Why are un-european countries in Eurovision song contest?

I cant figure it out, how on earth have some countries that clearly are not Europe, managed to sneak in to the main important cultural contest of european nations;such as Israel, Turkey, Belarus,serbia,albany, and Russia. Russia has had good songs thou, but still...isnt anythin holy anomore? Do we ave to accept anything in the name of solidarity and globalism? Will this lead someday to the fact that Eurovision takes one week and all asian countries participates as well?

Why are un-european countries in Eurovision song contest?
Serbia IS in Europe!!!!


Look in your world atlas, or some map: south-east Europe:


above the Greece and FYR of Macedonia. Look right from Italy and Slovenia and you'll spot us!!!
Reply:Serbia is in Europe! There are tons of talented people, known worldwide that are from Serbia. Just because you don't know any doesn't mean that they don't exist! Report Abuse

Reply:From your list, Israel is the only purely non-European country. Russia has a massive European part (everything West of the Urals is part of Europe), and Belarus, Serbia, and Albania are firmly in Europe. Turkey is mostly Middle Eastern, but a small slice around Istanbul is in Europe. Other countries that may not exactly be in Europe are Armenia and Georgia, but they're included because they're somewhat transitional between Europe and the Middle East (they're Christian and were influenced by Greco-Roman culture, rather than being Arabic/Turkic/Persian and Muslim).





And Israel was probably included because much of Israeli culture has European roots (both Sephardim and Ashkenazim). Only the Mizrachi (Arabic, Persian, Yemenite) and Ethiopian aspects of Israel are totally non-European.





The map in the link shows what territories are part of Europe. Israel, Georgia, Armenia, and most of Turkey are not part of Europe. Everything else you listed is.





In response to your points, see below:





I don't exactly understand what you mean by "European spirit and culture." Are you talking about race? In that case, eastern Europeans are definitely Caucasians, and that includes Russians, Belarussians, Serbs, Albanians, etc. Are you talking about religion? In that case, with the exception of the Albanians (who are 50% Muslim and 50% Christian), they are mostly Christian. Are you talking about cultural predecessors? In that case, they are culturally descendant of Greco-Byzantine (Eastern Roman) civilization. These are pretty much definitions of "European" - Caucasian Indo-European Greek/Roman-influenced Christians.





You need to ask yourself what is it about the people you call Europeans that makes them different from those you consider not to be in your list, i.e. Russians, Belarussians, Serbs, and Albanians. Perhaps that will clarify some things in your own mind. Israelis and Turks clearly are not Europeans, but that is not being contested here.
Reply:Serbia is in Europe! I know for sure...I was born there! Anyways, I think that the Eurovision was invented to hear some good music and have some friendly competition. It has been going on for a long time now, and it is good that is beginning to get more popular. Think how many more viewers and voters there are when another country joins in. It just expands the fun of it to more people. It is more fun when there are lots of contestants than if there were just a few. Sure the competition is greater but this will only lead for the quality of the songs to get better! Serbia won last year! Wild Dancers also won one of the years before. Having other countries participate brings various cultures together. I don't think there would be anything wrong with it if Asian countries participated as well ;) . Have fun watching the Eurovision in a couple of months! I know I will!
Reply:I think this has more to do with countries being members of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union?) than being part of Europe/"European".





Eurovision as "the main important cultural contest of European nations"? You got to be kidding man :-D