Qatar in the Eurovision Song Contest

Qatar is currently ineligible to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, however the Qatari broadcaster Qatar Radio has confirmed interest in joining the contest in the near future.
Initial interest
Qatar Radio is currently an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), while all competing countries of the Eurovision Song Contest must be active members of the Union. The broadcaster first revealed on 12 May, 2009 that they were interested in becoming active members of the Union, which would allow the Gulf nation to compete in the Contest. Qatar Radio has stated that they hope to join Eurovision by 2011.
Qatar first became involved in the Contest at the 2009 edition, where the broadcaster sent a delegation to the contest and broadcast a weekly radio show called '12pointsqatar' dedicated to Eurovision, which received a good response, which has initiated the furthur involvement of Qatar in Eurovision.<ref name="Qatar" />
Qatar Radio has said that they feel that they would be happy to join all other competitors in the contest, including Israel if Qatar gets membership. It has also been indicated that if Qatar Radio should be granted EBU membership earlier than expected a entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 would be possible.

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