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.
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 Italy was represented by Renato Rascel, with the song '"Romantica", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in London. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1960 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and Rascel was chosen over Tony Dallara as the performer. "Romantica" was less successful internationally after the contest than the two previous Italian Eurovision entries, although a cover version by Dalida topped the French singles chart for a week. On the night of the final