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Originally Posted by Hom3r
It's the Eurovision Song Contest, not the European Union song contest.
It's for countries in Europe, how Israel a country in the Middle East qualifies I'll never know.
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Because it’s not for countries in Europe, it’s for members of the European Broadcasting Union. The EBU is not a political entity, but an association of public service broadcasters that has always had members from outside the continent of Europe. Every country in North Africa has at least one broadcaster who is a member of the EBU, as does Jordan and Lebanon. None of them take part in the Eurovision Song Contest because Israel does. Israel and Tunisia are founder members of the EBU.