So our agony is now over.
The whole flurry around who the Australian entry will be is now resolved.
Emerging songwriters can put away their pens. Established artists like The Veronicas can end their Twitter campaigns.
Guy Sebastian, winner of the first Australian Idol, drawn from the largest talent pool, has been chosen as our representative. He has a multicultural background, wide mainstream appeal and, well, he’s a hugely talented artist. As Julia Zemiro pointed out in a recent interview, Eurovision is a hard slog for artists. The performance night is just the tip of the iceberg. Each show has a gruelling rehearsal schedule with press rehearsal, family show and the jury performance so artists need a degree of professionalism to cope with all that and turn out a stellar performance when the pressure is on. In that sense, Guy’s Idol experience has probably been the ideal training ground. We know he can cope with insane schedules.
We also know that he can really nail a good song. All we need now is the right material.