It may be Australia's fifth year competing in the Eurovision Song Contest, but for some, it remains a mystery how we managed to get there in the first place.
there is not really a concrete reason why Australia is still in EurovisionIt appears there are only two requirements to compete — you have to be invited and you have to be part of the European Broadcasting Union , which the SBS joined in 1979, four years before it first broadcast the contest.After Sebastian's May 2015 performance, it was confirmed in November that Australia would be returning for a second go at the title in 2016.
And then in 2016, we were invited back for 2017, and the same thing happened in 2017 for 2018. You get the picture.In February, it was announced that Australia had secured a spot in Eurovision for at least five more years, until 2023. At the time, Jon Ola Sand, executive supervisor of the contest on behalf of the EBU, said:"We are delighted that Australia has become a more permanent member of the Eurovision Song Contest family.
"Australians have long been huge fans of the event with a great number of loyal viewers year on year, and when they were invited to participate in the 60th-anniversary edition of the contest, we couldn't have imagined quite how popular their artists would become. "It was a natural progression for us to agree to their inclusion as a participant for the next five years as they bring so much to the table and we very much look forward to welcoming them to Tel Aviv to perform."
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