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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoWhy is a non-European country in the contest at all?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoFrom memory something to do with the range of broadcasting. Not sure.
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoperhaps to begin with (the distinction is members of or invited by the EBU so broadcast range seems reasonable), but given that australia participates now the criteria seems like it’s changed
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI thinks it’s now more about style of the song than where the singer is from.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoIt’s organised by the EBU, which has included Israel since 1957: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agowhy are any countries but greece in the olympics? because times change and events transform to include more people who enjoy participating
Why is a non-European country in the contest at all?
From memory something to do with the range of broadcasting. Not sure.
perhaps to begin with (the distinction is members of or invited by the EBU so broadcast range seems reasonable), but given that australia participates now the criteria seems like it’s changed
I thinks it’s now more about style of the song than where the singer is from.
It’s organised by the EBU, which has included Israel since 1957: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union
why are any countries but greece in the olympics?
because times change and events transform to include more people who enjoy participating