Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision 2016, Stockholm, 2nd place in the grand final.
Eurovision 2019 Tel Aviv, 9th place in the grand final.
Australian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The contest was cancelled due to Coronavirus.
"On 10 February 2015, the EBU announced that in honour of the 60th anniversary of Eurovision, it had invited Australia to participate in the finals of the contest, represented by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). SBS had been a long-time broadcaster of the event, which has had a large following in Australia. The Australian entry was placed directly in the grand final. Although it was considered a one-off event, if Australia were to win, SBS would have co-hosted the 2016 contest in a European host city of its choice." - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015#Invitation_of...)
How come they let Australia participate?