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You only have to be a member or associate member of the European Broadcasting Union. Despite the name, there's no requirement to actually be located on the continent of Europe.
The US may send an entry if a TV channel becomes an associate member. Or Uganda.
I don't see why anyone would be annoyed if Australia would win.
Australia isn't an active member of the EBU. It is only an associate member the same as Japan, US, Canada, Mexico etc. It isn't the same as Israel, Turkey or Azerbaijan for example who are active members.
I'm still not quite understanding how they are in it. I'm Australian by the way but was under the impression that they were originally competing in a guest category but now this will be the third time. The way things are going you might have Canada or Japan in Eurovision in a few years and some "European" countries will miss out.
Here in Italy it is Sanremo week, which is The most important music festival in here. You can like it or not, but you can't avoid to hear news about it. Accidentally, the winner of Sanremo is also our first choice as Eurovision song contest entry.
I would like to remember that in here Sanremo >>>>> Eurovision song contest. A lot of people don't even know Eurovision, but you can't ignore Sanremo.
Just as an example, last year the final of ESC was watched by the 16.94% of Italians, while the final of Sanremo was watched by the 52.52% (only our football national team can beat this percentage of spectators).
The competition will end tomorrow, and in the following days it is really likely that a name for Eurovision will be chosen.
Right now I just want to share the songs that are participating to Sanremo this year. Just listening to them, I can already say that our Eurovision entry will be in Italian and boring. And that we have practically no chances to win. Again.
Spoiler
Al Bano - Di rose e di spine (of roses and thorns)
This singer is 73 years old. He used to be a really good singer and really famous, both in Italy and in some foreign country. Maybe he is becoming a little bit to old for music competition...
Fabrizio Moro - Portami via (bring me away)
He became famous partecipating to the "young section" of Sanremo 2007 with a song against the Mafia. He always sings about serious topics.
Giusy Ferreri - Fa talmente male (It is so painful)
Another singer who became famous after the participation to X factor. She is known for her really peculiar voice.
Gigi D'Alessio - La prima stella (the first star)
He is really famous, his style is influenced by Naples music (he doesn't sing pure neomelodic, but his songs have an hint of it). I have never met anyone who likes him, but still he is really popular.
Ermal Meta - Vietato Morire (It is forbidden to die)
He partecipated to Sanremo (young section) last year, and before it looks like he wrote a lot of songs for other more famous singers. According to wikipedia, he was born in Albania (I write this only because it can be important during the Eurovision song contest, it can mean a +12 from Albania )
Lodovica Comello - Il cielo non mi basta (the sky is not enough for me)
According to my sister she is more like an entertainer than a singer, and I tend to agree with her.
Clementino - Ragazzi Fuori (Boys out)
He is a rapper (teoretically). But, of course, in Sanremo you can't sing a real rap (you have to sing with an orchestra playing the music and all the rest, it is not the genre of the show)
Alessio Bernabei - Nel mezzo di un applauso (in the really middle of an applause)
Another young singer, famous because of a talent show. He is singing really bad in the live performances this year.
Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma (Western's Karma)
He won Sanremo (young section) last year with a really similar song. If I'm not wrong, both me and improb wanted him at Eurovision last year already. And I'm not changing idea this year.
Bianca Atzei - Ora esisti solo tu (Now only you exist)
I really don't know when she became famous, but in the last few years she published really a lot of songs (both alone and as a ft artist)
She was elected to represent chicken industry, she looks like a femdom rooster. Entirely chav. Hope they scrap eurovision for once. Spain won once in mythical times, they should have stoped at it. Some songs are dangerous fron growing children.
I can't believe it, they choose my favorite one (and my second favorite was in the top 3). Also, he immediately accepted to sing at Eurovision (this doesn't happen often with Sanremo).
Prepare yourself for seeing apes costumes and Tibet Monks orange tunics on Eurovision's stage
To be or to have to be - the Hamletic doubt
As contemporary as the Neolithic man
In your 2x3 cage, make yourself comfortable
Intellectuals in coffee bars - internetologists
Honorary members of the
Selfie-addicts Anonymous meetings
Intelligence is old-fashioned
Effortless answers
Useless dilemmas
Wanted! (seek, yeah!)
Great ending stories
Expected! (hopefully, yeah!)
Whatever happens, panta rei
Just singing in the rain
Nirvana lessons - there's Buddha in single file
yard time for everyone - glory time! (Yeah!)
The crowd's shouting out a mantra
Evolution's stumbling
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
Westerns' karma!
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
It's raining drops of Chanel No. 5 on aseptic bodies
Save yourself from the smell of your own kind
Everyone's a know-it-all thanks to the web
Cocaine of the people
Opium of the poor
Wanted! (seek, yeah!)
Virtual humanity
Sex-appeal (sex-appeal!)
Whatever happens, Panta Rhei (everything flows)
Just singing in the rain
Nirvana lessons - there's Buddha in single file
Yard time for everyone - glory time! (yeah!)
The crowd's shouting out a mantra
Evolution's stumbling
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
Westerns' karma!
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
When life gets distracted...
Men fall
Westerns' karma...
Westerns' karma...
The ape is getting back up!
Nasamaste! (yeah!)
Nirvana lessons - there's Buddha in single file
Break time for everyone - glory time! (yeah!)
The crowd's shouting out a mantra
Evolution's stumbling
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
Westerns' karma!
The naked ape is dancing
Westerns' karma!
And his live performance was like this:
For the second performance he was dressed with an ape costume and the ape was wearing the orange sweater, while in the final day (when you are obliged to dress formally) he was in a suit, and the ape was wearing a bow tie.
Ahh Ahh Eurovison again. They never had any good song in the last years. Just not my style of music.
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