Fact 225: When did Australia first enter Eurovision?

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Fact 225: When did Australia first enter Eurovision?


Australia first Competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.
Australia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times since they first entered Eurovision to mark the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, interestingly other countries also not in Europe had already been allowed to compete in theEurovision Song Contest and Australia is the second country in the Eurasia region to compete in the Eurovision song contest because Morocco Competed in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.  
Australia's best score to date was in 2016 when they came second in the Grand Final, Australia's song was Sound of Silence by Dami Im (Ukraine came first in the Grand Final in 2016 with the Song 1944 by Jamala).

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