Partisanship at Eurovision is becoming more blatant

Re:Partisanship at Eurovision is becoming more blatant by ldjb on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:19AM (#17053712)

I'm not sure what the EU has to do with anything or why EU countries should be different from any of the other competing countries.

I suppose the "partisanship" can be interesting to observe, but considering all the hard work each of the acts have to do I feel it's a shame that they are judged mainly on geographical and political factors rather than on their musical ability and performance.

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Re:Partisanship at Eurovision is becoming more blatant by repolfx on Saturday May 12, 2018 @12:56PM (#17054888)

Despite the name Eurovision is nothing to do with the EU. That's why Israel, Ukraine and Russia sometimes compete.

Actual eligibility is defined by a relic of the early television broadcasting industry, the "European Broadcasting Area" the borders of which correspond to, I think, early telegraph networks.

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Re:Partisanship at Eurovision is becoming more blatant by ldjb on Saturday May 12, 2018 @04:21PM (#17055836)

Exactly. Eurovision is not related to the European Union. Technically, it doesn't even have anything to do with Europe; Australia have been competing in recent years.

Eligibility simply requires the country to have a broadcaster that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

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