Abstract
The Eurovision Song Contest has screened in Australia since 1983, attracting more viewers each year, particularly since Australia was invited to become a participating nation in the contest in 2015. This chapter contextualises the song contest’s popularity in Australia within global fan studies, including a reflection upon the author’s own “aca-fan” status. Eurovision fans in Australia and around the world value the contest for its cosmopolitanism, and its ethos of diversity and inclusion. The chapter introduces the book’s argument that although Australian Eurovision fandom is indeed a result of Australian multiculturalism, the dominant narrative focused on Australia’s connection to Europe via migration is overstated and overlooks the complex diversity of Australian society in a globalised world.
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The Albanian performance was also censored because the performers sported visible tattoos.
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Carniel, J. (2018). Introduction. In: Understanding the Eurovision Song Contest in Multicultural Australia. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02315-7_1
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