Delta Goodrem Leads Australia to Eurovision Final as UK Debuts

Delta Goodrem's performance of 'Eclipse' at Thursday's semi-final has made Australia second favorite to win Eurovision, closing in on Finland. Australia joined as a wild card in 2015 and became permanent. Goodrem, a Neighbours star and top-selling Australian artist, signed at 15 with four number-one albums. She called the experience 'surprisingly beautiful.' Nine other acts qualified: Albania (Alis), Bulgaria (Dara), Cyprus (Antigoni), Czechia (Daniel Zizka), Denmark (Søren Torpegaard Lund), Malta (Aidan), Romania (Alexandra Căpitănescu), Ukraine (Leléka), and Norway (Jonas Lovv). Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Armenia, Switzerland, and Latvia were eliminated. The UK's Look Mum No Computer received mixed social media reactions but automatically advanced as a 'Big Four' member. The grand final is Saturday in Vienna, with 25 acts including automatic qualifiers UK, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, and previous qualifiers Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Serbia, and Sweden.