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After Goodrem’s Eclipse performance in the semi-final, the country’s odds shot up to second. But what would an Australian win mean for Eurovision – and what happens next?

As a beautiful woman with big hair and a bigger voice, armed with a nonsensical, precision-engineered power ballad, Delta Goodrem was always going to appeal to the camp tastes of Eurovision; she’s Olivia Newton-John 2.0.

And after her performance of Eclipse in Eurovision 2026’s second semi-final on Thursday, Australia’s odds shot up from fourth to second, rocketing past Greece and Denmark to rank behind the favourite to win, Finland.