EUROVISION 2023 - FULL of PROMISE

AUSTRALIAN SYNTH-METAL BAND VOYAGER ARE HOPEFUL OF COMING HOME WINNERS FROM THE EPIC SONG CONTEST IN LIVERPOOL

- Naomi Toy

Before he’s even sung a single note at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, frontman for Australian band Voyager, Danny Estrin, feels like they’ve already won. The international exposure to millions of people around the world is something most artists can only ever dream of.

“If we get to the final, and I’m really hoping we will, 160 million people could listen to our music,” he tells WHO before flying out to this year’s competition in Liverpool. “Whether they like it or not is a different story. As a band and as an artist, the main thing you want is exposure, is for people to listen to your song and your music, and to make up their own mind.”

With Australia’s deal to compete at Eurovision up for renewal at the end of this year, the hopes of a nation rest on the shoulders of bandmates Estrin, Simone Dow, Scott Kay, Ashley Doodkorte and Alex Canion. With seven albums under their belt and years of touring around the world – not to mention their made-for-Eurovision single ‘Promise’ – Estrin is confident the band is in with a shot of going all the way.

“We’ve got 20 years of this stuff under our belt,” Estrin says. “We know each other, we love each other, we feed off each other, so I think that’s our edge. We are not put together by a television show or a K-pop curator, we are the real deal and we’ve worked hard to be here. And I think the genuine joy when we play live will translate.”