Warning: This article contains spoilers for Montaigne at Eurovision 2021.
Montaigne has finally made her Eurovision debut, performing her song ‘Technicolour’ after some COVID-related false starts.
Flanked by three dancers while surrounded by a sea of flashing lights that certainly lived up to the ‘technicolour’ name, Montaigne presented a pre-recorded and remote performance.
Shortly after her performance, Montaigne did a live cross to the presenters in the ‘green room’ in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where she revealed she was “very happy” with how it went.
As stunning and as quintessentially Eurovision as her performance was, she, unfortunately, did not make it through to the Grand Final.
Montaigne’s exclusion marks the first time Australia hasn’t made it to the Grand Final since our introduction to the competition six years ago.
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While we may be a little biased, we think it’s safe to say she was disadvantaged by not being able to perform the song in person in Rotterdam, as many of the other entrants did.
Of the 16 countries that participated in the semi-final, Ireland, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania and Croatia also didn’t make it, while Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Cyprus, Norway, Belgium, Ukraine, Malta, Azerbaijan and Israel all succeeded.
In response to a comment on social media, Montaigne wrote that she “knew this would happen.”
I knew this would happen… we were at a severe disadvantage,” she wrote.
“But it’s okay! I’m proud of the song and glad I got to share it with you on the Eurovision stage.”
The second semi-final of Eurovision 2021 will take place on Friday, with the Grand Final set for Sunday.
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Check out Montaigne performing ‘Technicolour’ at Eurovision:
