Eurovision and Australia

Chris Hay is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia. As a Eurovision fan, he identifies as the love child of Cezar Ouatu and Petra Mede.Jessica Carniel is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is a passionate advocate for bangers over ballads.

• 1.“Good evening, Europe — good morning, Australia”: an Introduction.- 2. Australia and the Eurovision Song Contest: a Historical Survey.- 3. The Politics of Diversity and Participation.- 4. Indigenous Representation at the Eurovision Song Contest: a Quintessentially Australian Identity.- 5. Gender-Bending or Gender-Straightening? Australia and the ESC at the Intersections of Gender, Sexual Orientation and Ethnicity.- 6. Sounds like Australia? Listening to Australia’s Eurovision Song Performances.- 7. Australia in Eurovision: the View from Europe.- 8. Euro-visions from Down Under: multicultural community preferences and the national broadcaster, SBS.- 9. Lessons Learned: Teaching European Studies in Full Eurovision.- 10. Our Aussie Divas: Interrogating Australian Identity through Audience Reactions to Australia’ s Eurovision Entrants.-11. “It Really Makes You Feel Part of the World”: Transnational Connection for Australian Eurovision Audiences.- 12. Pyjama Fandom: Watching Eurovisionfrom Down Under.- 13. Eurovision — Australia Decides: a Conclusion.