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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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