eurovision song contest

[bobtheturkey]

why are Israel in it?

[Poglet]

just cos Bob! enjoying it are you, thought you couldn't watch tv in france!!!!

[Peter Pedant]

as Katie Boyle used to say,

ein pint - or even

ein goot pint !

They've been in it for dokey's years - at least the mid- sixties

and I think the answer is, they applied.

Imean turkey is as well for chrissakes, and they can hardly be called european.....except the part of Turkey called, european turkey of course.....

[bobtheturkey]

i think you are mixing me up with ward minter poglet i have been called worse in my time :)

[Poglet]

oh yeah, sorry bob! brain freeze from too much quality euro singing i reckon! do you wm is in frog land? (insult to french well and truly intended btw) :)

[sholay]

Why is Russia in it?

[Buenchico]

I'm not sure if you want a serious answer but here goes anyway:

'Eurovision' isn't just a named attached to an annual song contest. It's the name of of a network, set up by over 50 broadcasting organisations, to facilitate the flow of information and resources between members of the European Broadcasting Union. This organisation has been around since 1950 and is completely independent of the EU. As, in media terms, the world has grown smaller, it's been in the interests of the EBU to admit broadcasters, from outside of the geograpic borders of Europe, into membership. Any member of the EBU (including those in Asia and North Africa) has the right to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/ebu_in_brief/index. php

Chris

[dot.hawkes]

i love the Norwegian entry it is a cross between Stargate and Buffy

[dot.hawkes]

i mean Finland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fab

[gary baldy]

Because if we didnt let Israel in they would just invade anyway, shoot a few babies and take the prize off its rightful owners who have had it for centuries.
Thats why!

[i am over]

gary baldy you have told the best answer that can ever be told...