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Countries using their national language for Eurovision 2025 (i.postimg.cc)

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Using English despite it not being their national language: Austria, Azerbaijan. Belgium, Slovenia, Norway, Denmark, Croatia, Czechia

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest#History

From 1999 onwards, a free choice of language was again allowed. Since then, several countries have chosen songs that mixed languages, often English and their national language.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks. Didn't realise they rolled back that rule