Australia's SBS kept quite quiet about Eurovision this season and there were even rumors they might skip it altogether but then out of nowhere February 15, 2024 they announced yet another previous national final runner up Electric Fields as their entry with One Milkali (One blood). They came 2nd in 2019 with 2000 and whatever. This entry features a new language for Eurovision: Yankunytjatjara, an Australian aboriginal language.
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Electric Fields is an Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboardist and producer Michael Ross. They mix electro, soul and aboriginal culture in their music, and both English and Aboriginal languages in their music. Zaachariaha started with music at young age and grew up in Aboriginal lands and culture and says he still has difficulty to adapt to Western life style. In 2014 he took part in The Voice and the year after formed Electric Fields with Michael and has had an award winning career ever since. He's also an award winning visual artist and a painter. He is also featured in various documentaries and films as himself showcasing Aboriginal artists.
Also Michael started his musical path in talent show: The X Factor Australia 2013. He's a pianist, songwriter and producer and together they describe themselves as two feminine brothers.
They are yet to release an album but have one Ep and have released six singles prior to One Milkali (one blood). Besides their own singles they have been doing feats in many others. More than studio experience they do have a lot of live performance experience. The list of their nominations for various awards is also very long, and they have also won a few over the years.
So, what do I think? First of all I think this one is very much underrated by the fandom. I enjoy this. It even reminds me a bit of those great tracks by The Pointer Sisters. It's catchy and they surely can perform on stage. I suppose this will do a lot better than most everyone thinks now.
In our Home Jury Australia scored well above 6 with a personal fave of 9 by one of us.
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