Abstract
Australia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since 2015. Australia is, geographically, about as far from Europe as it is possible to be, and yet, on the surface, the country appears to have been embraced by the so-called Eurovision Family—but was this really the case, and what does that say about notions of a European identity? Media outlets which previously carried stories about eastern European countries dominating the competition did not appear to have the same concern about Australia taking part in the event. Australia’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest exemplifies the constructed nature of both national identity and a European identity but also highlights that the politics of the other continues to be very much alive in Europe today.
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Jordan, P. (2019). Australia and Eurovision: The View From Europe. In: Hay, C., Carniel, J. (eds) Eurovision and Australia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20058-9_7
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