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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 193 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why are non-European countries even allowed to participate?

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All countries associated with the European Broacast Union can participate.

Brazil, Peru, Japan, India, and even China and the US could participate too.

Russia and Lybia used to be part of the EBU but they were suspended. They know what they did.

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago

All countries associated with the European Broacast Union can participate.

Theoretically yes, but associated members (in contrast to full members) still need to be approved on a case by case basis.

Active members (as opposed to associate members) of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are eligible to participate; [...]. Associate member broadcasters may be eligible to compete, dependent on approval by the contest's reference group.[49]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest#Participation

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 18 points 10 months ago

Eurovision is organised by the European Broadcasting Union, which includes basically all countries in the European Broadcasting Area (basically Europe + all of the Mediterranean). Those include Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Armenia, etc. They have always been allowed to participate. Australia is an outlier. They just got a special invitation.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Because Australia were mega fans, so they invited us :3

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are we going to be called anti-Semitic?

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Aren’t we anyways? Who cares at this point. Nazi, antisemitic… Russophobe. I’ve been all of these lol. I’ve even been called a homophobe even tho I am literally gay.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago

This is genius!

[–] sucius1 2 points 10 months ago

Jesus Christ, yes please!