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Nuray Bulbul

Why are Israel and Australia participating in Eurovision?

Klemen from Slovenia performs the song How Much Time Do We Have Left during the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland (Martin Meissner/AP) - (AP)

The UK’s annual Eurovision humiliation is upon us, with a nationwide collective groan in the build up in the anticipation of the infamous ‘nil point’ being awarded to the UK from our European counterparts surely on the horizon.

While the UK can expect to be beaten by the rest of the continent on Saturday, it becomes particularly scathing when we’re usually beaten by nations which aren’t even in Europe - namely Australia and Israel.

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