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 Mühlviertlerisch, Neapolitan, and Northern Sámi.

Mühlviertlerisch

The Mühlviertel is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria and uses the dialect of Mühlviertlerisch.

Mühlviertlerisch appeared in full, within “Woki mit deim Popo”, the Austrian entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Trackshittaz performed “Woki mit deim Popo”, finishing in 18th place in the semi final, with 8 points.

Neapolitan

Neapolitan is a Romance language of the Italo-Romance group spoken in most of continental Southern Italy. It is named after the Kingdom of Naples, which once covered most of the area, and the city of Naples was its capital. On 14 October 2008, a law by the Region of Campania stated that Neapolitan was to be protected.

Neapolitan appeared in full, within “Comme è ddoce ‘o mare”, the Italian entry for the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest. Peppino di Capri performed “Comme è ddoce ‘o mare”, finishing in 7th place with 89 points.

Northern Sámi

Northern Sámi or North Sámi is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Northern Sámi first appeared within the title of “Voi-voi”, the Norwegian entry for the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, before appearing within phrases of “Sámiid ædnan”, the Norwegian entry for the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta performed “Sámiid ædnan”, finishing in 16th place with 15 points.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland, Wikipedia & YouTube/escbelgium7/escLIVEmusic1/EBU