This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Belarusian, Bosnian and Breton.

Belarusian

Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States by the Belarusian diaspora.

Belarusian appeared in full, within “Story of My Life”, the Belarusian entry for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Naviband performed “Story of My Life”, finishing in 17th place with 83 points.

Bosnian

Bosnian, sometimes referred to as Bosniak, is the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Bosniaks. Bosnian is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina alongside Croatian and Serbian, all of which are mutually intelligible. It is also an officially recognised minority language in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo.

Bosnian appeared in full, within “Sva bol svijeta”, the Bosnian entry for the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest. Fazla performed “Sva bol svijeta”, finishing in 16th place with 27 points.

Breton

Breton is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of the insular branch instead of the extinct continental grouping.

Breton appeared in full, within “Diwanit bugale”, the French entry for the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. Dan Ar Braz & l’Héritage des Celtes performed “Diwanit bugale”, finishing in 19th place with 18 points.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland, Wikipedia & YouTube/EBU/escLIVEmusic1