Jason Donovan's manager has confirmed that the former soap and musical star will make his international comeback by singing Australia's entry in the 2006 Eurovision music contest.

2006 will be the first time that Australia has taken part in the contest, as it joins other countries such as Israel, who aren't technically part of the continent, but who are still able to participate.

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Donovan was a regular fixture in the UK pop charts during the late 1980s where he had a string of hits including the Stock Aitken And Waterman classic 'Too Many Broken Hearts' and 'Any Dream Will Do' from the musical Joesph, a show in which he also played the title role. Since then his appearance on stage have been minimal, short seasons in the West End musical 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' being perhaps the most notable. The move to have him wave the Australian flag has met with a mixed response down under, with many critics suggesting that a new younger talent would have been a more appropriate choice, whilst Russell Crowe has expressed disappointment that his band wasn't selected.

Especially for You It's not known at present what song Mr Donovan, son of the 60s Mellow Yellow Star, Donovan will sing, but top Aussie talents including John Farnham, Mental as Anything and Midnight Oil are all said to be writing songs. 'We're keen to put Australia on the European map' said rock journalist Sid Pointing 'so we need the best song we can get. We're looking forward to bringing a bit of sunshine to the contest. Jase will bring the house down.'

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Australians from former co-star Kylie Minogue, to Bouncer, cricketer Shane Warne and the late Kerry Packer all rushed to support the move, encouraging the country to vote in their millions.

Whether Harold will approve or not is another matter, whether Eurovision 2007 will be held in Lassiters or not only time will tell.

Harold famously preferred Stefan Dennis' 'Don't It Make You Feel Good', instead.

Posted by damian at December 30, 2005 02:30 PM