According to two petitions since posted on the website change.org, support for the faceless 1990s Melbourne rock band to represent Australia swamps Kylie's by proportions of roughly 37 to 1.

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TISM (This is Serious Mum) produced a series of beloved anti-pop anthems in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, such as (He'll Never be an) Ol Man River and Greg! The Stop Sign!!. It later broadened its palette to include The Parable of Glenn McGrath's Hair, If You're Not Famous at Fourteen, You're Finished and Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me. TISM last performed in 2004.

So far 274 people have signed a change.org petition calling for Kylie to represent Australia, while 10,244 have supported the call for TISM to take the stage in Vienna from May 23.

"My official position is I cannot comment on behalf of TISM due to respect for my former colleagues and artisic integrity," said former member Humphrey B. Flaubert (Damian Cowell).