Universities and tertiary education centres around the country are in the midst of their exciting O-Week celebrations, welcoming new generations of young minds and introducing them to the privilege of higher learning.
And for students lucky enough to be attending the University of Sydney, they’ll be sung into the next phase of their lives by a man who knows the meaning of struggling and never giving up in the face of adversity.
Of course we’re talking about Shannon Noll. As Junkee reports, the University of Sydney Union has revealed the greatest Australian Idol runner-up we could ever ask for will be playing a surprise gig for Sydney Uni’s O-Week.
The performance is set to go down at 12.30pm this afternoon, so if you’re looking for a message of hope and… something about a big, black, shiny car, head on down to the University of Sydney to see Nollsy in the flesh.
The gig comes as a new Nollsy-centred petition begins to generate steam online. Apparently incensed that Nollsy was once again passed over in favour of Guy Sebastian, Brisbane native Patrick Connors wants to send Nollsy to Eurovision.
“Can you honestly think of one man that embodies the Australian ideals of persistence and mateship more than Shannon Noll?,” Connors writes. “A measly fifth place wouldn’t be enough for Nollsy, the man would very well lead us to 1st given his calibre.”
At the time of writing, the Change.org petition has managed to accrue more than 350 signatures, showing the amount of faith and trust the Australian people have in Nollsy as the artist who can bring Australia its much-deserved Eurovision glory.
