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Parlez-vous Franςais?: Standing Out Linguistically at Eurovision 2021

Long gone are the days where Eurovision songs had to be in an official language of their country, now you can sing in whatever language your heart desires! You no longer need ding-dongs, a la la la or a random language-crossing word to let Europe know exactly what you are singing about. You can just …

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the numbers of underperforming at eurovision

29/05/2021 You recieved from the public vote, I’m sorry… zero points Bar Refaeli (Eurovision 2019 host) So… Eurovision 2021 had a dramatic voting sequence to say the least! First of all the United Kingdom (my home country) had received 0 points after the whole jury voting section was complete. Then if that wasn’t disastrous enough …

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Volare! Flying Into The Final Are…. (Spoiler warning)

David Watt – 18/05/2020 The first semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest concluded tonight with the reveal of the ten countries who had done enough to please Europe’s jurors and televoters. Let’s remind ourselves of the competing songs: Lithuania: Discoteque – The Roop Slovenia: Amen – Ana Soklič Russia: Russian Woman – Manizha Sweden: …

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