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[โ€“] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

They spent years broadcasting the contest without a license and people loved it so much the state broadcaster even held voting just for fun. They only got an official broadcaster booth in 2012; before that they snuck their commentators in on press credentials!

In 2013 they submitted a short video about how much Australia loves eurovision that was played during the contest.

In 2014 they were invited to send an interval act, and they knew they had to really do it if it would get them an invite to the actual contest! They sent a good song and were invited to the 2015 contest! It was supposed to be a one off, but they keep getting invited.

Yeah, I love that story. To me, that's what Eurovision is about.