Is all that glitters really gold? Read this at least for the Moldovan sax player.

Australia has been invited as a wild card entry into what has been described as the world’s biggest party – the Eurovision Song Contest. It is because it is the 60th birthday of this enigmatic song competition. We travel a lot, and when we are asked where we come from, we often have to resort to jumping around like kangaroos so that people don’t think that we are extras from The Sound of Music. The European Broadcasting Union and the host broadcaster, Austria’s TV network ORF, have invited Australia’s SBS TV channel, to put forward one of our finest talents for this prestigious competition. I just hope that they thought of kangaroos when they invited us.

To me as an Australian, it stands to reason that Australia should definitely be invited. We might not live in the drawing area of the Eurovision, but that is just a technicality. As one of the most multicultural countries on the planet, we could talk our way out of a wet paper bag… and convince anyone, that in reality, we are probably more European than the adorable Austrian winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Conchita Wurst. We could even update our maps if necessary.

Another reason and it is obvious, is that Australians were born with the party gene. It may well be because some of us have convict roots and had to learn to entertain ourselves to survive. Maybe it is because we are just such a laid back pack of mongrels, that if there is a party, then it will never go off without an Australian there. The 2000 Olympics show just how gifted and talented we are at throwing parties. Maybe the organisers know about this.

Our own beautiful and talented Jessica Mauboy, kicked butt at last years Eurovision Song Contest when she sang during the interval with giant surfboards, giant koalas and kangaroos and beers dancing around. We Australians know how to market to the global world – if they only recognise us because of our kangaroos then that is what we will bloody give them.

Does the Eurovision Song Contest needs us as much as we need it.

Money has clearly become a disturbing issue for the Eurovision Song Contest organizers, since the recession started years ago. It cost an outrageous amount of kroners for Denmark to host the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, and I think that Austria (that is, the hills are alive Austria) possibly fainted when they won.

However, no worries mate, we have plenty of money in Australia. We will probably win, depending upon who we select. We do, after all, have a guaranteed path to the final. Whatever other factors may well influence this decision, one thing is assured, we will put a party on, to end all parties. We will just let a few other things slide, like education and health maybe. I can just imagine Melbourne and Sydney in particular, at strategy meetings all day trying to woo SBS.

On a positive note, it will get a lot of people to make the long haul flight to the land down under and see what all of the fuss is about. Australia remains a great country and one that can see the humor in many situations.

I did watch a bit of the Eurovision Song Contest last year, because the tune of the saxophonist from Moldova, or maybe the thrusting movements; who knows, but it got me hooked? Plus I wanted Conchita to win.

Australia has been guaranteed a safe passage straight into the final, joining hosts Austria and the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Other countries can longer compete due to the financial demands involved. Seems fair.

This year’s Eurovision will be held in Vienna, beginning with the first semi-final on 19 May and ending on 23 May.

The question has been asked on Reddit and I ask it here also.

Who would you like to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest?