Eurovision 2020 may have been cancelled, but we still have a “winner”.
Key points:
- Russia followed Iceland in second place, with Lithuania in third
- Moldova came in last place
- Australia did not place as voters were unable to vote for entrant Montaigne, per Eurovision rules
Australia has voted to crown Iceland’s Daði & Gagnamagnið this year’s top Eurovision act following a nationwide vote and countdown as part of an SBS Eurovision replacement special, Eurovision 2020: Big Night In!
The group’s synth-pop track went viral before the song contest was called off due to the coronavirus in March.
Think About Things has since gone on to amass over seven million views on YouTube.
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The tune even crossed actor Russell Crowe’s radar. Back in February he tweeted a link to it, writing simply: “Song.”
Iceland has never won the actual Eurovision Song Contest.
Frontman Daði Freyr Pétursson recorded an effects-heavy video of himself singing a message of thanks to those in Australia who had voted for his group.
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Russia’s Little Big nabbed second place with their kitschy song Uno, while Lithuania’s The Roop, tipped to win by experts, came in third with their art-pop track On Fire.
Moldova’s Natalia Gordienko was given last place with her song Prison.
