Next up is IRELAND and how can be not look at the impact JEDWARD caused? Their 2011 song LIPSTICK has been chosen and the Afrikaans cover is by ANDRE HUYSAMEN
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EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 9 of 60
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 8 of 60
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 7 of 60
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 6 of 60
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 4 of 60
The 4th song on the celebration compilation comes from 1995, the first year I got accreditation at Eurovision and therefore meeting the artists personally. It is from CROATIA and their song NOSTALIGIJA of Magazin & Lidija. Recently ZITA & BURGERD covered it in Afrikaans and is called DUISEND TALE (Thousand languages). The fact that songs have been in different languages is one of the things that drew many fans to Eurovision.
EUROVISION 60th CELEBRATION – SONG 3 of 60
The third song on this anniversary compilation comes from BELARUS and is their 2013 song SOLAYOH performed by Alyona Lankskaya with a backing singer from South Africa, WILLEM BOTHA. Willem had first chance to cover it but turned it down and DUO AFRICA grabbed the opportunity and the song is in Afrikaans and Aruba, a language of Nigeria.