Eurovision 2020: Big Night In: Iceland is the Aussies' favorite ESC 2020 entry! Check out how Montaigne would have performed her entry in Rotterdam

Eurovision 2020: Big Night In: Iceland is the Aussies' favorite ESC 2020 entry! Check out how Montaigne would have performed her entry in Rotterdam
Saturday, 16 May 2020

  • Iceland's entry 'Think About Things' was crowned Australia’s favorite ESC 2020 entry while Montaigne had the chance to showcase her planned performance of "Don't Break Me"  on Ahoy Rotterdam’s stage. 

    The Australian broadcaster, SBS, brought the Eurovision party feeling to the fans  through a special alternative Eurovision show,  Eurovision 2020: Big Night In! hosted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey.

    The fans of Down Under had the chance to cast their votes choosing their favourite 2020 act, and it was time for the Aussies to watch their verdict unwind on their screens during the three hour show. Iceland’s Daði & Gagnamagnið were crowned winner of Eurovision 2020: Big Night In! with their synth-pop track Think About Things. Second came Russia and  Little Big with their song Uno, while Lithuania’s The Roop finished third with their indie-pop entry On Fire.

     SBS Commissioning Editor and Australian Head of Delegation Josh Martin said:

    Move over Bjork, Australians have voted Daði og Gagnamagnið as our new favourite Icelandic artists with a beautiful song honouring a parent’s love for a newborn. SBS is proud to have given Eurovision fans some sort of closure to this year’s contest and, although we’ll never know who might have won the song contest this year, Montaigne’s performance tonight was incredible. I have no doubt she would have done Australia proud and finished high on the leader board!

    The spectators further more had the chance to watch an exclusive studio performance of Don’t Break Me. The show gave to Montaigne the opportunity to unveil the how her staging would have unfolded in Ahoy Rotterdam.

    Montainge's moving performance

    Montaigne said about the performance:

    To bring a song to life on the Eurovision stage takes a lot of hard-working creative people, and though we don’t get the real stage, I’m grateful that we get to show off our baby — of which we are very proud — to the public. The core team at Blink TV and SBS did an amazing job of finding recruits who understood my niche interests (dungeons & dragons, fantasy, anime and animation) and could fuse that with the emotional content as well as a ‘popular’ aesthetic. Now it’s back to the drawing board. I’m excited to cook up something fresh and new for 2021!

     

    An imperssive line up of special guests

    Eurovision 2020: Big Night In!  saw an impressive line up of  outstanding acts performing throughout the night several ESC entries. Kate Miller-Heidke, Electric Fields, Courtney Act, Jack Vidgen, Jaguar Jonze, Isaiah, Ella Hooper and, of course, Jessica Mauboy teamed up to give an amazing performance of  Jessica’s entry “We Got Love”.

    The composer of the Cypriot ESC 2020 entry, Alfie Arcuri gave a captivating acoustic performance of Running, which was Sandro's ESC entry in this year’s contest.

    Additionally, the performance that certainly was the highlight of the show was that of the brand-new Eurovision act, Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (Rachel McAdams) with their music video for Volcano Man. SBS treated the viewers an global exclusive presentation of the clip from Netflix comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of the Fire Saga, written by Will Ferrell.

    The Australian broadcaster will conclude its special Eurovision week with airing the show “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light” at 21:00 CET.

    News/photo Source: SBS