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Any public broadcaster that is a "member" of the EBU is, in theory, eligible to send a participant to Eurovision. The list has several countries that you would be surprised to see at a European contest, such as Egypt, Iibya, Turkiye, and the Vatican. Imagine the Pope announcing the deux points from St. Peters?
The eligibility is for PSBs rather than public broadcasters. And then only one entrant per country. For example, the UK has two EBU members, the BBC and UKIB (a consortium of ITV, STV, Ch4 and S4C) but only the BBC enters the Song Contest.
What means PSB in that context?
Public Service Broadcaster. These are expected to meet certain levels of output, usually around News, children’s content and current affairs, in return for their prominence in the broadcast platforms.
This is different to a public broadcaster, which is owned or funded by government.
In Britain, the BBC is funded by government, Channel 4 is owned by government but funded commercially, and ITV is a wholly commercial entity. All are PSBs but only the BBC and Ch4 are public broadcasters.
Interesting. I didn't know that the BBC is funded by the government. In Germany, the PSBs (ARD/ZDF) are funded directly via service fees. The government public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) is no member of the EBU.
The BBC is funded by government from funds collected by the BBC from service users in the form of a licence fee. Certain parts of its foreign service are funded directly by government.
Ah ok. So in principle the same way like in Germany, except for foreign service which here is a separate broadcaster.
Also Austraila.....
The two Australian broadcasters, ABC and SBS, are only associated with the EBU, not full members, and thus, they need to be invited to participate.