<P> At an interview, Paul Clarke, Australia's head of delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest, was asked about the potential of Im's performance at the contest . Clarke remarked that Im's journey as a migrant to Australia at the age of nine and learning English from songs of Kylie Minogue was conducive to the multiculturalism and diversity of the European competition . Clarke adds that "Im is also a lightning rod of emotion when she performs", which is something he believes will resonate with the Eurovision audience . He further notes that "She can just feel an audience and be able to be the conductor of it, better than just about any performer I've ever seen, she just does it intuitively ." </P> <P> In the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Im was announced to perform in second semi-final . Im performed tenth in the running order and successfully progressed to the final with the highest score and top ranking of her semi-final . As this was the first time Australia competed in the semi-final stage, Im became the first ever Australian representative to progress from the semi-final to the final . In the final, Im performed 13th in the running order and achieved the top score of 320 points from the national jury . Ultimately, she received 191 points from televoting and was announced to have gained 511 points in total, placing 2nd in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 . Im's second place score is the highest score ever achieved by an Australian representative . Following the contest, Im's single "Sound of Silence" charted at number 3 on the ARIA charts and gained huge success across Europe with Im's single selling over fifty five thousand copies worldwide, and has also achieved two Gold certificated for her single from the ARIA Charts and the Swedish Recording Industry Association charts respectively . Also "Sound of Silence" charted within the top fifteen in Finland and Belgium--a first for Im in her singing career, the single also charted for the first time in Im's career on the UK Charts, the Spanish, German and Austrian charts . This single is Im's most successful in her career to date . In October 2016, Im released her first post-Eurovision single, "Fighting for Love". In 2017, it was announced through various social media that THE. mgmt has signed Im to a special arrangement modeling contract with the agency . </P> <P> On 7 April 2017, Im released a new recording of "Hold Me In Your Arms" with original Southern Sons singer, Jack Jones . On 9 April 2017, it was reported that Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin was moved by Im's earlier live performance of the song on Australia Day with Guy Sebastian that he "spared no expense securing the original voice of the song Jack Jones (Irwin Thomas) to re-create is 1990 hit with Dami Im ." On 28 April 2017, Im posted on her social media photos of herself with Sony Australia CEO Denis Handlin receiving Gold certification for Classic Carpenters and her platinum certification for "Sound of Silence". </P> <P> On 16 February 2018, Im announced her fifth studio album I Hear a Song would be released on 23 March 2018 . It reached number 3 in the ARIA album chart . </P>

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