Eurovision is BACK!

On Friday night the first of three spectacular days of singing, dancing, neighbourhood voting and quirky hosting will begin.

National pride and national costumes will be put on the line in the race for the best song out of 42 participating countries.

If Australia could somehow enter, I'm sure it would be in with a chance (technically any dual nationals from Australia can enter, like Gina Gee for the UK back in the 1990s).

You can check out the whole thing as it streams live on the net.

In my role as an assistant producer today for QUT NEWS, I also managed to put in a story about Eurovision, with backing music from one of the countries, into our half hourly bulletin broadcast on 4EB FM. The power of the AP!