Key Points
- Australia's Eurovision entrant Daniel Estrin gatecrashed SBS World News during a live cross.
- The Voyager frontman is in Liverpool ahead of this Sunday's Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.
- The singer said he was "feeling good" after rehearsals and the event was going to be a "spectacle".
Viewers of SBS World News were treated to a spectacle on Thursday night when Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis was live-bombed by Australia's Eurovision entrant during a live cross.
Reporting from the streets of the northern English city of Liverpool ahead of the 's second semi-final on Thursday night local time (Friday 5am AEST), Lewis acted surprised as singer Daniel Estrin of Perth band Voyager wandered past.
"It's funny who you meet on the streets of Liverpool," he said.
"I don't even know where I am," joked Estrin, who was wearing a houndstooth suit jacket, his trademark long hair blowing in the wind.
Estrin said he was "feeling good" after rehearsals.
"This is amazing. We got off the stage, we were elated, we were electric, the crowd was electric."
The Voyager frontman said he reckoned Australia was a "shoe-in" for Eurovision's Grand Final, which will be broadcast live on SBS and SBS On Demand at 5am AEST, and again at 7.30pm AEST.
"It's going to be a spectacle," gushed Estrin, before heading off along the street with his trademark keytar.
Estrin has attracted a fair bit of attention ahead of the celebrated event due to
Daniel Estrin, lead singer of Voyager, poses for a portrait photograph. Source: Supplied / Michael Dann
“I’m fairly confident saying I’m the only immigration lawyer who has participated in the contest,” he has joked.
The 41-year-old is himself a migrant. He came to Australia from Germany aged 11 and brought his love of Eurovision with him.
He’s toured the world with Voyager for two decades.
