Also fun fact: Danny, the lead singer for Voyager, is actually one of the top immigration lawyers in this country. The man's a rockstar while also literally running his own law firm and working for the Australian government at various embassies. Its a wild combo
Sheldon Riley is my personal winner. His song has moved me more than any other ballad so far this year, so I have to give it to him for that, and I think his live performance will have even more impact. But I don't think he's as sure to win as the odds are predicting. He's got serious competition in Voyager, I think, which is another song I really like so I wouldn't be too devastated if they won instead. Jaguar and Charley are both really popular as well. Voyager have the best rock song out of the entire national final season for me. They gave me everything I wanted from Finland and didn't quite get. And added some interesting electronica sounds on top. I think they would give the Rasmus a run for their money if they end up in Turin together.
yea it really sucks when you have 2 breakthrough songs in one National final. I wish one of them had been in 2020, which was such a weak year. With Sheldon, his vocals are AWESOME, but the song isnt the same level as him i think. Like imagine if Sheldon had been given "Arcade" - he would have WOOOOOOON the whole thing.
Ahh I've been waiting for you to review Australia ever since Voyager released their song weeks ago. Dreamer is by faaaaaar my favourite song this NF season and if it actually went to ESC it would be one of my favourite entries. Glad you enjoyed it! I think Australia Decides is gonna be a really good NF
My favourite is Jude York. I love his dreamy song. He's one of the big surprises of this Eurovision season for me so far. I hope he gains some recognition from Australia Decides because he deserves more people listening to his music. That's the thing I like about Australia btw, I feel like the ozzie fans are more nurturing with their artists than the European ones. We tend to trash our artists if the song doesn't live up to our expectations and it can make them hesitate to participate in Eurovision sometimes (I think)...
OMG! Your reviews are bang on! I live in Australia and you are so right about the Presets which I love too! This is a banger and I hope it represents Australia! top Ten in Eurovison if it gets through! Really loved your review!
Australia gives me the biggest dilemma this year. Voyager's amazing synthwave with charismatic and eyecatching Danny and the dynamic energy escalating to an explosive ending versus the extraterrestrial voice of Sheldon Riley dominating the purposefully basic ballad Not the same. And I say purposefully because I believe they had the intention of making something so generic in order to give Sheldon's unique voice the full space to expand and shine. Sheldon doesn't need any "tricks" in his songs. No complicated compositions, ethnic touches, outrageous lyrics, catchy rythmic lines, peaks, or whatever else. He is a diamond and his voice is like Mida's touch. Both songs are by far better than all selected songs so far. Only exception River. Let's see....
yea i agree he doesnt need those tricks, but i think it would have been nice to have a more prominent instrumental or melody, so that it felt less like just a vocal masterclass
Great review! Voyager’s singer absolutely sounds like the Presets and Voyager have done a version of ‘The boy’s in Love ‘’ - so good! Check it out on TH-cam.
@@ESCTom it's developed over time, as have Voyager. In their earlier days when they were more prog/power metal, not so much. But over the past 8 years or so they've been honing and developing this *glorious* mix of djent prog/80's synthpop and the vocal delivery has changed to go with.
Let me enlighten you as to why Australia are number 2 in the odds: approx a month ago(late Jan/early Feb) before I went to bed, I checked the odds & Australia was sitting in 18th spot after all the artists were announced. I woke up at 4am with a bit of insomnia & decided to do some ESC catch up & check the odds & found Australia jumped into 4th spot overnight? Why? I then investigated & found 2 songs from Australia Decides had been released overnight 1) Jude York 2) Voyager. I listened to Jude York first...& thought mmm no this cant be why Australia jumped to 4th? so next I listened to Voyager...45 seconds into the song was enough to tell me this was why Australia was in 4th spot.(I made a comment on the Voyager video about it at the time.) Two days later, Australia then moved up to number 1 spot & stayed there for a week and a half. I even took a photo of the odds because I thought it might be the only time ever that Australia was in top spot. Australia then dropped to number two after Brividi was selected & has stayed in number 2 spot ever since.. Sheldon's song was only just released 4-5 days ago on the 18th Feb & Australia dropped down to number 3 spot then a day later back up to number 2 where it has stayed. About the band: Voyager have been around a while & have done European tours. They started their Eurovision campaign in 2015 & had been knocked back 2-3 times when they applied for Australia Decides. This year they were finally accepted. The lead singer Danny IS a Eurovision fanatic & actually attended Tel Aviv. And yes I know odds don't mean much right now.. there are still a few more songs to be released so anything can happen! But hope this helps in explaining the confusion surrounding Australia's current odds position.
ps: The reason why the bookies have Sheldon so high in the odds of Australia Decides is because he has been doing an amazing amount of interviews since the release of his song & his image is everywhere. He previously was on a number of other singing competitions as well and is well known from those. I think the only singing competition he hasn't done is Australia's got Talent would you believe. A lot of people here have started calling him to be Dame Edna Everidge 2.0 because of the wacky glasses he wears but thank god Sheldon's voice is much better than Dame Edna's!! lool His song is great but I fear it will cancel out against River & Brividi if it does go thru from Australia Decides.
omg lol i love that story 😂, especially the part about screenshotting the odds. I think I did the same when Ireland went to 3rd place in 2018 😂 ok thats super interesting, so it was because of Voyager then. thanks for that info on the odds! i really cant keep track of these things anymore, cos i need to keep spoilers down maximally before I do these vids. Before this channel I used to check songs out as soon as they were released and check how the odds changed, but now i need to wait til ive time to listen to all entries. I kinda love that Danny is a Eurofan and has tried several times. Im actually gonna be a bit sad for whoever of the 2 doesnt get to go
Sheldon more than likely wins, but for me Voyager is by far my favourite, I've been hooked on Dreamer since it came out. Cheers for the great reaction, all us aussies appreciate it
After last year there should've been lots of great rock entries this year of different subgenres, but this year, after last year all unique and interesting songs were high, everyone decided to send me like cheap Euro pop, except from Ukraine so far I hope for Voyager - Dreamer, it is so addictive, and also finally prog on Eurovision stage, even if it not so hard, it still rocks
yea i really thought we were going to get loads of rock songs this year but we didnt. I guess rock groups just aren't watching or aren't conscious of eurovision at all.
Completely disagree. The online hype for him is heavily weighted by the presence of his fans in these spaces, but the voting public is much larger and he's not nearly as well known to many of them. Voyager has legacy and name recognition and will get the crowd super hyped as the finale act. Don't get me wrong, Sheldon is a great talent and if he wins then thats cool, but people assuming he's got it in the bag have very heavy blinders on and i fear are being led by bias data that doesn't account for all the people who will be voting but don't engage in the online fandom spaces.
yea ive seen some screenshots, but ill react to the live performance for my final Australia vid. Need to get Denmark out first before I film Australi and finland though
For me Jude York is hands down the best song and vocal in the lineup. Its so haunting and beautiful. If Jude York doesn't win then I am hoping for Jaguar Jonze or Andrew Lambrou. I know Sheldon Riley's song is among the favourites but I just find it too dull and boring.
THANKYOU, I've been saying that about Andrew's since it came out. Its designed to be a club banger, and its a great club banger, but something that works for a DJ spinning in the club is not always the best thing to perform live. I hope he finds a way to stage this so it overcomes that but i don't see how at present, its just not that kind of song. I'm stanning Voyager, but honestly as long as its not Paulini I'd be down to support any of these (her song sucks and her sharing of anti-vaxx shit is just not it)
Feel exactly the same about Jaguar Jonze. Slightly sad she went with a ballady song cause I love her other more high impact songs. highly rec her other songs like CUT Voyager is my fave
A girl group from Korea called aespa has a song called black mamba that eerily sounds familiar to bite me that I think you should check out. I hope Voyager or Andrew go I think they’d do best
Electrify intro reminds me of Shakira's "Ojos Así" Charley is too ambiental, messy. To The Bottom fizzles out, never builds to anything, sadly. Bite me is okay, melody isn't anything special. Didn't go all pop, nor all industrial/electronic. Just there. When I'm with you sounds like a run of the mill Disney Radio song. Good. Little Fires took quite a while to get to its climax. Perhaps a great song in an album. We are one sounds like a Dance Dance Revolution cover for a song in the early 90s. And a bad one at that. Not the same sounds like a vocal exercise more than a song. Australia's entry reminds me of "Memories" by The Urgency. At least it woke me up. Nice. Not especially great, though.
omg lol no way, I sweat to god I thought of Ojos asi as well, cos I had that washing machine album of hers. But i thought it only reminded me of it because it had the word Ojos in it. i totally see what you mean about the vocal exercise, i think thats a fair comment. I wish he'd been given a melody that did more of the work itself instead of leaving it all to him.
I'm not raving about anything here so far, i must confess. That's not to say, something won't develop for me but as of yet?.....mmmmm I think there are better options elsewhere. Maybe because I've got so many songs from the various national finals this year and nothing here jumps out at me. 2nd in the odds? Not for me I'm afraid, although i can see the juries eating up Sheldon Riley. Put me against a wall with the threat of execution and I'd go for G:Nation C'est la vie!
yea juries will wet their pants over Sheldon, but Australia's problem is never the jury, its their disproportionately bad televote. I dont know if Sheldon would be able to overcome that
@@ESCTom agreed. I can see the battle of the vocals between Sheldon and Ochman developing and personally i prefer the accessibility of Poland's song. It is more "modern sounding" with musical variety and with peaks and troughs. Sheldon seems more "vocal masturbatory" to me. 😊
Maybe only 1 can do well at ESC but do think there would be room for both to qualify, I hate Sheldon's song with a passion but realistically it will qualify especially as the 1st half of SF2 isn't looking particularly strong (for now).
yea i wouldnt worry too much about that. theres never only going to be 1 ballad in the Eurovision final, and if they are separated enough (which the producers will do), they will both have a chance to shine
@@ESCTom I would only be worried if Angelino's ballad in melfest (supposedly strong and is similar to Arcade although less produced) wins and if Belgium send a strong ballad as then Sheldon would be fishing for points in a crowded pond.
Sheldon will be my ESC 2022 winner, if Australia chooses him. I know he's going to nail that performance from seeing some of his previous performances.
Given past years I was really hyped for Australia Decides this year but gosh, this was really underwhelming. The odds are that Sheldon will win, purely based on his current popularity, but it will need staging way above him just wearing a veil to make this the standout song on the night. Then again, the veil alone might just give him more votes than this song deserves. Song Contest or TV show? You decide. It's Voyager for me
It’s got to be Voyager all the way. Surely the Australian public will see that? Sheldon Riley’s song is so dull. He’s a wailing warbler up against a brilliant piece of epic stadium rock. And I don’t even like rock usually.😳
1 word Sheldon, he HAS to win and we know he can sing live, I am just annoyed that he and Seann are against each other as I love both of them but the song by Sheldon kills it, giving me winner vibes, best song in any national contest so far by a mile, just look at him on his 2 seasons of The Voice Aus and when he was on America's Got Talent and you see what a showman he is and his vocals are mind blowing.
Also fun fact: Danny, the lead singer for Voyager, is actually one of the top immigration lawyers in this country. The man's a rockstar while also literally running his own law firm and working for the Australian government at various embassies. Its a wild combo
omg lol i think thats my favourite trivia of this season so far 😂😂
@@ESCTom He was interviewed by BBC regarding the whole Djokovic at the Australian Open issue 🤣
Voyager - Dreamer is the winning material. I want it so bad.
Sheldon Riley is my personal winner. His song has moved me more than any other ballad so far this year, so I have to give it to him for that, and I think his live performance will have even more impact. But I don't think he's as sure to win as the odds are predicting. He's got serious competition in Voyager, I think, which is another song I really like so I wouldn't be too devastated if they won instead. Jaguar and Charley are both really popular as well.
Voyager have the best rock song out of the entire national final season for me. They gave me everything I wanted from Finland and didn't quite get. And added some interesting electronica sounds on top. I think they would give the Rasmus a run for their money if they end up in Turin together.
yea it really sucks when you have 2 breakthrough songs in one National final. I wish one of them had been in 2020, which was such a weak year.
With Sheldon, his vocals are AWESOME, but the song isnt the same level as him i think. Like imagine if Sheldon had been given "Arcade" - he would have WOOOOOOON the whole thing.
Ahh I've been waiting for you to review Australia ever since Voyager released their song weeks ago. Dreamer is by faaaaaar my favourite song this NF season and if it actually went to ESC it would be one of my favourite entries. Glad you enjoyed it! I think Australia Decides is gonna be a really good NF
yep the main takeaway is this is Australia Decides going back to being a really strong National final after a bum year in 2020
My favourite is Jude York. I love his dreamy song. He's one of the big surprises of this Eurovision season for me so far. I hope he gains some recognition from Australia Decides because he deserves more people listening to his music. That's the thing I like about Australia btw, I feel like the ozzie fans are more nurturing with their artists than the European ones. We tend to trash our artists if the song doesn't live up to our expectations and it can make them hesitate to participate in Eurovision sometimes (I think)...
OMG! Your reviews are bang on! I live in Australia and you are so right about the Presets which I love too! This is a banger and I hope it represents Australia! top Ten in Eurovison if it gets through! Really loved your review!
Thanks Kerry! 😊
Hi Tom, agree with your reaction. Voyager, Sheldon and Jude are my top 3 of the bunch. Hope they give good performances in the final.
Voyager's song was definitely the one that caught my attention and it's fantastic. I would definitely love for them to win!!
Sheldon Riley is by far the best song here. His visuals are going to be amazing aswell and he's vocally perfect live
im a little concerned that it looks like hes going for one of those gigantic restrictive dresses like Aliona Moon or Cesar
@@ESCTom yeah it looks like it but I think it'll work as a whole package. His voice is captivating
Since I heard it I thoroughly love the Jude York piece - can’t wait to see it live on stage
if he can make the staging dreamy/trippy and not sleepy, he could do well
Voyager brings energy and emotion. I feel it. "Dreamer" is one of my favorite songs of the year.
Same here!
Australia gives me the biggest dilemma this year. Voyager's amazing synthwave with charismatic and eyecatching Danny and the dynamic energy escalating to an explosive ending versus the extraterrestrial voice of Sheldon Riley dominating the purposefully basic ballad Not the same. And I say purposefully because I believe they had the intention of making something so generic in order to give Sheldon's unique voice the full space to expand and shine. Sheldon doesn't need any "tricks" in his songs. No complicated compositions, ethnic touches, outrageous lyrics, catchy rythmic lines, peaks, or whatever else. He is a diamond and his voice is like Mida's touch. Both songs are by far better than all selected songs so far. Only exception River. Let's see....
yea i agree he doesnt need those tricks, but i think it would have been nice to have a more prominent instrumental or melody, so that it felt less like just a vocal masterclass
Great review! Voyager’s singer absolutely sounds like the Presets and Voyager have done a version of ‘The boy’s in Love ‘’ - so good! Check it out on TH-cam.
im listening to it now, its crazy how similar their vocals are! I wonder if thats an Aussie thing or just a coincidence
@@ESCTom it's developed over time, as have Voyager. In their earlier days when they were more prog/power metal, not so much. But over the past 8 years or so they've been honing and developing this *glorious* mix of djent prog/80's synthpop and the vocal delivery has changed to go with.
Haha I was yelling The Presets when you were trying to remember. Voyager has done a presets cover cause of the voice similarity
Let me enlighten you as to why Australia are number 2 in the odds: approx a month ago(late Jan/early Feb) before I went to bed, I checked the odds & Australia was sitting in 18th spot after all the artists were announced. I woke up at 4am with a bit of insomnia & decided to do some ESC catch up & check the odds & found Australia jumped into 4th spot overnight? Why? I then investigated & found 2 songs from Australia Decides had been released overnight 1) Jude York 2) Voyager. I listened to Jude York first...& thought mmm no this cant be why Australia jumped to 4th? so next I listened to Voyager...45 seconds into the song was enough to tell me this was why Australia was in 4th spot.(I made a comment on the Voyager video about it at the time.) Two days later, Australia then moved up to number 1 spot & stayed there for a week and a half. I even took a photo of the odds because I thought it might be the only time ever that Australia was in top spot. Australia then dropped to number two after Brividi was selected & has stayed in number 2 spot ever since.. Sheldon's song was only just released 4-5 days ago on the 18th Feb & Australia dropped down to number 3 spot then a day later back up to number 2 where it has stayed.
About the band: Voyager have been around a while & have done European tours. They started their Eurovision campaign in 2015 & had been knocked back 2-3 times when they applied for Australia Decides. This year they were finally accepted. The lead singer Danny IS a Eurovision fanatic & actually attended Tel Aviv. And yes I know odds don't mean much right now.. there are still a few more songs to be released so anything can happen! But hope this helps in explaining the confusion surrounding Australia's current odds position.
ps: The reason why the bookies have Sheldon so high in the odds of Australia Decides is because he has been doing an amazing amount of interviews since the release of his song & his image is everywhere. He previously was on a number of other singing competitions as well and is well known from those. I think the only singing competition he hasn't done is Australia's got Talent would you believe. A lot of people here have started calling him to be Dame Edna Everidge 2.0 because of the wacky glasses he wears but thank god Sheldon's voice is much better than Dame Edna's!! lool His song is great but I fear it will cancel out against River & Brividi if it does go thru from Australia Decides.
omg lol i love that story 😂, especially the part about screenshotting the odds. I think I did the same when Ireland went to 3rd place in 2018 😂
ok thats super interesting, so it was because of Voyager then. thanks for that info on the odds! i really cant keep track of these things anymore, cos i need to keep spoilers down maximally before I do these vids. Before this channel I used to check songs out as soon as they were released and check how the odds changed, but now i need to wait til ive time to listen to all entries.
I kinda love that Danny is a Eurofan and has tried several times. Im actually gonna be a bit sad for whoever of the 2 doesnt get to go
@@ESCTom I just had to get the photo just in case no one believed me lool
Voyager, Sheldon Riley or Jude York for me. They're all great.
Hey Tom, do you plan on doing a reaction video for Sheldon's stage performance? (sorry if I'm just missing it in my search!)
Sheldon more than likely wins, but for me Voyager is by far my favourite, I've been hooked on Dreamer since it came out. Cheers for the great reaction, all us aussies appreciate it
Thanks Lachy 😊
After last year there should've been lots of great rock entries this year of different subgenres, but this year, after last year all unique and interesting songs were high, everyone decided to send me like cheap Euro pop, except from Ukraine so far
I hope for Voyager - Dreamer, it is so addictive, and also finally prog on Eurovision stage, even if it not so hard, it still rocks
yea i really thought we were going to get loads of rock songs this year but we didnt. I guess rock groups just aren't watching or aren't conscious of eurovision at all.
My favs are Voyager and Sheldon Riley.
Voyager for me, am kinda sad that they stand little chance against Sheldon Riley, still glad I found this song
Completely disagree. The online hype for him is heavily weighted by the presence of his fans in these spaces, but the voting public is much larger and he's not nearly as well known to many of them. Voyager has legacy and name recognition and will get the crowd super hyped as the finale act. Don't get me wrong, Sheldon is a great talent and if he wins then thats cool, but people assuming he's got it in the bag have very heavy blinders on and i fear are being led by bias data that doesn't account for all the people who will be voting but don't engage in the online fandom spaces.
yea the odds do seem a bit exaggerated. I do think hes the favourite but the way the odds are, it makes it look like hes the only one competing.
Hope you have watched his live Tom - omg it was EPIC!Sooooo emotional.
yea ive seen some screenshots, but ill react to the live performance for my final Australia vid. Need to get Denmark out first before I film Australi and finland though
Bella Paige is from Junior Eurovision 2015! (I think that’s the year)
To this Australian’s ear, Charley’s accent sounds VERY Australian…. It doesn’t sound like an English affectation at all
For me Jude York is hands down the best song and vocal in the lineup. Its so haunting and beautiful. If Jude York doesn't win then I am hoping for Jaguar Jonze or Andrew Lambrou. I know Sheldon Riley's song is among the favourites but I just find it too dull and boring.
Andrew Lambrou sounds similar to Sandro (Cyprus 2020)
Then you said it 😂
lol yea i was about to just say that myself 😂
@@ESCTom can't really see anyone other than Sheldon or Voyager taking this unless live is subpar
THANKYOU, I've been saying that about Andrew's since it came out. Its designed to be a club banger, and its a great club banger, but something that works for a DJ spinning in the club is not always the best thing to perform live. I hope he finds a way to stage this so it overcomes that but i don't see how at present, its just not that kind of song.
I'm stanning Voyager, but honestly as long as its not Paulini I'd be down to support any of these (her song sucks and her sharing of anti-vaxx shit is just not it)
IMO it’s Voyager vs Sheldon. I’ll pick Voyager. Charley & D-Nat!on are really good too.
NOT THE SAME is the best the more impactful song of this australian selection
Feel exactly the same about Jaguar Jonze. Slightly sad she went with a ballady song cause I love her other more high impact songs. highly rec her other songs like CUT
Voyager is my fave
Oh you used to live in Sydney? Cool to hear you used to live in my city.
yea i was there for a year and I really loved it. Visa ran out though and I didnt want to do the fruit picking thing 😭
Btw Tom, Seann Miley Moore was in UK X Factor in 2015. Very talented
Yep great singer live just his song is nothing special, just bit annoyed him & Sheldon are up same year.
Voyager and GNation for me!
Seann Miley Moore is "near my bottom" 🤣🤣🤣
you heard it here first 😂
@@ESCTom 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Voyager -what a great sounding band, if only the song was a little bit stronger
agreed. I wanted it to push me into "THIS MUST GO" territory like Blind Channel did last year
A girl group from Korea called aespa has a song called black mamba that eerily sounds familiar to bite me that I think you should check out. I hope Voyager or Andrew go I think they’d do best
ok i can definitely hear the similarity but that Aespa group is way next level - that music video was slick as fuck
Electrify intro reminds me of Shakira's "Ojos Así"
Charley is too ambiental, messy.
To The Bottom fizzles out, never builds to anything, sadly.
Bite me is okay, melody isn't anything special. Didn't go all pop, nor all industrial/electronic. Just there.
When I'm with you sounds like a run of the mill Disney Radio song. Good.
Little Fires took quite a while to get to its climax. Perhaps a great song in an album.
We are one sounds like a Dance Dance Revolution cover for a song in the early 90s. And a bad one at that.
Not the same sounds like a vocal exercise more than a song.
Australia's entry reminds me of "Memories" by The Urgency. At least it woke me up. Nice. Not especially great, though.
omg lol no way, I sweat to god I thought of Ojos asi as well, cos I had that washing machine album of hers. But i thought it only reminded me of it because it had the word Ojos in it.
i totally see what you mean about the vocal exercise, i think thats a fair comment. I wish he'd been given a melody that did more of the work itself instead of leaving it all to him.
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I'm not raving about anything here so far, i must confess. That's not to say, something won't develop for me but as of yet?.....mmmmm I think there are better options elsewhere. Maybe because I've got so many songs from the various national finals this year and nothing here jumps out at me.
2nd in the odds? Not for me I'm afraid, although i can see the juries eating up Sheldon Riley. Put me against a wall with the threat of execution and I'd go for G:Nation
C'est la vie!
yea juries will wet their pants over Sheldon, but Australia's problem is never the jury, its their disproportionately bad televote. I dont know if Sheldon would be able to overcome that
@@ESCTom agreed. I can see the battle of the vocals between Sheldon and Ochman developing and personally i prefer the accessibility of Poland's song.
It is more "modern sounding" with musical variety and with peaks and troughs. Sheldon seems more "vocal masturbatory" to me. 😊
I don’t know the presets and I’m an Aussie lol
Sheldon v Ochman there can only be one?
They would be both in the same semi.
Then again Voyager may have same issue if Rasmussen/Cyran win.
Maybe only 1 can do well at ESC but do think there would be room for both to qualify, I hate Sheldon's song with a passion but realistically it will qualify especially as the 1st half of SF2 isn't looking particularly strong (for now).
yea i wouldnt worry too much about that. theres never only going to be 1 ballad in the Eurovision final, and if they are separated enough (which the producers will do), they will both have a chance to shine
@@ESCTom I would only be worried if Angelino's ballad in melfest (supposedly strong and is similar to Arcade although less produced) wins and if Belgium send a strong ballad as then Sheldon would be fishing for points in a crowded pond.
Just do the decent thing and give us the rock band
Paulini’s song sounds like a poor man’s version of “One Night Only” from Dreamgirls. It’s dreadful
Sheldon will be my ESC 2022 winner, if Australia chooses him. I know he's going to nail that performance from seeing some of his previous performances.
Electrify sounds promising at first but then it reminds me of Cyprus 2020... And the Spanish is super cringe. And the guys Greek...
lol ok yea that makes no sense. I noticed his name sounded Greek
Sheldon or Charley for me.
Given past years I was really hyped for Australia Decides this year but gosh, this was really underwhelming. The odds are that Sheldon will win, purely based on his current popularity, but it will need staging way above him just wearing a veil to make this the standout song on the night. Then again, the veil alone might just give him more votes than this song deserves. Song Contest or TV show? You decide. It's Voyager for me
yea, i kind of wish that he'd been paired with something a *little* more special. He is definitely better than the song
It’s got to be Voyager all the way. Surely the Australian public will see that? Sheldon Riley’s song is so dull. He’s a wailing warbler up against a brilliant piece of epic stadium rock. And I don’t even like rock usually.😳
Sheldon is the best
1 word Sheldon, he HAS to win and we know he can sing live, I am just annoyed that he and Seann are against each other as I love both of them but the song by Sheldon kills it, giving me winner vibes, best song in any national contest so far by a mile, just look at him on his 2 seasons of The Voice Aus and when he was on America's Got Talent and you see what a showman he is and his vocals are mind blowing.