Eurovision 2021 Metro: Why do Australia take part in Eurovision? By Metro. Published May 9, 2017 at 5:58 pm Australian 2017 Eurovision Song Contest participant Isaiah Firebrace performs in Barman Dictat bar in Kyiv on May 6. Photo by Volodymyr Petrov It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that Australia have been taking part in Eurovision for a while now. Read more here.