alex patrikios of the australian associated press described the performance as "typically spirited" and "infectious", while "take 40 australia" described it as "epic." news.com.au called it "stunning" and "strong" and wrote that "the much-loved pop princess may have been unknown before arriving in copenhagen but the audience quickly embraced her as her powerful voice rang out in the massive stadium." freya noble of the "daily mail" described the performance as "spectacular" and wrote that mauboy's dress looked "stunning" and "fabulous." v music commented that mauboy "absolutely killed it. slaughtered it. straight up liam neesoned it." v music also noted that the dancers in the musical number were dressed as "embarrassingly obvious stereotypes" of australia. similarly, sophie joske of "out in perth" noted that the musical number featured "the most nauseatingly stereotypical australiana the world has seen since the sydney olympics." tom mann of faster louder described the musical number as a "spectacularly cringe-worthy celebration of australian clichés" and wrote that mauboy's performance is "a proud patriotic moment for all australians." mike wass of idolator called the musical number "a hot mess" but noted that mauboy "looked (and sounded) great" as "she saved face (and national pride) by delivering a soaring rendition" of "sea of flags". aboriginal fans of mauboy's responded positively to her performance, with one fan saying: "i guess you could say you don't have to be neil armstrong, we can aim for the moon too." following her performance, mauboy became a trending topic on twitter in the united kingdom.