Eurovision Grand Final: What You Need to Know

After the semifinals earlier this week, the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is being held this weekend.

Here's what you need to know before the singers take to the stage.

What time is the Eurovision grand final?

The grand final kicks off at 9pm in Vienna, Austria.

With the time difference, that'll be very early on Sunday morning here in Australia.

ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria: 5am AEST

Northern Territory and South Australia: 4:30am ACST

Western Australia: 3am AWST

What channel is Eurovision on?

You'll be able to watch it on SBS and stream it on SBS On Demand.

Our resident Eurovision superfans Hanan Dervisevic and Rudi Maxwell will be live blogging the whole thing on the ABC News website, so be sure to follow along with them on Sunday morning.

How do I vote in Eurovision?

You'll be able to vote at the Eurovision website, with voting opening a few minutes before the live show begins on Sunday morning.

You have to pay to vote, with each vote costing 70 cents.

You'll be able to cast up to 10 votes, but the website warns that you'll only be able to submit your votes once per payment card.

Oh, and one really important rule, you're not allowed to vote for your own country, so we won't be able to do anything to get Australia's contestant into the top spot.

Who is representing Australia in Eurovision?

Delta Goodrem.

The 41-year-old has been a mainstay in Australian pop culture since joining the cast of Neighbours as Nina Tucker in 2002.

Her debut album, Innocent Eyes, came out a year later with five number one singles, including Born to Try, Lost Without You and Not Me Not I.

She has gone on to release eight more albums, star in the Australian run of the musical Cats, coach rising stars on The Voice and portray Olivia Newton-John in a biopic about the singer's life.

Goodrem has a new album due out later this year.

What is Delta Goodrem's song about?

Goodrem is performing a song called Eclipse, which was released in March and reached number one on the Australian AIR Independent Singles Chart.

It was co-written by Goodrem along with Ferras Alqaisi, Jonas Myrin and Michael Fatkin.

A big feature of her performance is a gold, sparkly piano, which has its own in-built podium.

Goodrem told SBS the song could mean a bunch of different things to different people, speaking to themes including connection, timing and alignment.

"You could take it as a love song," she said.

"You could take it about the timing of love or your time in your own life that aligns when time is meant to be.

"And that's when eclipse happens."

Why is Australia in Eurovision?

In short, Australia is in Eurovision because Australian broadcaster SBS has been such a big supporter of the event.

It's been covering the contest since 1983, but Australian acts have only been taking the stage for 12 years.

Australian pop star Jessica Mauboy was invited to be a guest singer during the interval of the 2014 show, but she wasn't officially a contestant.

The following year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) invited Australia to compete as a wildcard entry for the contest's 60th birthday, based on the theme "building bridges".

We sent Guy Sebastian to compete and he placed fifth.

After this success, the SBS struck a deal with the EBU for Australia to stay on the bill until 2023.

There was a question mark about Australia's future in the contest after Eurovision 2023, but we've been invited to compete each year since then.

Perth band Voyager represented Australia in 2023, then it was Electric Fields in 2024 and Go-Jo last year.

Dami Im is Australia's highest-ranking Eurovision contestant, with the Brisbane-based singer coming second with her goosebumps-inducing ballad Sound of Silence in 2016.