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:

The participant countries whose national language is English are: