Following plenty of speculation and years of personal manifestation, it’s finally official: Delta Goodrem is representing Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest. The pop superstar was announced on Monday as this year’s entrant with her power ballad “Eclipse”, and I’m being completely serious when I tell you that we might actually bring the trophy home.
Not only does the track feature Delta’s powerhouse vocals belting out a high note, but there’s a dramatic piano riff, a haunting harp intro and a goddamn key change. It’s as if Delta looked at a “How to win Eurovision” cheat sheet and ticked all the boxes.
The Lost Without You hitmaker is also entering the competition with a massive advantage: a pre-built European fanbase. After a recent tour across the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden — not to mention her 2025 wedding in Malta — she’s already a local favourite. In a contest that thrives on cross-country connections (we’re looking at you, Greece and Cyprus), Delta is in a prime position to sweep the douze points.
Why Delta finally said yes to Eurovision
When I interviewed Delta in 2023 and asked if she would ever consider doing Eurovision, she said she was “running in [her] own race” and the timing wasn’t right. Now, she’s told PEDESTRIAN.TV that after the opportunity “circled her” for a decade, 2026 was the year of “alignment”.
“In December, I was planning for the new album for this year, and when SBS called me, it lined up,” she shared. “I’ve always watched it, but when I really deep dived into me being a part of Eurovision, I was like, ‘This is all my favourite things in the entire world, of course, this is what I should do. Eurovision is my people! Why wasn’t I here earlier?’.”
When it comes to which song she chose to perform at Eurovision, Delta revealed that she wrote a few options that “strongly stayed in different lanes”. She had “fun songs” and some ballads — all of which fans will be able to hear on her upcoming eighth studio album — but chose “Eclipse” because of how it celebrated the host city.
“I wanted to stay true to the fact that we’re in Vienna, and it’s very like, Mozart, Beethoven, and it comes with a lot of those classical piano influences,” she detailed.
“That was still very important to me and my ethos, and still just having the right amount of ballad and fun and uplifting. It’s a love song, but it’s also about one love. It’s kind of just about moments that are rare, and they happen, and then time is fleeting. So it’s about connection.”
Can Delta save Eurovision?
While Australia had a strong start when they entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 — with Guy Sebastian finishing in fifth place and Dami Im coming second the following year — we haven’t had much luck since then. After three non-qualifications since 2021, including the last two years, sending an artist of Delta’s calibre for the 70th edition of the contest proves SBS is playing for keeps.
The betting odds seem to agree, with Australia already rocketing into fourth place with a nine per cent chance of winning, trailing just behind Finland, Greece and Denmark.
The universe also seems to be on our side, with this year’s competition taking place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, which is the same venue that Australia made its Eurovision debut 11 years ago. Are all signs pointing towards an Aussie victory?
Australia might not have ever won Eurovision before, but Delta was born to try.
TUNE IN: The Eurovision Song Contest airs exclusively on SBS and SBS On Demand in May.
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