1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Jonesy and Demanda podcast now the 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: features editor of The Daily Os. That's a big deal. 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Hello YouTube, big deals. I'm here to talk to you 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: about another big deal. Tell us Delta Gudrim. Have you 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: heard of her? She is going to be performing for 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: Australia at Eurovision at twenty twenty six officially, finally. There's 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: been a rumor about Delta being our entry for many 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: years now, and she's a perfect fit. I mean, a 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: no brainer, so exciting. She's a no brainer, I meaning 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: the idea of her being in it is a no brainer. 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: The idea of her being in it is a no brainer. 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: The forty one year old pop icon is going to 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: be performing her brand new single Eclipse on the world's 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: biggest music stage in Vienna this May, in front of 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: an audience of more than one hundred and sixty million 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: viewers worldwide. We've got a little bit of the song 17 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: to play for you. It's got everything. It's got a 18 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: key change, a piano solo, a bit of ballad, a 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: bit of build up, a bit of electronic. Here is 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: what it sounds like. A Eurovision loves that. The staff. 21 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: It'll be a it'll be a shoe in. Hopefully it'll 22 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: be a shoe in. I think it is perfect. She's 23 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: actually been rumored, as I mentioned, for Eurovision for years. 24 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: She was asked about it last year on tour in London. 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: She said, if the right moment happens, I'll be there. Well, 26 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: she's manifested. It's happening, Delta said in a statement today, 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: I've always loved the creativity, individuality enjoy. Eurovision brings connecting 28 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,919 Speaker 1: and uniting people across the globe through music, the universal language. 29 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: She describes the song Eclipse as being all about alignment, 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: when things all come into the right place good, so 31 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: you can be a professional performer performing your own new 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: single at Eurovision. Well, the songong has to be written 33 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: for Eurovision essentially because there are certain rules like, for example, 34 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: length that can't exceed I think it's about three minutes, 35 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: fifteen or twenty seconds, so the songs have to fit 36 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: within that kind of remit. They also need to be 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: performed live, so there's a few different logistical things that 38 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: go into it. I would say that you know, SBS 39 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: and Eurovision have chosen Delta and then she's written this 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: song specifically for this moment, but Interestingly, it's going to 41 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: be a pretty controversial competition this year, shaping up to 42 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: be one of the most controversial in the song's contests history. 43 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: In fact, because there's this boycott drama. Five countries Iceland, Ireland, 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain have all opted out this 45 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: year in protest against Israel's inclusion. So that's the largest 46 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: boycott in the contest history since nineteen seventy. It's a 47 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: big deal for Spain, especially to not be participating in Eurovision. 48 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: It's one of the big five countries, which means that 49 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: it makes the biggest financial contributions to the contest, to 50 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: the broad cast US. So that's a significant blow to 51 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: organizers in terms of cash flow. So have their governments 52 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: made these decisions so that Eurovision bodies within each country 53 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: have grouped together with artists and lawmakers and governments to 54 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: say that they don't want to participate. I mean it 55 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: should be said that Eurovision always distances itself from politics. 56 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: It always it's not about politics, it's about music. There's 57 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: always a bit of controversy around Eurovision, but with Iceland 58 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: not being there, who's going to bring the kook? Going 59 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: to bring the heavy Metal Coup. We need some cooke. 60 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: There is always cook at the Euroficial Song Contest. Don't 61 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: you worry about this? Well, good on you. Emma Gillespie 62 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: now features editor at The Daily Eyes. There's some sort 63 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: of chunk of change out of that. We are waiting. 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