• Karyoplasma
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    2 years ago

    Australia was allowed to participate as a special guest to celebrate the contest’s 60th anniversary. People there liked it and ESC was like “whatever, you may stay”.

    It was like hiring a band for your birthday party, but they turn out to be fun people to have around, so you let them stay after their show.

    • @barsoap@lemm.ee
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      12 years ago

      That’s true but the reason they were invited in the first place is because they’ve been steady fans since 1983. They got a commentary booth in 2012, airtime to fawn in 2013, and then the special guest band in 2014 ah heck here’s the link. It wasn’t a random thing, besides Australia Eurovision isn’t a thing anywhere outside of Europe.