Jessica Mauboy is riding high after making her Eurovision debut for Australia.
Ride of her life ... Jessica Mauboy performs on stage during the second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. Picture: Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
When Jessica Mauboy got the okay sign from her boyfriend Themeli Magripilis as she walked off stage after her first Eurovision Song Contest dress rehearsal, her nerves fell away.
Mauboy's partner had watched from the crowded floor in front of the stage.
"I saw him coming towards me, we met halfway and he didn't say anything, just gave me the OK sign and for me, that meant everything," she said.
"He is the other half of my heart and he has really helped me through the nerves because he is quite straight forward with me."
The pair have spent the past few weeks in Copenhagen with a close knit team including her manager Sophie Babich, choreographer Marko Panzic and hair and make up artist Victoria Baron as well as the SBS crew who orchestrated her momentous performance at Eurovision.
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When not riding bicycles in clogs with broadcast hosts Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang, she has been relentlessly rehearsing every note of her song Sea Of Flags and every movement from hand gestures to strutting across the stage.
Waiting to go on ... Jessica Mauboy at the Eurovision Song Contest before going on stage. Source: Supplied
The strutting isn't as easy as you think in the stunning gold dress made by acclaimed designer Toni Maticevski in just two days.
The gown's short skirt at the front and long train at the back are recipes for potential wardrobe malfunctions.
She constantly worried she would step on the train and pull the dress down to expose her "pecs" as she calls them.
"And there was a moment when the fan was on full blast and the skirt flew up so high, they were worried you could see my undies," she said, laughing.
"The fan was so full on, I couldn't swallow because my mouth was so dry. I was eating wind."
Final touches ... Jessica Mauboy getting her hair and makeup done. Source: Supplied
Since arriving last week at the enormous former shipbuilding hall which houses Denmark's event, Mauboy has quickly gone from the new kid on the Eurovision block to one of the most popular artists in its community of nations.
She has hung out with ground-breaking Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst and French finalists Twin Twin and last year's Danish winner Emmelie De Forest, who also schooled her in royal protocol ahead of her meet and greet with Crown Princess Mary on Thursday.
Royal meeting ... Jessica Mauboy meets Princess Mary of Denmark with Emmilie de Forest, last year's Eurovision Song Contest winner. Picture: Mike Cardillo/Sony Music Source: Supplied
"Walking through the corridors and getting a high five or a big smile or a nod or a hello from the other performers has made me feel so embraced by this community," she says.
"I have been explaining to a lot of contestants how much Australia loves Eurovision."
The annual song contest is serious business in Europe both as an entertainment spectacular broadcast to more than 180 million viewers and a social experiment in soothing political tensions.
"I loved meeting Conchita, she's a beautiful woman and to have her performing shows this international stage isn't afraid of making big statements."
Meeting Conchita ... Jessica Mauboy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the Austrian singer who has divided some people. Source: Supplied
Mixing with the stars ... Jessica Mauboy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the contestants from France. Source: Supplied
Or of doing what it does best. While the songs may not be the cheesiest pop in the world these days, the performances have not lost any of their high kitsch value.
Greece bounces on a trampoline, Romania stands inside a keyboard circle, Russia sing on a seesaw and Ukraine features a human hamster wheel dancer.
And Australia has dancing koalas, kangaroos, blowflies, prawn, shark, lifesavers, drag queens and Sydney Swans players. Plus an indigenous and Australian flag-waving moonman who descends at the end of Mauboy's performance.
The singer was stuck filling in time with waves to the crowd when the moonman took his sweet time descending during the first dress rehearsal.
Stunned ... Jessica Mauboy performs on stage during the second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Picture: Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
"Doing the song over and over again can drive me a little bit nuts and the 5th time you do it, the fan isn't working or the moonman doesn't come down when he should so I am filling in time by waving and smiling," she says.
Exhaustion and frustration can take its toll with Mauboy admitting to a few tears and nerves building up to her big night.
Having her man by her side helps but she also checks herself.
"I have been waking up every morning reminding myself I am in Copenhagen, I am representing Australia, I am going to have fun," she said.
"And where else do you get the chance to ride a bike wearing clogs and dodging cars like I did with Julia Zemiro."
One set ... Jessica Mauboy at the Eurovision Song Contest where she was about to be interviewed by SBS. Source: Supplied
Mauboy co-wrote her Eurovision song Sea Of Flags with pop producer Stuart Crichton and The Potbelleez hitmaker Ilan Kidron in just two days in March.
Its title is a nod to the contest's historic love of nation flag waving while the lyrics also pay tribute to her indigenous heritage.
The singer's performance also incorporates her own "dreaming" movement.
"It's very spiritual. I didn't want too much strutting or movement in the performance that didn't connect with the song," she says.
"So that is my dreaming movement because this is my dreaming song."
After all the months of planning and weeks of rehearsals, her big moment came down to mere minutes on the massive Eurovision stage.
Princess Mary watched the final rehearsal on Thursday afternoon and remarked to SBS hosts Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang "wow, what a voice!"
Mauboy hopes Australia loves it too.
"I get nervous about what people will think of me. I do care what people think," she said.
"It's one of those moments I just want everyone to love. I want them to feel it."
Jess Mauboy's Road To Eurovision documentary screens Saturday from 7.30pm, followed by the Eurovision Semi-Final 2 from 8.30pm. The Eurovision Song Contest Final airs from 7.30pm Sunday.
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