Dami Im will perform to global audience of more than 200 million when she represents Australia in the second semi-final of the Eurovision song contest.
She delivered a powerful lead-up performance in Stockholm on Wednesday for professional music jurors from the song contest's 42 competing countries.
Dressed in a glittering white gown the 27-year-old, Brisbane-based singer performed her song 'Sound of Silence' at the Globe Arena in the Swedish capital on Wednesday night.
"It was really overwhelming just to be on that huge stage. It's just amazing" she told SBS.
"And, yeah I look back to the time only a few years ago when I was hoping that I had more people to perform to and I just wished I had a handful of people who would listen to my music.
"And now, I'm representing the whole country."
One attendee said Im was "gorgeous".
"And the voice is powerful. Yeah I love her."
Watch Dami Im's rehearsal in 360° below:
Wednesday night's performance by 18 contestants was watched by five-person juries of music professionals from each competing country.
The juries' ranking of the performances will count for 50 per cent of the semi-final outcome, with the other half determined by Eurovision fans voting by phone or SMS for their favourite songs on the night.
Fans and juries cannot vote for their own country's entrant.
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Im's power ballad, 'Sound of Silence', was created by Sydney-based songwriting company DNA Songs.
The streaming service Spotify has collated the most streamed Eurovision tracks from competing countries, putting Im's song in fifth place overall.
Other online polling and betting sites show her sitting between third and fifth favourite.
But Spotify's lead streaming song is Sweden's entry 'If I Were Sorry', with over 30 million streams globally, followed by France, Russia, Spain then Australia.
Australia's Sportsbet site has Im coming in second in her semi-final, just behind Ukraine, but places her seventh in the final behind Russia, Ukraine, France, Sweden, Armenia and Malta.
Im's song has the backing of a seasoned Eurovision veteran in the show's technical director Ola Melzig, a Swede who has directed the show 12 times.
"It's top three definitely," he told Australian reporters on Wednesday, tipping Russia's Sergey Lazarev and Armenia's Iveta Mukuchyan as the other top contenders.
Blink TV's Paul Clarke, the Australian head of delegation for SBS Eurovision, told AAP that Im was one of five who could win the contest.
He said Russia's production design was very impressive but Im had the ability to connect with people emotionally.
"When the spotlight falls on her I hope people can see what a big heart she has and what a lightning rod of emotion she is as a performer.
"We couldn't be more proud of her."
Last year Australia was given a wild card spot, with entrant Guy Sebastian coming fifth with his song 'Tonight Again', which is still played on Swedish radio stations.
- With AAP
The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast on SBS’s Eurovision Weekend - Friday 13, Saturday 14 and Grand Final Sunday 15 May, 7.30pm on SBS, with LIVE early morning broadcasts from 5am on Wednesday 11, Friday 13 and Sunday 15 May.
