🇦🇺 That Eurovision Review: Rainbows and movement for Electric Fields in their first rehearsal

Today the rehearsals for Eurovision 2024 start/continue in Malmö. Countries rehearsing on Day 2 include Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal, and Luxembourg. The sixth to rehearse today is Australia’s Electric Fields.

Electric Fields’ first rehearsal

The next to take to the Eurovision 2024 stage at Malmö Arena in Malmö was Australia’s Electric Fields. Electric Fields will be competing in this year’s competition with their entry “One Milkali” following their internal selection by Australia’s SBS.

Following Electric Field’s first rehearsal a clip of what went on was posted on the official TikTok account of the Eurovision Song Contest. The clip showed them before and after they took to the Eurovision stage for the first time, as well as giving us some insight into how well their first rehearsal went.

What did we learn about Electric Fields staging?

Zaachariaha opens the performs in a white dress that promptly transforms into a rainbow. As the official liveblog states, the performance builds on this theme with colourful graphics and lights, which includes the chorus of the song in big, bold letters on the LED wall. Zaachariaha is of course joined on stage by the other half of Electric Fields, Michael Ross, who is standing behind a keyboard. A didgeridoo and two backing singers complete this very colourful performance. There also is a lot of movement across the stage, with Electric Fields clearly making use of every bit of stage available to the duo.

What we thought of Electric Fields’ first rehearsal

After Australia’s first rehearsal, Jazzi gave her initial thoughts on the snippet that we saw.

Who are Electric Fields

Electric Fields are an electronic musical duo consisting of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and producer Michael Ross. For the duo their music is inspired by aboriginal culture. The duo sing in three separate languages these are Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, as well as English. Zaachariaha is originally from Mimili in Australia and is the oldest of nine siblings. Michael Ross is originally from Adelaide, before the Electric Fields project he took part in The X Factor Australia in 2013.

In terms of releasing music, Electric Fields first featured on songs for artists in Australia, their first feature being “No Other High” with Touch Sensitive in 2017. In 2016 the duo did release an EP entitled “Inma”. Electric Fields took part in Australia Decides back in 2019 with the song “2000 and Whatever”, the duo ultimately finished in second place in the competition. It hasn’t just been music that Electric Fields have been involved in, the duo also released a documentary in Australia entitled “Voice From The Desert” in 2018. In the Spring of 2020 Electric Fields released a duet with Norwegian 2019 Eurovision representatives KEiiNO entitled “Would I Lie”.

Electric Fields’ 2024 Eurovision entry “One Milkali (One Blood)” was written by Zaachariaha and Michael themselves. Zaachariaha and Michael also produced the track alongside Luke Million.

Austrlia’s Eurovision Journey

The most recent country to debut into the Eurovision Song Contest, Australia debuted in 2015. Guy Sebastian represented the land down-under with his entry “Tonight Again” in Vienna, where they managed to place 5th. Since their debut, they have participated every single year of the competition.

In 2023, Voyager were internally selected to represent Australia with their entry “Promise”. Performing in the second semi-final, Australia finished first in the semi-final, qualifying for the Grand Final. The band eventually finished in 9th place, receiving 151 points – 21 from the televote and 130 from the juries.

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Photo Credit: Electric Fields