In 2011 Kati Wolf was a big fan favourite to do well for Hungary with WHAT ABOUT MY DREAMS. MoniQue from South Africa covered it in Afrikaans as SE DIT MET JOU HART.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coX262fwVxk
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EUROVISION COVER – AMAR PELOS DOIS (English)
The 2009 Eurovision winner, Alexander Rybak covered the 2017 Eurovision winning song AMAR PELOS DOIS of Portugal in English.
EUROVISION COVER – YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE (Afrikaans)
Croatia had a fantastic entry in 2004 – YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE by Ivan Mikulic.
EUROVISION COVER – RUCKSICHT (German)
Mary Roos, who represented Germany at the 1972 as well as the 1984 Eurovision song contest covered the 1983 entry from Germany RUCKSICHT of Hoffmann & Hoffmann – also in German.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrcTFjTquI
EUROVISION COVER – A MILLION VOICES (English)
Polina Gagarina sang A MILLION VOICES at the 2015 Eurovision song contest for Russia. Litesound (who represented Belarus in 2012) teamed up with ALEX KOLCHIN and covered the song but also in English.
TOP 50 MILLENNIUM SONGS (position 35)
The 2012 Eurovision entry from Belarus WE ARE THE HEROES by Litesound ends up as our 35th best song. The song was covered in Afrikaans by Jan-Mattys van Lill in 2012 and a second cover in Afrikaans was done in 2017 by Dirk Lazenby.
EUROVISION COVER – MAKING YOUR MIND UP (Finnish)
Bucks Fizz won the 1981 Eurovision song contest for the United Kingdom with MAKING YOUR MIND UP. Robin Wikman covered it in Finnish as EI MAARAA SUA TOISET.
EUROVISION COVER – ON TOP OF THE WORLD (Afrikaans)
Edsilia Rombley sang for the Netherlands at the 2007 Eurovision song contest with ON TOP OF THE WORLD. Dewald Louw from South Africa covered it in Afrikaans as NOOIT MEER SONDER JOU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnBv4z43yrY
EUROVISION COVER – VECHNI STRANIK (Dutch)
The Dutch group MRS EINSTEIN who represented the Netherlands at Eurovision covered the very first Russian entry at Eurovision VECHNI STRANIK . They call their cover ZON, STER EN MAAN.
EUROVISION COVER – FUR ALLE (Afrikaans)
Wind reached the second position at the 1985 Eurovision song contest with FUR ALLE. Andre Schwartz from South Africa covered it in Afrikaans and had a huge hit