Re: Eurovision Songcontest 1999

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From: Eric Luyten
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00

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In be.tv Geert Bellens <Geert.Bellens@esat.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote:

> Ouroboros <x@y.z> wrote in message
> news:37519d8b.32840692@news.lineone.net...

>> I don't get this. I am sure that in past years english has been used.
>> For example Waterloo was song in english not sweedish,

> Waterloo was a song in swedish during the contest, but was changed in the
> english version as soon they won.

Geert, I think you're wrong and the rule about songs having to be performed
in one of the national languages wasn't introduced until after 1974.

Eric.

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From: Eric Luyten <eluyten@vub.ac.be>
Subject: Re: Eurovision Songcontest 1999
Date: 1999/06/01
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