{"id":2039,"date":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/final-songs-revealed-eurovision-australia-decides\/"},"modified":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","slug":"final-songs-revealed-eurovision-australia-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/final-songs-revealed-eurovision-australia-decides\/","title":{"rendered":"Final songs revealed for \u2018Eurovision \u2013 Australia Decides\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just four days until show time, SBS and production partner Blink TV have announced the final two songs for \u2018Eurovision \u2013 Australia Decides\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sheppard will sing the ultimate love song On My Way, while ARIA award-winner Tania Doko\u2019s Piece of Me is full of heart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sheppard shared, \u201cOn My Way is about someone craving the uncontrollable heat and passion they feel when they are with the one they love.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s about excitedly making their way to reunite with their lover, wherever that may be in the world. We love it because it\u2019s quite musically complex, but very easy to listen to.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tania Doko also shared the importance of her song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the song suggests, I am giving Aussie audiences a Piece of Me, and for me that\u2019s pretty special as I\u2019ve been living in Sweden for ten years and I genuinely miss performing in Australia,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe live in a fast-paced world, and we can all feel like everyone wants a piece of us. But at the end of the day, what\u2019s it all for? Who represents home? Sometimes we forget the \u2018why\u2019 and take those closest for granted.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2018Eurovision \u2013 Australia Decides\u2019 will give Aussies the power to decide who will go on to represent the country in the official Eurovision competition in May 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other artists who have been confirmed for Saturday\u2019s airing of \u2018Eurovision \u2013 Australia Decides\u2019 are Alfie Arcuri, Electric Fields, Courtney Act and <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/final-songs-revealed-eurovision-australia-decides\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the star-studded line-up for an epic half-time performance is Australian Eurovision royalty Dami Im who returns to the Eurovision stage after claiming second place in Sweden in 2016 with her power ballad Sound of Silence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by radio host and music buff Myf Warhurst, and comedian Joel Creasey, \u2018Eurovision \u2013 Australia Decides\u2019 will air on SBS on Saturday 9 February, 7.30pm AEST.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Supplied.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the show this Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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