Australia AUSTRALIA 2019 - Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
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Kitakaze
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This underachievement really overshadowed the events of the night for me. I’m so disappointed she didn’t get the result she deserved due to being undervalued by negligent, politically-motivated jurors and to an extent, what is a becoming an increasingly obvious anti-Australian televote.
I think a large number of people in Europe simply don’t want Australia to win Eurovision. If the top 5 is unreachable in both jury and televote for such an iconic, high impact performance, sold by such a telegenic and talented singer, it really raises some concerns. She delivered it all- the staging, the composition, the originality, the vocals, the magic. And yet was not rewarded fairly. Top 10 will be enough of a takeaway for some but for me it’s clear this was a major injustice.
I think a large number of people in Europe simply don’t want Australia to win Eurovision. If the top 5 is unreachable in both jury and televote for such an iconic, high impact performance, sold by such a telegenic and talented singer, it really raises some concerns. She delivered it all- the staging, the composition, the originality, the vocals, the magic. And yet was not rewarded fairly. Top 10 will be enough of a takeaway for some but for me it’s clear this was a major injustice.
GianlucaTomoe
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One of the best ESC-entries ever, no doubt.
Ianp16
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I was shocked that this didn’t place higher. I thought the televote would help it but no. Maybe people don’t want to vote for Australia because of its Geography and a lot of people I know are still very ‘WTF’ about it being in Eurovision.
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The televote was way too low for this outstanding performance. I had a party with my friends yesterday and they all said it's a top 5 performance. But I'm still happy that many Europeans were still willing to vote for them. The result definitely showed that Australia Decides is the right direction.
southernstars
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It's so lovely to see so much support for our entry this year, and Australia in general. I know how contentious it is that we are in the contest at all lol and I'm still kind of shocked we are but it's nice that a lot of Europeans have been accepting.
Kate really did us proud, no matter the result. Her song really grew on me in the end (I wanted it to be Electric Fields who performed). She stated backstage how genuinely overwhelmed and appreciative she was of everyone's comments, and thanked everyone. She said she might not have time to reply but that she was reading them all and it was really buoying (that's a word, right?!) her. Basically making her feel uplifted
Kate really did us proud, no matter the result. Her song really grew on me in the end (I wanted it to be Electric Fields who performed). She stated backstage how genuinely overwhelmed and appreciative she was of everyone's comments, and thanked everyone. She said she might not have time to reply but that she was reading them all and it was really buoying (that's a word, right?!) her. Basically making her feel uplifted
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Get off your high horse, and don't cry injustice.
You act all high and mighty.The song was and remains a kitsch. My sister which is open for all brands of music, and who hadn't known that this particular entry is from Australia, expressed that the song / act is a tasteless mess. I would not go as far as my sister did in her disgust as I don't find it digusting at all (I find it amusing albeit not in my top 15 of the contest) but you can imagine many other people sharing very similar impressions to that of my sister.
And calling the juries '''politically-motivated'' by you makes me giggle. It does not really take too much to notice how much advantage (hardly merited) has been given in the last couple of years from them, the best example would be Isaiah singing extremely generic song and off-the-key who was an undeserved qualifier.
That's too bad
I feel somewhat similar, I voted 20 times for her and she got nothing from our audience. At least the juries did some justice.
She got the Best Artist award, she has a victory in the semi and the most iconic performance ever. Clearly, she will be rememberd
I will keep following her, she is an absolute legend for me, regardless of the final outcome.
Compared to Madonna, this is how a true diva looks and sounds like
Preuss
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That's too bad
I feel somewhat similar, I voted 20 times for her and she got nothing from our audience. At least the juries did some justice.
She got the Best Artist award, she has a victory in the semi and the most iconic performance ever. Clearly, she will be rememberd
I will keep following her, she is an absolute legend for me, regardless of the final outcome.
Compared to Madonna, this is how a true diva looks and sounds like
Yeah I don’t get why as I got a messsage tonight that my messages weren’t sent...? Anyway girl got like 3 points from us
This entry will always remain iconic
And to pull off everything that Kate did is amazing
And btw, she did all of this on her own. She funded all of this by herself, I was shocked when I heard today. Although I did read it before, but somehow didn't pay attention.
I have donated something myself to help her get out of the financial trouble caused by this. I am not in an ideal situation but this was also a way of supporting everything she did here as well as a way of supporting her future work.
One competition comes and goes but the fans that she has now and the connections with other artists are permanent. That's what matters the most
I have donated something myself to help her get out of the financial trouble caused by this. I am not in an ideal situation but this was also a way of supporting everything she did here as well as a way of supporting her future work.
One competition comes and goes but the fans that she has now and the connections with other artists are permanent. That's what matters the most
[MENTION=16089]anaraqueen[/MENTION]
I get really happy when I read posts like yours! And yes it was epic once we discovered that she had done some stuff for one of the best drama-series all time; Dance Academy
I really want to rewatch it and cry in Abi's solo again
I really got dissapointed about the result. I knew she couldn't win but at least i wanted her in top 5. At least my votes helped and the Greek t/v gave her 3 points. She is one of the few artists this year i will keep following after the contest.
Kitakaze
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Someone has an axe to grind. High and mighty? Why, because I tried to articulate my opinion? Sorry for having a belief that doesn’t line up with yours. Why is your sister’s opinion more valid than mine? Plenty of people here and on social media, my parents, friends here in Japan and everyone I know in my life loved the song and performance and felt her result was an injustice. So there’s that.
As for the second part of your post, how can you attempt to defend the jury when we were all witness to the obvious, shameless political voting by certain countries. Look at repeat offenders Greece-Cyprus, Serbia-Montenegro, etc. etc. who awarded each other maximum 12 at the expense of acts that ought to have been rewarded by music professionals in their jury criteria.
I also have a hard time believing that any true Eurovision fan would call the performance tasteless, seems to me your sister’s thoughts were just clouded by her hatred of the song. You only have to read news articles and social media to see the general consensus was that the staging was spectacular and among the best ever.
LoveTw
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Somebody is triggered here when people are loving Kate's performance. Your sister's music taste has nothing to do with others. Australia won the first semi and that's how amazing they were. Some butthurt Europeans really seem petty when it comes to Australia.
On a side note I don't think Kate's got to cover anything anymore as I'm confident she'll get it all covered
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Yep, it's now at 102% and not only Australian people donated. As someone close to her noted, she also got donations from Russia, Serbia (that's mine ofc
), Mexico, and the UK.As long as she has fans that can cover her up, she doesn't have to worry about funding at all!
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Just noticed that her performance has more views than the televote winner KEIINO but less than the likes of Italy and Russia and Netherlands ofc but I did think that even before I looked it up
Kate was so close to 7th place though and in a "real" world without any form for bloc-voting I think she'd beat Azerbaijan and North Macedonia with the degree of support they get from some countries every year. Now you could make the case that Australia is a part of the Scandinavian bloc but since they've been a part of this contest for five years now I don't think we can say that they are really
but less than the likes of Italy and Russia and Netherlands ofc but I did think that even before I looked it up Kate was so close to 7th place though and in a "real" world without any form for bloc-voting I think she'd beat Azerbaijan and North Macedonia with the degree of support they get from some countries every year. Now you could make the case that Australia is a part of the Scandinavian bloc but since they've been a part of this contest for five years now I don't think we can say that they are really
LakZaNokte
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Yeah, like I said, all those opera-ish entries have a history of ending up somewhere around 10th place.
It has nothing to do with blocks, politics, astrology or whatever.
They just don’t get enough support from both juries and audience. Even Il Volo didn’t win.
Accept that already and try to remember it for the future cause these fan hysterias about these entries are getting ridiculous. When I think of the situation with that french Sognu (or whatever was called) few yrs back, I get sick, literally.
It has nothing to do with blocks, politics, astrology or whatever.
They just don’t get enough support from both juries and audience. Even Il Volo didn’t win.
Accept that already and try to remember it for the future cause these fan hysterias about these entries are getting ridiculous. When I think of the situation with that french Sognu (or whatever was called) few yrs back, I get sick, literally.