From 1966 until 1972 and again from 1978 until 1998 there was a rule at the Eurovision Song Contest: the language rule. According to it all the songs were required to be performed in the national language of each country or (in case of the countries that have more than one national language) in one of the national languages.

That was the best rule in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. With this rule the countries could show something about their culture.

But in 1999 the EBU abolished it! This decision has resulted that most of the songs are performed in English and a lot of beautiful languages (for example Danish or Azerbaijani) aren't heard in the contest.

For example in the 2015 contest out of the 40 songs ONLY 6 were sung entirely in a national language (if we don't count the entries of Australia, the UK, Malta and Ireland where English is the national language or one of the national languages) and one more song was bilingual. It means that 33 songs were sung entirely in English which is an absolute record. Among these songs were the Israeli and the Serbian entries. Both countries sent 100% English language songs for the FIRST time to the contest. That made the contest a bit boring.

One more problem is that a lot of singers sing in English...but with an awful accent. It could be embarrassing for them. But singing in the national languages is way easier for the singers.

For this reason I would like to ask the organizer of the contest, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to bring back this rule or to introduce a 50-50% language rule that says that 50% of the songs must be performed in the national language or in one of the national languages.

If you agree with me please sign and share this petition!

Thank you

Dániel Varga, a Eurovision-fan from Hungary