolute greatest moments of props theyโve ever seen!โ
The pop contest brand is also spreading its wings.
Eurovision Canada was formally announced for 2023 announced with 10 provinces & 3 territories competing head to head while NBC finally unveiled the state v state American Song Contest.
New Zealand has been rumoured to be interested in competing at Eurovision.
โItโll be interesting to see if anybody else has a go. With the Canadians coming online, and America, I sort of wonder if any of them will ever end up in the competition? Letโs see,โ Clarke continues. The liturgy of Eurovision is really important, the structure and the format of it. Itโs what the fans want. You can feel it with (the American Song Contest) every now and again, and then it sort of rolls away again. I think NBC were the showrunner and you had all these great Eurovision producers and directors like Christer Bjรถrkman, and Anders Lenhoff in the background. It was tantalizing. But what a huge achievement to get that on-screen prime time. I was amazed that happened.โ
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