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Mark Savage Music correspondent, Eurovision Song Contest, Vienna

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Delta Goodrem celebrated as Australia were voted into the Eurovision Grand Final

Pop star Delta Goodrem has dramatically increased Australia's odds of winning the Eurovision Song Contest, after a stunning performance of her power ballad, Eclipse, at Thursday's semi-final.

The singer and actress is now second favourite for the competition, and is rapidly closing in on Finland, who have long been tipped to lift the trophy.

If she succeeds on Saturday, it would be a first for Australia - who joined the contest as a one-off wild card entry in 2015 but quickly became a permanent fixture.

Eurovision is phenomenally successful in the country, despite its distance from Europe, with more than a million people regularly tuning in to watch the show.

Goodrem, who is known to TV fans for her role in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, is one of the biggest-selling female artists in her home country.

She signed her first…