Australia's Kate Miller-Heidke Swayed Eurovision Fans With Her Literal "Zero Gravity" Performance

Australia's entrant, Kate Miller-Heidke, swayed fans at Eurovision... literally.

For the fifth year in a row, Australia has been allowed to perform as equals among contestants from Europe, Eurasia (like Azerbaijan and Armenia) and Western Asia (Turkey and Israel, for example) and we've done surprisingly well.

Each year, we've found a place in the contest's Grand Final with Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Guy Sebastian and Isaiah Firebrace making up Australia's stellar Eurovision alumni.

This year it was Kate Miller-Heidke's turn to fly the Australian flag and she did so suspended at least six feet in the air.

Australia's #Eurovision performance from @kmillerheidke is jaw-droppingly brilliant. I'm watching in London, my wig's now in Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/3njljn415y

— Nick Levine (@mrnicklevine) May 14, 2019

Performing a pop opera piece, "Zero Gravity", Miller-Heidke and two back-up dancers stood on metres-long single stilts and rotated like a mystical sorceress as she sang the words.

It's a pretty ethereal experience, I dare you to watch without falling into a trance.

It hasn't actually screened yet in Australia so if you'd like to avoid spoilers, kindly exit this article and see it on SBS Australia and SBS On Demand on Thursday 15 May at 8.30pm AEST.

** I repeat, spoilers ahead of the Thursday screening of the Semi-Final **

So, was it enough to get Australia to maintain their perfect record of making it to the Eurovision Grand Final (despite being that random country around 15,000 kilometres away)?

In short: Yes.

For the fifth year in a row (out of five years of being invited, just in case you missed that fact), Australia has found a place in the Eurovision Grand Final.

For Miller-Heidke to take the crown, she'll need to win over the judge's hearts against another 24 contestants and, the hardest part of all, convince European audiences to phone-vote for her during a 15-minute slot. Thankfully, voters cannot vote for their own countries, so it's reasonably fair.

Of course, some Europeans would probably keel over if a country so removed from the European continent won the contest.

Interestingly, as per convention, if a country wins Eurovision one year, they're supposed to host the event in their country during the following year. But, if by some wicked magic Australia wins Eurovision, they won't be allowed to host.

That's because the Eurovision contest needs to be held in a country that has European Broadcasting Union membership and Australia is not one. Therefore, it'd still be held somewhere in Europe (or some countries in North Africa, Western Asia and Eurasia).

But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Tune in to SBS on Thursday at 8.30pm AEST to watch the weird, the wonderful and the WTF.

Header Image: YouTube (Eurovision Song Contest)