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minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down18·2 days agoThey’re not in Europe, so they should have never been eligible to participate.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoMeh, same goes for Australia, but I see your point.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days agoWell akshually you only need to be within the European Broadcasting Area to participate; Middle Eastern countries other than Israel just don’t.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoThen how does Australia get a pass?
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 days agoThey’re a long time affiliate member of the EBU and big Eurovision fans, they were invited for the 60th Eurovision (IIRC) to mark the event and they’ve just stuck around.
minus-squareMora@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoAnd I am really glad they did. They often brought some cool stuff on the stage.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThis, it would be interesting to extend this special status and have a different guest country every year.
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down3·2 days agoThis is not the reason why they should be out. They are a part of the EBU and therefore eligible. The war and genocide is a clear violation though and got Russia kicked pretty fast when they invaded Ukraine
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 days agoThey should be thrown out of EBU and any other European association a long time ago.
They’re not in Europe, so they should have never been eligible to participate.
Meh, same goes for Australia, but I see your point.
Well akshually you only need to be within the European Broadcasting Area to participate; Middle Eastern countries other than Israel just don’t.
Then how does Australia get a pass?
They’re a long time affiliate member of the EBU and big Eurovision fans, they were invited for the 60th Eurovision (IIRC) to mark the event and they’ve just stuck around.
And I am really glad they did. They often brought some cool stuff on the stage.
This, it would be interesting to extend this special status and have a different guest country every year.
This is not the reason why they should be out. They are a part of the EBU and therefore eligible.
The war and genocide is a clear violation though and got Russia kicked pretty fast when they invaded Ukraine
They should be thrown out of EBU and any other European association a long time ago.