Today we look back at all the latest music releases and videos from Australian Eurovision, Junior Eurovision and ‘Eurovision - Australia Decides’ artists throughout December, January and early February.
New albums/EP's:
Ella Hooper - ‘Small Town Temple’ album
Released: 20 January 2023
'Eurovision - Australia Decides 2019' artist Ella Hooper has released her highly anticipated new album 'Small Town Temple'. It includes many previously released singles including the latest 'Grow Wild', released on January 12, 2023.
The album has been described as a love letter to Violet Town, to Ella's stress-free country childhood and to her parents, who sadly both passed away recently.
'Small Town Temple' charted on the ARIA charts after its release. Ella's album reached:
No. 1 on the Top 20 Australian Country Albums chart
No. 5 on the Top 10 Vinyl Albums chart
No. 7 on the Top 10 Australian Albums chart
Anja Nissen - 'Same Room' EP
Released: 3 February 2022
Aussie singer and songwriter Anja Nissen who represented Denmark back in 2017 at Eurovision has released an EP, 'Same Room'. The EP includes six tracks with previously released single 'If We Only Had Tonight'. The project is an independent release with Anja now based in Los Angeles, US.
New singles:
AYDAN - ‘Everything to Me’
(Austin Zudeck / Justin Thunstrom / AYDAN / Maddie Simmen)
Released: 2 December 2022
'Eurovision - Australia Decides 2019' artist AYDAN has released a new single 'Everything To Me'. The song is a follow up to 'Lost With You' collaborating with Austin Zudeck and Justin Thunstrom who also worked on 'Everything To Me'.
Tom Cardy feat. Montaigne - ‘Red Flags’
Released: 2 December 2022
Australia's Eurovision 2020 and 2021 artist Montaigne has collaborated with online sensation Tom Cardy in a song called 'Red Flags'.
The song was originally released as a YouTube video in October 2021 and described as "A spooky ghost story to tell on Halloween night, or an uplifting love ballad that should definitely be turned into a rom com?".
'Red Flags' has now been officially released on streaming music platforms.
Jack Vidgen - 'Solo'
(Ethan Choryin Luo / Jack Vidgen)
Released: 9 December 2022
'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2020 artist Jack Vidgen has released his second single for 2022 called 'Solo'. He continues down the dance club style of music with infectious choruses. The song is a follow to 'PTSD' by Jack released back in February 2022.
Jordan Anthony - 'Higher (Acoustic)'
(Jordan Anthony)
Released: 9 December 2022
Australia's 2019 Junior Eurovision artist Jordan Anthony released his latest single 'Higher' back in October and now followed up with an acoustic version. The track was written by the 17-year-old and produced by Khyle Demetriou.
Jordan performed 'Higher' live on Channel Seven's Telethon in Perth on October 23, 2022. Check out the performance here.
Jordan-Ravi - 'Scorpio Love'
(Jordan-Ravi)
Released: 9 December 2022
'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2020 artist Jordan-Ravi has released his third follow up single after performing 'Pushing Stars' on the Gold Coast for Australia Decides. The self-penned track 'Scorpio Love' is about the ups and down dating someone who is the star sign Scorpio.
LeeA - 'Suddenly'
Released: 20 December 2022
'Suddenly' is the latest song release from the multi-talented LeeA. LeeA competed at Australia Decides in 2019 with 'Set Me Free'. She then returned as a songwriter at Australia Decides 2022 writing the song 'Bite Me' for the Aussie girl group G-Nat!on.
Casey Donovan - ‘Shake It’
(Carl Dimataga / John Benjamin Rollins)
Released: 30 December 2022
The Australia Decides 2020 televote winner and overall runner up Casey Donovan has released an exciting new single called 'Shake It'. She performed the song at the special New Year’s Eve live event at the iconic Sydney Opera House which was broadcast on ABC. The music video was filmed in Bankstown at the Revesby Community Centre and features domestic and international competing ballroom dancers.
Didirri - ‘The Winner Takes It All’
(Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus)
Released: 12 January 2023
'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2020 artist Didirri has released a stunning cover of ABBA's popular ‘The Winner Takes It All’. In the black and video music video Didirri performs with his guitar while wearing a sparkling jumpsuit. The ABBA cover follows the single release 'Begin Again' by Didirri back in March 2022.
Kate Miller-Heidke feat. Marcus Bridge - ‘The Last Day On Earth’
(Kate Miller-Heidke / Keir Nuttall)
Released: 19 January 2023
Australia's Eurovision 2019 artist Kate Miller-Heidke has released a reimagined version of her 2009 single ‘The Last Day On Earth’, now featuring Marcus Bridge. The song was featured in the official trailer for the forthcoming Paramount+ original series 'The Last King Of The Cross'. The series is about Sydney’s King Cross and former club owner John Ibrahim.
Amy Sheppard - ‘Couple Goals’
(Amy Sheppard / Tom Wolfe / Nick Wolfe)
Released: 20 January 2023
Amy Sheppard from the band Sheppard who competed at Australia Decides in 2019has officially released 'Couple Goals' as a single. The song is taken off Amy's EP 'Nothing But Wild' which was released back in September 2022. 'Couple Goals' is a country pop track that is the perfect summer track!
Jordan Anthony - 'Holding Onto You'
(Jordan Anthony / Vesa Matara)
Released: 27 January 2023
Australia's 2019 Junior Eurovision artist Jordan Anthony released his follow up single to 'Higher' called 'Holding Onto You'. Jordan co-wrote the pop track with Western Australian producer Vesa Matara, who also produced the song.
Jude York - 'I Kissed a Boy'
(Katy Perry / Lukasz Gottwald / Max Martin / Cathy Dennis)
Released: 27 January 2023
The prince charming of 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2022, Jude York, has officially released his stunning cover of Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' on Spotify.
In early August 2022 Jude released a snippet of the cover on his socials mentioning "okay so original is kind of aggressive and messy (albeit fabulous in its own way) so here's a sensitive boy version". The video got people's attention with the polished release on TikTok sitting at 1.4 million views! The cover is spectacular, with Jude's stunning vocals and touching improvised lyrics.
Bachelor Girl (Tania Doko) - 'Calling out Your Name'
(Emil Berg / James Roche / Kamilla Bayrak / Tania Doko)
Released: 3 February 2023
Australia Decides 2019 artist and one half of Bachelor Girl, Tania Doko, has released new music with 'Calling out Your Name'! This single release follows Bachelor Girl's remix of 'Can't Wait to Meet You' which was out in June 2020. Bachelor Girl are currently the supporting act for Darren Hayes who is embarking on a national tour.
Check out all upcoming new music:
Erica Padilla - 'Love You Longer' - single out February 10
Guy Sebastian - 'Armageddon' 10th anniversary vinyl - date TBC
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