Eurovision Song Contest 2017

[Lafiel]

StarOcean said:

Lafiel said:

they participated in 2015 as a guest for the 60th anniversary show, because viewer ratings for the show are high in australia and then they got invited for 2016 and 17 aswell - they might become a permanent participant, but that has yet to be decided

there are/were other non-european nations in the contest, Israel has participated regularly since 1973 for example

Interesting. Any NA countries ever get in?

nah, it was North African and Middle Eastern countries that participated along with the Europeans, but a high ranking executive of the contest said

“We strongly believe the Eurovision Song Contest has the potential to evolve organically into a truly global event. Australia’s participation is an exciting step in that direction.”

so that is an option for the future, if there is enough demand