Australia Eurovision entry Go-Jo fails to wow judges and misses out on grand final | Eurovision

Australia has did not make it by means of to the grand remaining of the 2025 Eurovision contestant, with Go-Jo’s sexually specific ode to “self-confidence and self-expression”, Milkshake Man, failing to win over the worldwide viewers.

Within the semi-finals in Basel, Switzerland on Thursday, the 29-year-old viral pop sensation gave a full-throttled efficiency replete with large blenders, Freddie Mercury-style jumpsuits and dramatic costume adjustments behind plumes of smoke.

The Western Australian-raised, Sydney-based singer-songwriter often called Marty Zambotto gave arguably probably the most ludicrously enjoyable efficiency in Australia’s 10 years of competing on this planet’s greatest track contest.

Thirty-seven nations are competing within the 69th iteration of Eurovision, with 26 acts now progressed into the grand remaining, which broadcasts on 17 Might in Europe and Sunday 18 Might at 5am AEST on SBS and SBS On Demand.

The so-called “Big Five” – Eurovision’s fundamental monetary backers France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – have assured spots within the remaining, alongside hosts Switzerland.

Zambotto’s meteoric rise started in 2023 after he uploaded his track Mrs Hollywood to TikTok. It went on to obtain 1bn views throughout all platforms.

Chatting with Guardian Australia forward of the Eurovision competitors, Zambotto stated he was launched to “the Olympics of music” as a toddler by his French father.

“The Eurovision stage, it’s all about, you know, self-expression, and the community around it’s all just so lovely.

“Knowing that Australia hasn’t won as well, I think it’s a lot more of a driver, too.”

Australia’s first look at Eurovision was in 2014, when Jessica Mauboy featured as an interval act in the course of the semi-finals. In 2015, Man Sebastian turned the primary Australian to enter the competition with the track Tonight Once more.

In 2016 in Stockholm, Dami Im’s Sound of Silence got here near successful, with the Brisbane singer shedding out to Ukraine. Isaiah adopted in 2017; Mauboy represented Australia in 2018; and opera-trained Kate Miller-Heidke’s soared with Zero Gravity in 2019. The Covid pandemic stole Montaigne’s probability to carry out dwell in 2020 and once more in 2021. Sheldon Riley represented the nation in 2022; synth steel band Voyager took the highlight in 2023; and pop duo Electrical Fields competed in 2024.

Zambotto co-wrote Milkshake Man with members of the band Sheppard. He describes it as a song about “embracing who you are”, with the titular Milkshake Man “a mascot of self-confidence and self-expression – a larger-then-life character who aims to inspire other people to feel the same way”.

Its lyrics embrace the traces: “The shake is not a drink – it’s a state of mind / Like a secret super power you were born to find / Drink it every day and before you know it /You’ll be bigger … and stronger … with harder bones.”

The 2025 Eurovision track contest grand remaining screens in Australia on SBS and SBS On Demand on Sunday 18 Might at 5am. Viewers can solid their votes through the official Eurovision website, nonetheless the Australian public can’t vote for the Australian entrant.