English in the Eurovision Dream Contest

English is a West Germannic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. Following the economic, political, military, scientific, cultural, and colonial influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century (via the British Empire); and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, becoming the leading language of international discourse, and lingua franca in many regions. It is widely learned as a second language. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
In the Eurovision Dream Contest it is the prominent language: nine participant songs have been sung entirely in English, and two have been sung partially in that language. This is due to being the lingua franca among the european sphere of influence.
The first appearance of English in the contest was:
Date 	Country 	First performer 	First song
6 July 2011	Netherlands	Within Temptation	"Sinéad"
The participant countries whose national language is English are:
Country 	Appearances	Times it has performed in English
Malta 	1 (2011) 	1 (2011)
United Kingdom	1 (2011) 	1 (2011)
==Songs that have been sung entirely in English ==
Country 	Artist 	Song 	Date 	Place	Points
Croatia 	Ariana Dvornik 	"Fly Away" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Czech Republic	Charlie Straight 	"School Beauty Queen" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Germany 	Lena Meyer-Landrut	"Bee" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Malta 	Ira Losco 	"Love Me or Hate Me" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Moldova 	Antonia 	"Marionette" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Netherlands 	Within Temptation 	"Sinéad" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Romania 	Alexandra Stan 	"Mr. Saxobeat" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Sweden 	Eric Saade 	"Manboy" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
United Kingdom	Adele 	"Set Fire to the Rain"	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
==Songs that have been sung partially in English==
Country	Other language(s)	Artist 	Song 	Date 	Place	Points
Greece 	Greek 	Helena Paparizou (Έλενα Παπαρίζου)	"Mambo" 	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
Norway 	Swahili 	Stella Mwangi 	"Lookie Lookie (Angalie Hapa)"	6 July 2011 (Final)	- 	-
==See Also==
Language in the Eurovision Dream Contest
Category:Languages in the Eurovision Dream Contest