Sea of Flags Eurovision in Australia for over 30 years, to choose a performer and they eventually picked Mauboy. Her appearance would mark the first time Australia has been represented at Eurovision and she would become the first solo artist from a non-European Broadcasting Union country to perform as a guest. However, Mauboy is not the first Australian to perform in the contest as Olivia Newton John, The New Seekers and Gina G have previously taken part as competing acts representing the United Kingdom. Mauboy told Fairfax Media that she planned to use her Eurovision exposure as a way in to tour Europe.
Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 winner was selected by an expert jury and televoting. Although Tinkara Kovač won the televote, the final winner was Darja Švajger with "Še tisoč let". Švajger had previously represented Slovenia in 1995 with "Prisluhni mi", placing 7th. Kovač would go on to represent Slovenia in Eurovision 2014. On the night of Eurovision, held on 29 May in Jerusalem, Israel, Švajger performed "Se tisoc let" in English as "For A Thousand Years". Švajger performed sixth on the night of the contest, following the United Kingdom and preceding Turkey. She received 50 points, placing 11th in a field of 23. Due to