Like previous years, ESC COVERS will again share a blog post from Morten Thomassen of OGAE NORWAY with his views on the positions reached by all 35 2026 entries. ESC Covers google translated it from Norwegian to English.

After 2 years of a very disappointing 11th place in their semi-final, Australian TV obviously decided to charge their music cannon with real dynamite in the form of the world-renowned artist Delta Goodrem and that lady did not disappoint, well I thought just before the final that this would be the winner, but I’ve made that mistake before.

Madam Goodrem is the type who can obviously do most things. In addition to her career as a pop star, she has acted in both soap operas and films, been a coach on The Voice Australia, had roles in musicals, and has written a book that topped the sales charts in her home country as well as released her own perfume. I almost get tired of reading about this.

In other words, a super safe choice to represent the homeland with the song “Eclipse” and singing about an eclipse is probably the only darkness I can write about this song, because what happened on stage was bordering on magic if you ask me.

Delta gives this type of song exactly the treatment you would expect, impeccable vocals, a dazzling dress and a show that just grows and grows so that you can hardly avoid being captivated, simply an almost flawless performance.

The song was in second place after the juries had had their say and it’s a bit strange that the people only thought that this song deserved 9th place, maybe there was just a bit too much Delta’s tran here, I can understand if someone thought it was exaggerated a bit, for example, she needed to be hoisted into the air towards the end of the song, no gunpowder or other extravagance was spared in this number.

Well, we’ll never know, but one thing is for sure, whoever succeeds this lady will have big shoes to fill, but I think they have several artists “Down Under” who can perform.

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