In the grand tradition of Eurovision, a one-time backing singer gets to sing lead. A few months back, ORF named TV talent show star Vincent Bueno as the Austrian 2020 Eurovision Song Contest hopeful.
Austrian-Filipino Bueno last graced the Eurovision stage in 2017, when singing backing vocals for Nathan Trent. We were promised an uptempo song called ‘Alive’ – and it aired yesterday.
The team behind the song produced one of the more ludicrous press releases in recent years to back the announcement. Key quotes include:
“All of us fight our own egos. An ego is like a high wall. If you break it down you realize how much easier and freer life can be.”
‘Troubleshooting’ is my personal motto!
and
“Each and every one of us has the DNA of a hero or a heroine.”