Comments on: [Eurovision 2009] Semi-Final Two Preview

By: Stephen Spillane - [Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 2 Tonight - Come on Ireland!

Stephen Spillane - [Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 2 Tonight - Come on Ireland! — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:43:38 +0000

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By: Corcaighist

Corcaighist — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:21:15 +0000

Estonia stands a good chance. On the language question. Of course people are entering songs in English. It’s the language of European radio music.

To hear a song contest in national and lesser-used languages go to: http://www.liet-lavlut.eu/

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:43:15 +0000

But would a song in a language that is taught in only one state paticapating in the Contest be anymore unifying then a song sung in Irish? In Maltese? In Catalan? The reason English is being sung more and more is because it is increasingingly the common second language (except in countries where there are more then one national language) in most countries contesting the Eurovision Song Contest. Until more countries teach esperanto there is no point in entering a song in that language. You might as well make up a language! (which has been done)

By: Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:43:40 +0000

The only thing I am unhappy about, with the Eurovision Song Contest, is that the use of English, in the Contest, increases year by year. May I say, as a native English speaker, that this unfair.

The time has come to break this habit of “language imperialism”, in the Eurovision Song Contest, and use a song, sung in Esperanto instead!

This is a serious suggestion, as you can see from the Esperanto music which is already available at http://www.vinilkosmo.com/?prs=listen or at http://video.google.(...)-8837438938991452670

There’s even cheesy Esperanto music available! See http://www.ipernity.com/home/76977 as well as http://www.lernu.net