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Australia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Australia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its debut in . The Australian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) who received special approval from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to participate. Australia is the only country outside the European Broadcasting Area to have ever competed in Eurovision. Australia has been in the top ten five times, with its best result being a second-place finish with "Sound of Silence (Dami Im song), Sound of Silence" performed by Dami Im in , followed by "Tonight Again" by Guy Sebastian finishing fifth in 2015 and "Don't Come Easy" by Isaiah Firebrace, Isaiah, "Zero Gravity (Kate Miller-Heidke song), Zero Gravity" by Kate Miller-Heidke, and "Promise (Voyager song), Promise" by Voyager (Australian band), Voyager finishing ninth in , , and respectively. Initially, Australia's participation in the 2015 contest was set to be a one-off event, the plan being only to pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Australia
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy (; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the Australian Idol (season 4), fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a The Journey (Jessica Mauboy album), live album of her ''Idol'' performances and briefly being a member of the girl group Young Divas in 2007, Mauboy released her debut studio album, ''Been Waiting'', the following year. It included her first number-one single, "Burn (Jessica Mauboy song), Burn", and became the second highest-selling Australian album of 2009, certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Her second studio album, ''Get 'Em Girls'' (2010), showcased a harder-edged R&B sound, and produced four platinum Single (music), singles. Her third studio album, ''Beautiful (Jessica Mauboy album), Beautiful'' (2013), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DR (broadcaster)
DR (), officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise. DR shares many of its organisational characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled. DR is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union. Bjarne Corydon will become the Director-General of DR in August 2025. DR was originally funded by a media licence, however since 2022, the media license has been replaced by an addition to the Danish income tax. Today, DR operates three television channels, all of which are distributed free-to-air via a nationwide DVB-T2 network. DR also operates seven radio channels. All are available nationally on DAB+ radio and online, with the four original stations also available on FM radio. History DR was founded on 1 April 1925 under the name of ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital cities by elevation, lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into #Administrative divisions, twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, as well as the industrial settlement of Neft Daşları built on oil rigs away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The Old City (Baku), Old City, conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki, Ell and Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contestonly four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva (presenter), Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov, the latter of whom was one of the previous edition's winners. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. returned to the contest for the first time since . Meanwhile, withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
''Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits'' (also known as ''Eurovision's Greatest Hits'') was a live television concert programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and produced by the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The concert took place on 31 March 2015 at the Eventim Apollo, in Hammersmith, London. Guy Freeman was the executive producer and Geoff Posner the director, both of whom held the same positions as the last time the BBC hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in . Simon Proctor was the senior producer and David Arch was the musical director for the concert. Tickets for the event went on sale at 10:15 (GMT) on 6 February 2015. Graham Norton and Petra Mede hosted the event, which saw fifteen acts from thirteen countries performing their Eurovision entries from yesteryear. During the televised show, video montages from the Eurovision archives were shown in-between each live perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myf Warhurst
Myfanwy Warhurst (, born 29 May 1974) is an Australian radio announcer and television personality, best known for her work at Triple J radio station and on ABC Television's long-running music-themed quiz show '' Spicks and Specks''. From 2017 to 2024 she served as Australia's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Joel Creasey, and as co-host of the weekly podcast ''Bang On''. She also provides the voices of Aunt Trixie and Indy's Mum in the Australian animated show '' Bluey''. Early life Warhurst was born in Portland, Victoria, in 1974. She has three older brothers named, Shaun, Kit and Andre. Brother Shaun had a significant role in initially encouraging her interests ultimately leading her into the industry. Kit plays drums in the band Rocket Science. Warhurst's family moved to Donald in central Victoria when she was a child, then to Red Cliffs in northwest Victoria when she was eight years old. Warhurst studied Music and Fine Arts at Melbourne University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Creasey
Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 and 2014 and the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. In September 2020, Creasey joined Nova (radio network), Nova FM's national radio show ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' (now ''Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel'') as a co-host with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell (broadcaster), Tim Blackwell. Early life Creasey was born in the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills and moved to Perth at a young age. His father, Terry, worked as a model while his mother, Jenny, was a singer. The couple met on the set of ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' in which they both appeared as extras. His father was also the "Solo (Australian soft drink), Solo" man in the iconic 1985 advertisement for the soft drink and currently owns several Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Pang
Samuel Pang is an Australian comedian, television presenter, writer, producer and former radio host. Pang is a host of '' The Front Bar'' with Mick Molloy and Andy Maher and is a regular panellist, alongside Ed Kavalee, on Network 10's '' Have You Been Paying Attention?.'' He also hosts his own weekly veriety tonight show ''Sam Pang Tonight''. Pang has hosted the Logie Awards in 2023 and 2024. He was the host of '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown. Early life and education Pang attended Gold Street Primary School with Lidia Thorpe. He also attended Kew High. Pang studied marketing at university. Career Football Pang played Australian rules football for the Collingwood under-19s team in 1991. He played six games and kicked one goal. Collingwood made the grand final in the final season of the under-19s competition but Pang was not selected. In 1992, he moved to Sebastopol in the Ballarat Football League where he was coached b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Zemiro
Julia Zemiro () (born 14 April 1967) is a French-born Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show ''RocKwiz''. Zemiro is a fluent English and French speaker and has acted in French. Early life and education Zemiro's mother, Jane, is a retired teacher and education academic (University of Sydney) originally from Queensland. Her French father, Claude, was a retired restaurateur. In 1970, when she was two and a half years old, Zemiro's family moved from her birthplace, France, to Australia. Zemiro attended Sydney Girls High School and the University of Sydney, where she studied for a Bachelor of Arts. She was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne in 1992. She graduated from VCA in 1994 with a Diploma of Dramatic Arts (Acting). Acting After graduation, Zemiro found work touring with the Bell Shakespeare Company. She has feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
