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Eurovision officials to Israel: Temporarily resign or fly neutral flag to avoid contest ban (www.ynetnews.com)
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[–] jesta@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For anyone else who might be wondering...

Israel is not in Europe, so why is it allowed to enter the Eurovision Song Contest?

ISRAEL is entitled to enter since it has long been a member of Eurovision - the principal criterion for taking part. The country's television service was established under the guidance of European experts including Stuart Hood of the BBC. Israel is also a member of the European Broadcasting Union. It won the song contest in 1978 and again in 1979, when it was televised from Jerusalem. Having won for the second time it had the right to host the competition again in 1980, but handed this to Holland due to lack of funds.

Rodney Greenberg, High Wycombe, Bucks.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1900,00.html

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Any public broadcaster that is a "member" of the EBU is, in theory, eligible to send a participant to Eurovision. The list has several countries that you would be surprised to see at a European contest, such as Egypt, Iibya, Turkiye, and the Vatican. Imagine the Pope announcing the deux points from St. Peters?

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also Austraila.....

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

The two Australian broadcasters, ABC and SBS, are only associated with the EBU, not full members, and thus, they need to be invited to participate.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The eligibility is for PSBs rather than public broadcasters. And then only one entrant per country. For example, the UK has two EBU members, the BBC and UKIB (a consortium of ITV, STV, Ch4 and S4C) but only the BBC enters the Song Contest.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What means PSB in that context?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Public Service Broadcaster. These are expected to meet certain levels of output, usually around News, children’s content and current affairs, in return for their prominence in the broadcast platforms.

This is different to a public broadcaster, which is owned or funded by government.

In Britain, the BBC is funded by government, Channel 4 is owned by government but funded commercially, and ITV is a wholly commercial entity. All are PSBs but only the BBC and Ch4 are public broadcasters.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Interesting. I didn't know that the BBC is funded by the government. In Germany, the PSBs (ARD/ZDF) are funded directly via service fees. The government public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) is no member of the EBU.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The BBC is funded by government from funds collected by the BBC from service users in the form of a licence fee. Certain parts of its foreign service are funded directly by government.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ah ok. So in principle the same way like in Germany, except for foreign service which here is a separate broadcaster.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not exactly.

Entrance in the ESC is for one member broadcaster in each country of the EBU’s jurisdiction, which is the area corresponding with the ITU’s Europe region. This region was first defined around the major British and French telegraph lines, so it includes the North African coast and the Levant.