Next year it will be somewhere in Austria, and I'm sure there will be a whole lot of interest in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest.
At this point, I don't think I'll be returning to this website for another year. My first post was in Jul. 23 2011 and honestly, it is time to put this to bed. Thank you to all the people who follow and re-blog and show love, and give comments (even the mean ones). You all made the journey a fun adventure.
I say this, but you could find this post deleted and I start writing Eurovision again. We will see - never say never.
Prior to the introduction of the free language rules in 1999, there were 39 different languages sung at the Eurovision Song Contest. This does not include songs featuring only a word or phrase in another language.
Before and after the introduction of the free language rules, the two most popular languages to sing in were French and English. From 1956 to 1998, a total of 143 songs were sung entirely or partially in French, and 107 songs were sung entirely or partially in English. Other commonly used languages that were sung at least 20 times include:
When collecting this data, if a song was sung in multiple languages, each language was counted as having been sung once. An example would be "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" by Carmela Corren sung at the 1963 contest. Both German and English were counted as being sung once.
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For @anotherescsite. I hope this alleviates the confusion you had when making your data (which was amazing btw!).
Eurovision Fact #50.
Jerusalem 1999, Eurovision.tv.
Eurovision Fact #34.
Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
Participants of Lugano 1956, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Frankfurt 1957, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Hilversum 1958, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Cannes 1959, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of London 1960, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Cannes 1961, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Luxembourg 1962, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of London 1963, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Copenhagen 1964, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Naples 1965, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Luxembourg 1966, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Vienna 1967, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of London 1968, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Madrid 1969, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Amsterdam 1970, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1971, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Edinburgh 1972, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Luxembourg 1973, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Brighton 1974, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Stockholm 1975, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of the Hague 1976, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of London 1977, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Paris 1978, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Jerusalem 1979, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of the Hague 1980, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1981, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Harrogate 1982, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Munich 1983, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Luxembourg 1984, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Gothenburg 1985, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Bergen 1986, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Brussels 1987, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1988, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Lausanne 1989, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Zagreb 1990, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Rome 1991, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Malmö 1992, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Millstreet 1993, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1994, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1995, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Oslo 1996, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1997, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Birmingham 1998, Eurovision.tv.
List of Eurovision Song Contest Entries (1956-2003), Wikipedia.com.
List of Languages in the Eurovision Song Contest, Wikipedia.com.
