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[โ€“] mars296@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago (17 children)

I'm American so I have never followed Eurovision. I always assumed it was European only. Are there many none European countries that participate? The USA doesn't right?

[โ€“] vind@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Israel and Australia participate.

Israel has been since 1973 because their national broadcaster is part of the European Broadcasting Union.

Australia has had a huge cult following and was initially only allowed to join for a one-off year in 2015, but because of the success they've been allowed to take part every year since.

[โ€“] pushka@kbin.social 14 points 9 months ago

Au has a lot of immigrants from the EU - but also our international TV station SBS is part of the EU broadcast union

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