Sheldon Riley

2022 - 5 - 14

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Why Australia's Sheldon Riley wears a mask on the Eurovision ... (Escdaily)

Sheldon Riley will sing “Not the same” for Australia in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022. In his performance, he wears a face mask which he takes of ...

Riley says the face mask has a double meaning, both referring to him hiding away from the world because of his diagnosis, as well as him trying to change his looks through masks that he calls “beautiful distractions”. However, at the end of the performance he takes the mask off. So instead, I started blaming the way that I looked.” Sheldon Riley will sing “Not the same” for Australia in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022.

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'An inspiration': Australian Eurovision fans, family proud of Sheldon ... (SBS)

Australia's Sheldon Riley may have missed out on a top 10 spot at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, but his fans say they couldn't be prouder of him.

This is everything I could have dreamed of," he added. There's a really fun buzz in the air and we've even had travellers from Finland." I got to meet everyone that I’ve watched for years and years. I know in my heart he's a superstar." "I was told for such a long time that this was never going to be possible, so I didn’t care where I placed, as long as I got here and that I got to the Grand Final. I got to meet Conchita today, which was amazing," he said.

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