In 1996 the Danish entry KUN MED DIG by Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft did to qualify to go to Oslo, but Michael learns to rock recorded in English and had a worldwide hit with PAINT MY LOVE.
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EUROVISION COVER – A BA NI BI (Spanish)
Israel’s first Eurovision win was in 1978 with the song A BA NI BI. Julio Gonzalez covered it in Spanish.
EUROVISION COVER – UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE (English/French)
In 1971 Monaco won the Eurovision song contest with UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE sang by Severine. Virginia Lee from South Africa who at that time was the number 1 female singer in the country covered it with new English lyrics an keeping some of the French.
EUROVISION COVER – SU CANCION (Finnish)
The 1979 Eurovision entry from Spain is SU CANCION. Juhani Markola from Finland covered it as JOS KOKO MAAIMA OPPIS LAULUN TAAN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKLxKr-Axq4
EUROVISION COVER – MAMA CORSICA (Dutch)
Patrick Fiori sang Mama Corsica for France at the 1993 Eurovision song contest. Ronnie Tober covered it in Dutch as MIJN AMERIKA.
EUROVISION COVER – PEACE WILL COME (Afrikaans/English/Spanish/Zulu)
PEACE WILL COME is the 2008 Eurovision entry from Georgia. Two South Africans – Cole van Dais and Marc Rantseli covered it and there are 4 languages here – Afrikaans – English – Spanish – Zulu.
EUROVISION COVER – SOLAYOH (Afrikaans/Nigerian)
Duo Africa (consists of Cole van Dais of South Africa and Gbenga Adenuga of Nigeria) covered the 2013 Eurovision entry from Belarus SOLAYOH.
EUROVISION COVER – IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS (Afrikaans/Russian/English)
In a moment like this is the 2010 Eurovision entry for Denmark. It was covered by Henry van Dyk (from South Africa) and Dina Garipova (from Russia) in Afrikaans, Russian and English. Dina represented Russia at Eurovision in 2013.
EUROVISION COVER – GLORIOUS (Afrikaans/German/Tsonga)
In 2013 Cascada represented Germany at the Eurovision song contest with Glorious. Cole van Dais and Lia Chabane of South Africa covered it a OP DIE DANSVLOER in a combination of languages – Afrikaans German and Tsonga.
TOP 50 MILLENNIUM SONGS (position 36)
Turkey 2001 is really a classic song – Sedat Yuce with Sevgiliye son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqesahUebU