I used to enjoy watching it but it went on for far too long and too late at night for me. The last time was when Sam Ryder won but since then, have not bothered as its got too political and voting for the neighbours still happens in case they get invaded!
The best bit was watching the points and the politics, now it’s all been reduced it’s too dull.
For me it was the commentary by Terry Wogan or Graham Norton on the BBC. 
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I don’t think I ever saw it on UK television, clearly missed something. I used to have silly fancy dress parties for it for my daughters where they all had their friends round, lots of rather cynical enjoyment but also great fun.
What a waste of TV time this is. I hope it’s well and truly on it’s deathbed. Such a load of crap. I don’t understand why intelligent people spend time watching it. (Rant over!)
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If Australia win it, does everybody have to troop off to Sydney or Canberra next year? 
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You did! Both Wogan and Norton brought a sardonic sense of humour to what are obviously rather silly and over the top (and sadly also sometimes quite jingoistic and partisan) proceedings.
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Traditionally yes the winning nation hosts the next year’s event. But sometimes they can’t (e.g. Ukraine) or it’s just too expensive and complicated for one of the smaller nations to put on.
I think Ireland gave it a miss one time due to having won several times in a row, but I may be wrong on that.
@Roger_Lapin will know.
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Why is Australia in ‘Eurovision’ - I thought it was just for European countries.
Why is Israel in it?
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Exactly!
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I believe it was originally for members of the EBU - the European Broadcasting Union.
I imagine that other countries bought the rights to show the contest domestically and that generated interest in taking part.
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As Chris said, and membership means being able to buy and broadcast television programmes made in the EU without any legal problems. As lots of people in both Israel and Australia are 1st or 2nd generation immigrants its presumably if interest to them.
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Also for Israel, (they are very good at it…). putting on a friendly face, so forget the past & look to the future through cultural annihilation , no sorry integration! My keyboard seem 2 b playing uop a bit?
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Yes, pure PR. Ugh.
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The death of Eurovision began for me, I don’t know how long ago, when it started getting ‘silly’ which is the only way I can describe it.
It no longer exists in my mind as something worth watching or listening to, and I’m not sure now, come to think of it, that it ever was.
I like watching fun, but not this sort of silliness.
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Not to mention the input of more money from fairly rich nations as well
I think that’s when we went off it in a big way. Maybe we aren’t the target audience.
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It lost me years ago when it became an international contest, like football, and even a singer contest, when in fact it was supposed to be a song contest.
After Abba it was all downhill 
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