Which country sent the most songs in its National Language at EUROVISION

In this Statistics video on the Eurovision Song Contest, I reveal which countries sent the most and least entries in their national languages and reveal the geographical relations to the amount of songs in national languages.
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[@eurovisionhistories]

Sorry to Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova! Must be the christmas break relaxation 😅😢 I will include you in the update after Eurovision 2024!!!

[@andreasvanespen7460]

Luxembourg also…

[@eurovisionhistories]

@andreasvanespen7460 Luxembourg hasn't participated since 1999

[@TheMusicGirlsOfficial]

Well they will in 2024

[@TheMusicGirlsOfficial]

@@eurovisionhistories they haven’t participated since 1993

[@eurovisionhistories]

Yes but I didn't include 2024 even if I knew which language Luxembourg was going to compete ib

[@adamtideman4953]

It's really impressive how the UK, Australia and Ireland are able to sing in their own national language every year. What's their secret?

[@ad-o]

so brave of them ❤❤

[@aijamberisabel]

English is their native language.

[@koiyune]

​@@aijamberisabel though ireland has indeed sung in irish gaelic before - one of it's other native languages.

[@babygrogu845]

Classic😂

[@silencestation557]

Imagine, if there would be a rule for just one Eurovision year that every country has to perform in their national language and no one is allowed to have a song in English - that is, Ireland can send a song in Irish, UK in Welsh, for example, Australia in one of Aboriginal language etc. And every song has an official translation to English which is shown as subtitles during the performance. I can already say for sure that it would be the most interesting, most fun and the coolest Eurovision edition in decades. It will never happen of course but one can dream at least, right...

[@eurovisionhistories]

I would love this too and have thought about just this but maaany countries would not want that

[@silencestation557]

@@eurovisionhistories Of course, it's just a dream. I love Eurovision but it can also be boring and rigid, in some aspects 🙄.

[@LeafHuntress]

I've thought about this as well. It's such a nice dream... One thing you can clearly see in this video is that the language is part of the voting blocs. Belgium & the Netherlands next to each other, Greece & Cyprus, even the Balkan or the Nordics are clustered. Just don't pay head to Finland proving it's linguistic diversity. @@eurovisionhistories

[@ehmzed]

1:17 🇮🇪 Ireland has Irish as a national language. They could be sending songs sung in Irish. I imagine that'd be significant for their national identity and also to be unique in the contest. ☘️ The UK has Welsh, but that's different as it's spoken only in a small portion of the country. It would still be cool to see them shine a light on that language one day though.

[@ianwilliams8100]

Thanks for pointing out Cymraeg (Welsh), which is my first Language, it's about time the BBC has some diversity at Eurovision, they are best placed to select a Welsh language song and performer to represent us at Eurovision as they are a Welsh language broadcaster, with a Welsh language radio station and they produce 10 hours a week of Welsh language tv. The BBC have showcased many Welsh language singers over the years, so they would have no problem in selecting a representative ! Cyfarchion o Gymru (Greetings from Wales)

[@ianwilliams8100]

@@favescYes it was great seeing our flag fly proud on the Junior Eurovision stage and hear our language sung. Manw Robin was our first participant, she currently stars in the Soap Opera, Rownd a Rownd on S4C.

[@PennyAfNorberg]

ireland has competets with irsih, in the 70-ties

[@ehmzed]

@@ianwilliams8100 Oh wow, thanks so much for the input. I didn't know any of that and I'm very glad to hear the BBC does put effort into producing Welsh language media and promoting Welsh language singers. Sounds like it could well happen one day, then! Cyfarchion o'r Eidal (I'm trusting Google Translate here)

[@ianwilliams8100]

@@ehmzed Grazie, Google translate is correct with the greeting ! 🙂

[@silencestation557]

I love national languages in ESC, they add so much originality and uniqueness to the songs. Hopefully Sweden will send a song in Swedish very soon, it's such a shame they haven't done it since 1998... Btw my all time favourite entries from Sweden so far are En dag, Eloise and Se på mej, which all are in Swedish. Also, my own country 🇪🇪 should have songs in our language much more often... I'm honestly sick of us sending English almost all the time.

[@XeaRae]

More national language songs is always a good thing ❤ That is big part of the reason why I love Eurovision.

[@sarahenchanted]

Idk if this counts but in 2005 Latvia's entry had Latvian sign language on stage A silly thing Finland could do is send a song in Swedish to Malmö and then outplaces Sweden in the final if they make it. (Fingers crossed for UMK)

[@Piia2023]

We have had one song in Swedish, got if I remember zero points, so no thanks. Nothing against the language though.

[@utu_k]

Looks like suddenly the Caucasus region stopped existing lol

[@tjarkhillu9706]

Kinda sad

[@eurovisionhistories]

Completely overlooked that ;( plus Moldova

[@daida..]

10:45 yeah that's a shame. More than 60 years of history of Spain in Eurovision and not a single verse in Catalan, Basque or Galician, even though they have a great cultural and social importance, and they're actually quite widely used. Obviously they're not known all across Spain, but as a matter of fact English isn't either, generally speaking only younger Spaniards (a minority of the population) know English, and we sent a song completely in English and even a song is a ridiculous Spanglish supposedly from Miami. As for Italy, obviously number one, it should be illegal for them to sign in English with such a beautiful language

[@Dominic-he7sg]

I usually don't care that much if the song is in the national language or not (as well as being one of the rare ESC fans who doesn't mind "outsourcing" from foreign authors once in a while), but some of these statistics are just sad. I don't mind a country sending songs in English or other languages. In fact, I find cases like La forza, Loin d'ici, Questa notte, and Femme fatale quite fascinating, and I usually approve of such cases. But for a country to NEVER (or close to never) send a song in their own language is just sad. Even if the Nordic pop is indeed performed in English a lot, even outside of Melodifestivalen and MGP. For the sake of diversity, I'd like to hear more languages. Especially German! Come on, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, you can do it!!! (Or if anyone else wants to "Loin d'ici it" in German - Be my guest!) Same goes for foreign collaborations and outsourcing - I am fine with it on occasion, but some countries are REALLY pushing it. (Looking at you, Azerbaijan and Cyprus!)

[@Dominic-he7sg]

PS. Just to add, I usually prefer for a song to stay in the same language it's been written in. Regardless if it's English, a national language or any other. Skillful translations do exist, and sometimes they fully work, but most of the times it's challenging. Because often, the lyrical content in one language doesn't rhyme with the same lyrical content in another language. Thus, often lyricists go through hoops to adapt it, and in some cases, the message of the song gets completely altered.

[@Timothee13]

What a cool topic to make a video about ! Really interesting, happy to see some countries try to show their uniqueness with national language (unfortunately not everyone).

[@jimkallerholm6692]

5 winning songs in Sweden were originally in swedish since 1999, but for some reason they were then translated into english for the eurovision scene. I wish they would keep them in the original language since I find the translation made them slightly worse.

[@louiseklarskov6022]

Did you count in the sami part (not the joik part, joik is a way of singing) from Keiino in 2019? Sami is an official language in Norway 😊

[@MarlonTorres-ce9wu]

Very interesting video, thank you very much. Yes, in Balkans we are very proud on our languages, very sorry nordic countries are not similar enthustiastic about their languages, comon Sveden, do it at least once, great feeling.

[@naewsqrg]

Mediterranean countries dominate the top 15

[@nikolag.-rb5ql]

Amazing video,as usual. I am happy that we are above 50% in Croatian language (I would be happy if we send songs in Croatian even more) and that we are in top 10 in this statistics (when we can't be on the actual competition, unfortunatelly😭). But there is one little mistake. I think that Caucasus nations (🇬🇪,🇦🇲,🇦🇿), Moldova🇲🇩 and Israel🇮🇱 are missing in the statistics.

[@eurovisionhistories]

Israel is there but you are right about the other 4.... Don't know what happened

[@nikolag.-rb5ql]

Ok,sorry for Israel🇮🇱😁

[@ricardo68]

I prefer linguistic diversity! 😊

[@Jai05]

You know performing songs in English had become regular when France and Spain started sending songs in English

[@Dominic-he7sg]

Before the video starts... Most - UK, Italy, Malta, Ireland, Portugal, Australia, France, Spain, Andorra Close to most - Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania Least - Sweden, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria Close to least - Norway, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia

[@DramaticTeacup]

Let's all just appreciate how UK , Australia and Ireland (English is probably second national tho) always sing on their national languages ;)

[@ImStevan]

4:43 that record goes to Sofi Marinova

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

I think you missed Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Also, Serbia & Montenegro should've won since this country - just like UK, Australia and Ireland - had a 100% national language run in the reviewed period.

[@eurovisionhistories]

You are right... 😢

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

@@eurovisionhistories don't worry, happens to the best of us 😉

[@linn469]

whenever Sweden tried to send a song in Swedish it was translated into English (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006). I guess we just gave up 🥲

[@ani_kiku]

challenge for the UK, Ireland and Australia: Send a song which isn't sung in their national language

[@yikesgal4117]

Even if they were on here Azerbijan still wouldn’t be existing like their existence of their National language in Eurovision.

[@PennyAfNorberg]

sweden did sing in latin or something as some time

[@eurovisionhistories]

Since 1999?

[@PennyAfNorberg]

@@eurovisionhistories yepp gretas mother, kinda opera

[@PennyAfNorberg]

@@eurovisionhistories hmm french 2009

[@alexandersanchez8995]

When did Norway siing in national language since 1999??🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@kannainjected]

2006 with alvedansen

[@eurovisionhistories]

Before watching the video: Who do you think sends the most/least national language songs?

[@Piia2023]

Sweden least of all

[@daida..]

The most either Italy, Spain, France or Portugal. The least of course Sweden

[@ImStevan]

If Ireland is excluded, then Malta should be as well. If Malta is included, then Ireland should've been included (with Irish)

[@aengusprice8869]

I assume it will be France, or English technically they always do.

[@AnonTriple]

Italy and Spain

[@veritasvanburen_]

Prediction before watching the video: the country singing the most in their national language will be the UK, for obvious reasons 😂😂 and sweden the least.

[@nashtags]

Sorry - but Malta's 39th place is rigged.

[@aengusprice8869]

Irelands national language is Irish

[@MarcusBjorkander]

Good work with those calculations. I especially appreciate you taking the time to do those fractions properly. Being a Swede, I actually feel very proud of that last place. I consider it a first place if you flip the list. English is extremely prevalent throughout our entire society and I know of many young Swedes, including my own son, who are actually more proficient in English than in Swedish, despite not even having visited an English-speaking country. The way I see it I wouldn’t mind if English was made an official language in Sweden alongside Swedish with the ultimate goal of replacing Swedish with English. Only good things can come from the people of the world understanding each other easier and I know that English has a way higher probability of becoming a lingua franca for the entire world than what Swedish has.

[@daida..]

And don't you think that's quite disrespectful for some older Swedish people who may not know English that well? Plus languages that are not widely spoken also have a huge culture value and they shouldn't be treated that way

[@PennyAfNorberg]

@@daida.. Most older people iin sweden to know some english.