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People can’t decide whether to be amused or annoyed that Australia might win the Eurovision Song Contest

Published 22:08 14 May 2016 BST

Matt Tate
People can’t decide whether to be amused or annoyed that Australia might win the Eurovision Song Contest

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There would be surely be nothing more Eurovision, nothing more gloriously non-sensical, than Australia winning a competition it doesn't really belong in.

Australia (which, if you didn't know, is on the other side of the world) is competing in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second year running. Despite taking place in a different continent, the event is a smash hit down under, pulling in around three million viewers each year. Eurovision has been broadcast on Australian network SBS for 30 years. SBS is part of the European Broadcasting Union and that seems to be solid enough for the competition's organisers to allow them a slot. Australia's entrant for this year's competition was Dami Im, with a song called 'Sound Of Silence'. She seemed to break the unwritten rules of Eurovision by actually putting forward a half-decent tune. https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/731576922933596160

The internet can't decide what to make of it all...

https://twitter.com/darren_bell/status/731581944283201536 https://twitter.com/Herring1967/status/731579334218153985 https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/731577856116043778   https://twitter.com/Coral/status/731576724211781634 https://twitter.com/KeefJudge/status/731576734521380865 https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/731576541134495744 https://twitter.com/jonoBLITZ/status/731576397270032384

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People can't decide whether to be amused or annoyed that Australia might win the Eurovision Song Contest