Pyjama Fandom: Watching Eurovision Down Under

Chris Hay

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20058-9_12

Pyjama Fandom: Watching Eurovision Down Under

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Abstract

Despite the apparent geographic barriers, Australia has been a notable participant in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) from 2014, when Jessica Mauboy performed as an interval act in Copenhagen. Since 2016, when Australia has been allowed to vote in the ESC as well as perform, the “live broadcast” of the ESC has taken place on SBS from 5.00 a.m.—marking a departure from the previous delayed telecast, which had been in the “prime time” slot from 8.00 p.m., since the ESC’s debut on Australian TV in 1983. This has complicated notions of ESC fandom in Australia: instead of consuming the broadcast in the evening, accompanied by alcoholic drinks and dance parties, fans now watch the broadcast bleary-eyed and pyjama-clad in the morning, more likely accompanied by caffeinated drinks. This chapter considers how the live audience experience has changed in Australia with the shifting time of the broadcast, combining a historical survey of the ESC’s Australian reach with a thick description of the contemporary experience of Eurovision fandom from down under.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Eurovision and Australia
Subtitle of host publication	Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Down Under
Editors	Chris Hay, Jessica Carniel
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	12
Pages	239-258
Number of pages	20
Volume	Cham, Switzerland
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-20058-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-20057-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20058-9_12
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Eurovision
Australia
Broadcast
Fandom
Liveness

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Eurovision and Australia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Down Under
Hay, C. (Editor) & Carniel, J. (Editor), 2019, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 287 p.
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Pyjama Fandom: Watching Eurovision Down Under

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Eurovision and Australia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Down Under

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