Audiences for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be treated to a greater mix of languages than usual when performers take to the stage on Saturday. Audiences for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be treated to a greater mix of languages than usual when performers take to the stage on Saturday. English slips out of fashion at multilingual Eurovision finalSome 10 different languages will be heard during the final, including Albanian, Slovene and – for the first time since 2001 – Lithuanian. SHOWBIZ Eurovision Others not making the final include Armenia, Georgia and Montenegro, all of which entered songs in their native language. The UK gets an automatic place in the Eurovision final, thanks to its status as one of the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2018 14:15 UTC