Kate hits a high with Eurovision top 10 result

BRISBANE singer Kate Miller-Heidke may not have won Eurovision, but she is flying high after pulling off a gamechanging pop performance with her song Zero Gravity.

Wildly popular with the other 40 competitors, the contingent of more than 800 press and now a significant bloc of new European fans, MillerHeidke finished ninth at the singing Olympics in Tel Aviv.

“When we are up on those poles, I feel so powerful, it feels like flying. It was one of the most electric things I have ever experienced,” she said.

“It’s an immensely satisfying creative experience and that’s all I wanted. It was on a scale I have never been able to attempt before and possibly never will again and I feel just so, so lucky.”

The 2019 Eurovision Song Contest was won by overwhelming favourite Duncan Laurence of The Netherlands.

Miller-Heidke’s top 10 result was a vast improvement on last year when Jessica Mauboy finished 20th. Australia’s best result was Dami Im’s second in Sweden in 2016.

Australia’s head of delegation Paul Clarke said he was pleased with our top 10 finish.

Ahead of the final, MillerHeidke was rated a serious contender to stage an upset against The Netherlands.

While the focus for the diehard fans was firmly on the musical contest’s dizzying collision of kitsch and talent, pop superstar Madonna’s performance of Like A Prayer, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and new single Future featuring rapper Quavo, wasn’t a winner.

Fans criticised her vocals and a bizarre interlude between the two songs.