wanted to take her time with the album to concentrate on improving her songwriting, having co-written all but two tracks on Come Alive. Come Alive debuted at number 25 on the ARIA Albums Chart and surpassed Superwomans peak position of number 72. Paulini's fourth studio album Merry Christmas was released on 6 November 2015. It was Paulini's first Christmas album and second overall Christmas release, following her 2004 EP, Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas. Paulini stated that the release was her "way of saying 'thank you'" to the fans for allowing her to perform and share the spirit of Christmas at "communities all around Australia" every year. Featuring cover versions of popular Christmas tunes, Merry Christmas failed to impact the ARIA charts. Paulini promoted the album with an eight-date tour at various Christmas carols events on the East Coast. Paulini collaborated with the Wiggles on the song "Do the Pretzel" for their 2017 album Duets, and appeared in the music video included on the DVD of the same name. In April 2017, she made her musical theatre debut in the Australian production of The Bodyguard, which is based on Whitney Houston's 1992 film of the same name. Paulini played the lead role of Rachel Marron—originally portrayed by Houston in the film—a fictional pop superstar who is stalked by a fan and falls in love with her bodyguard. Paulini took acting lessons and increased her fitness to prepare for the role, which included singing and running on the treadmill at the same time. The Bodyguard musical played shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne from April until October 2017. Paulini's performance in the musical was well received by critics and audiences. 2017–Present: Twenty Twenty, Eurovision: Australia Decides and Someone Like You In 2020, Paulini released a song for the first time in about five years called "Twenty Twenty". The song is about the difficult year of 2020, particularly relating to lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. In February 2022 Paulini was announced as one of the artists competing at Eurovision: Australia Decides with her song "We Are One". She was placed sixth out of eleven entries with 52 votes and Sheldon Riley became the artist chosen to represent Australia at The Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Later that year, Paulini collaborated with Australian country-rock singer-songwriter Bradley McCaw to release a 'soft-rock style' song titled ''Someone Like You". The song was released on 18