Goan-born Singer Wins The Voice Australia, Returns to India

Reuben de Melo, a singer-songwriter born in Goa, has emerged as a notable artist in Australia after immigrating there as a child over twenty years ago. In 2024, he achieved widespread recognition by winning the popular singing competition, 'The Voice Australia'. De Melo, who is now based in Perth, made the courageous decision to leave his engineering studies to fully commit to his passion for music.

Recently, de Melo, alongside Milan Ring, another Australian artist with Indian heritage, participated in 'Gig on the Green'. This event, hosted at the Australian High Commission in India, highlighted the growing influence of Australia's Indian-origin community in the arts. Australian envoy Philip Green emphasized the importance of such cultural exchanges and the significant contributions of people of Indian descent to Australian society and its bilateral relationship with India.