Liet International
Liet International (West Frisian: Liet Ynternasjonaal), formerly Liet-Lávlut, is a song contest for musicians who speak any of Europe's regional or minority languages that was held the first time in Friesland in 2002. The goal of the festival is to boost interest in Europe's minority languages, especially with young people.
Liet International began in 2002 as a spinoff of the Frisian-language song contest Liet (West Frisian for "song"), held annually in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert since 1991. The first three editions of Liet International likewise took place in Leeuwarden. Since 2006 it has been held in a different city each year. The 2006 and 2008 contests, held in the Swedish Sápmi, were titled Liet-Lávlut (lávlut is Northern Sami for "sing").
Since 2008 Liet International has been organized under the patronage of the Council of Europe.
Contests were cancelled in 2007 and 2013 when the hosting organizations, in Narbonne and Corsica respectively, backed out at a late stage, and in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No Liet International was held in 2005, 2015, 2016, 2019 or 2021.
Qualification[]
The winners of certain song contests for particular languages or groups of languages automatically qualify as entrants for Liet International. These contests thus function as selection rounds for the international contest. They have included:
- (West Frisian)
- (Asturian)
- Sámi Grand Prix (Sámi)
- SUNS (minority languages of Italy and the Alpine region)
- (minority languages of the Nordic and Baltic regions, 2007)
- Nós Úr (Celtic languages and Scots, 2008-2009)
- Liet Corsica (Corsican, 2012)
Additional entrants are chosen from applying artists by a selection committee.
Liet Ynternasjonaal 2002[]
The first Liet International song contest was held on April 28, 2002 at the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, Friesland, the Netherlands. The West Frisian-language Liet contest was held on the previous night, and in a pattern that would be repeated in future editions the winner of Liet went on to represent Friesland in the international contest. However in later years Liet International would be held some months after Liet.
Both the jury and public awards were won by the Catalan band Pomada for their song "En Pere Galleri".
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"Fûgelfrij" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2002 | ||
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"En Pere Gallerí" | Catalan | 1 Jury and public awards |
Liet Ynternasjonaal 2003[]
The second Liet International contest was again held at the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden, on November 23, 2003.
Transjoik, a Sámi group from Norway, won the jury award with their song "Mijjajaa". The public award was won by Welsh/Cornish singer Gwenno for her song in Cornish, "Vodya".
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"Sensacions" | Catalan | 8 | 36 | ||
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"Barbet pantaï" | Occitan | 4 | 56 | ||
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Awful Noise | "Jarobinka" | Sorbian | 9 | 31 | |
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Transjoik | "Mijjajaa" | Sámi | 1 Jury award | 70 | |
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N/A | Briege Murphy | "An Mhuir" | Irish | 6 | 39 | |
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Gwenno | "Vodya" | Cornish | 3 Public award | 57 | |
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Prorastar | "Michi" | Friulian | 10 | 22 | |
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Epitaff | "Yr ateb" | Welsh | 2 | 66 | |
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"Nai" | Galician | 5 | 44 | ||
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Bacon and Bones | "It allerheechste guod" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2003 | 6 | 39 |
Liet Ynternasjonaal 2004[]
The third edition of the contest was held on the 22nd of October, 2004. The venue was once again the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden. Sámi singer Niko Valkeapää won both the jury and the public award with his song "Rabas mielain". This was the second time in a row that the contest was won by the Sámi entry.
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Niko Valkeapää | "Rabas mielain" | Northern Sámi | 1 Jury and public awards | 91 | |
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"Lo Merle" | Occitan | 2 | 63 | ||
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The Alyth McCormack Band | "Dean cadalan samhach" | Scottish Gaelic | 3 | 61 | |
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Uxía | "Cadeas" | Galician | 3 | 61 | |
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Breton | 5 | 52 | |||
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Kosovni Odpadki | "Bye bye bombe" | Friulian | 6 | 49 | |
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Elin Fflur | Welsh | 7 | 39 | ||
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Istvan Kobjela | Sorbian | 8 | 37 | ||
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Meindert Talma & the Negroes | "Dûnsje wyldekat dûnsje" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2004 | 9 | 32 |
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Ondiep | Limburgish | 10 | 25 |
Liet-Lávlut 2006[]
Since the Sámi had won two out of the three competitions, the festival was held in Östersund, Sweden, which is the southern reaches of the area, Sápmi, that the Sámi live in the Nordic Countries. Sixty competitors, singing in 25 minority languages, took part in the preliminary elimination round. Eleven songs, representing 11 languages, were selected for the final competition.
Although the winner was selected by the festival's jury, the audience could vote for their favorite artist at the festival, on the Internet and by SMS message. The Sámi duo of from Sweden and from Norway won the competition with "Luđiin muitalan", sung in Northern Sámi. The audience favorite was , with her song in Occitan, "Soleu Rouge".
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"Oh moj sin" | Friulian | 7 | 55 | ||
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Anna Murray and Iain Finlay Macleod | "An-raoir bha mi coiseachd" | Scottish Gaelic | 8 | 46 | |
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Moot | "Gyn Fockleyn" | Manx | 10 | 38 | |
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Raud-Ants | "Kui miä kazvolin kanainõ" | Votic | 9 | 41 | |
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"Hil ez denak" | Basque | 11 | 30 | ||
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"Solèu Roge" | Occitan | 4 Public award | 69 | ||
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"Nim dyn tiid" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2005 | 6 | 58 | |
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"Oonhän meilä vielä kieli" | Meänkieli | 5 | 60 | ||
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Narf | "Santiago" | Galician | 2 | 78 | |
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and Ellen Sara Bæhr | "Luđiin muitalan" | Northern Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2006 | 1 Jury award | 86 |
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"Shej baxtali" | Romani | 3 | 77 |
Liet-Lávlut 2008[]
The competition took place on 18 October at Kulturens hus in Luleå/Luleju, Sweden. Corsican singer won both the jury's and public's awards.
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Boy Elliott & The Plastic Bags | "Planeta 19" | Galician | Winner A Polo Ghit 2008 | 10 | 46 |
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Surunmaa | "Tulethan takasi" | Meänkieli | Public award Laulun-Laulut 2007 | 8 | 51 |
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"Bugale Belfast" | Breton | Public award Nòs Ùr 2008 | 6 | 54 | |
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Jacques Culioli | "Hosanna in excelsis" | Corsican | 1 Jury and public awards | 80 | |
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Arbëreshë | "Botë e shurë" | Arbëreshë | 8 | 51 | ||
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"Áibbas jaska" | Northern Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2008 | 2 | 73 | |
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Jelte Posthumus & Pilatus Pas | "De wiete wyn hellet oan" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2008 | 6 | 54 |
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"Oz Dream" | Friulian | 4 | 56 | ||
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Yr Annioddefol | "Drysu" | Welsh | Jury award Nòs Ùr 2008 | 11 | 44 |
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Dixebra | "Indios" | Asturian | 2 | 73 | |
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Mordens | "Good will blessing" | Mordvinian | Jury award Laulun-Laulut 2007 | 4 | 56 |
Liet International 2009[]
In January the Board of the Liet Foundation decided to continue under the name Liet International. The 6th competition was held on 31 October 2009, returning to the De Harmonie theater in Leeuwarden.
The Finnish Sámi rock band Somby won the competition with their song "Ii iđit vel", sung in Northern Sámi. The audience favorite was from Sardinia, with their song "Apu biu".[1]
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Alfredo González | "La nada y tu" | Asturian | Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2009 | 9 | 40 |
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Zine | "Lo Prince Charmant" | Occitan | 10 | 31 | |
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"Apu biu" | Sardinian | 2 Public award | 80 | ||
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SomBy | "Ii iđit vel"* | Northern Sami | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2009 | 1 Jury award | 85 |
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"Doman" | Friulian | 3 | 78 | ||
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It Langstme en de Dea | "Wikel" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2009 | 5 | 63 |
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N/A | Fiach | "Sea Táim" | Irish | Jury award Nòs Ùr 2009 | 4 | 75 |
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De fofftig Penns | "Platt" | Low German | 8 | 48 | |
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"Lasair An t-Oidhche" | Scottish Gaelic | Public award Nòs Ùr 2009 | 7 | 52 | |
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"Marjaini-Darjaini" | Karelian | 6 | 62 | ||
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"Pats sevī dzeivs" | Latgalian | 11 | 24 |
- ^ Also known as "Ii iđida".
Liet International 2010[]
In 2010 Liet International was held in the Breton city of Lorient/An Oriant in France. The contest was won by the band Orka of the Faroe Islands with their song "Rúmdardrongurin". The public award went to the Friulian band R.esistence in Dub and their song "Fieste".
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ORKA | "Rúmdardrongurin" | Faroese | 1 Jury award | 88 | |
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"Billarda Sempre" | Galician | 10 | 29 | ||
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Stéphane Casalta | "Albasgia" | Corsican | Jury award SUNS 2010 | 7 | 59 |
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Jousnen Järved | "Verrez Tullei" | Vepsian | 8 | 45 | |
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Rachel Walker | "Fada Bhuam" | Scottish Gaelic | 5 | 65 | |
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"Tierra" | Asturian | Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2010 | 2 | 78 | |
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Pia-Maria Holmgren | "Geaidnu" | Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2010 | 9 | 44 |
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"Do swalkest" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2010 | 3 | 75 | |
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Dom Duff | "Kan an awen" | Breton | 11 | 23 | |
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"Fieste" | Friulian | Public award SUNS 2010 | 4 Public award | 70 | |
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N/A | The Temporary | "Cupan Toast" | Irish | 6 | 62 |
Liet International 2011[]
The eighth Liet International was held on November 19, 2011 at the Teatro Giovanni da Udine in Udine/Udin, the historical capital of the Italian region of Friûl.
The Frisian singer (22) from Jobbegea won the jury prize with her song "Ien klap", while the band Coffeeshock Company from Austria won the public vote with "Gusla mi se je znicila", sung in Burgenland Croatian.
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"Kättepajo" | Vepsian | 9 | 40 | ||
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Rezia Ladina | "Id ès capità" | Romansh | Winner of the Romansh Song Contest | 7 | 55 |
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"Gusla mi se je znicila" | Burgenland Croatian | Jury award SUNS 2011 | 3 Public award | 80 | |
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Priska | "Hajra" | Friulian | 12 | 28 | |
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Macanta | "Gaol" | Scottish Gaelic | 4 | 77 | |
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"Gulatgo mu?" | Northern Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2011 | 11 | 32 | |
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"Hi, vascofona!" | Basque | 5 | 70 | ||
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Cuntra Löm | "La moncignosa" | Ladin | Public award SUNS 2011 | 10 | 35 |
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"Condenau" | Asturian | Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2011 | 8 | 52 | |
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"Ien klap" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2011 | 1 Jury award | 83 | |
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"Kyrdźasa leźom ali" (Кырӟаса лэзём али)* | Udmurt | 2 | 81 | ||
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N/A | Aoife Scott | "Donal Ná Fág" | Irish | 6 | 63 |
- *^ Misidentified as "Emeze" on the Liet International website etc. "Emeźe" is a different song by the same group.
Liet International 2012[]
The ninth edition of Liet International was held in Gijón/Xixón, Asturias, Spain, at the Teatru de la Llaboral, on December 1, 2012. Welsh-born Breton singer won the jury prize for her song "Ar Gouloù Bev", while the public prize went to Asturiana Mining Company with "Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta".
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Dopu Cena | "Trasmetta" | Corsican | Winner Liet Corsica 2012 | 2 | 86 |
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"Muxurik muxu" | Basque | 8 | 41 | ||
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Claudia Crabuzza & | "Ara" | Catalan (of Alghero) | Jury award and public award SUNS 2012 | 5 | 64 |
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"Fathainn" | Scottish Gaelic | 5 | 64 | ||
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Ivan Belosludtsev & 4 Cheber Pios | "Tau Tynyd" (Тау тыныд) | Udmurt | 9 | 35 | |
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"Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta" | Asturian | Winner Premiu al Meyor Cantar 2012 | 4 Public award | 66 | |
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"Fjoer" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2012 | 7 | 52 | |
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"Mai mai" | Friulian | Public award SUNS 2012 (2nd place) | 11 | 32 | |
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"Ar Gouloù Bev" | Breton | 1 Jury award | 87 | |
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"Oainnát go?" | Northern Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2012 | 9 | 35 | |
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The Voodoolectric | "Slickermuul" | Low German | 3 | 76 |
Liet International 2014[]
The 2014 contest was held in Oldenburg, Germany. 19-year-old musician , from Val di Fassa in the north of Italy, won the jury award for her song "Via con mia mùsega", sung in Ladin.
In this year the audience award was replaced by a musicians' award voted on by the contestants themselves. This was won by from Finland and their song in Aanaar Sámi "Naharij kandâ".
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"Volviche" | Galician-Asturian | Winner Premiu Meyor Cantar 2014 | 7 | 36 | |
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Willie Campbell | "Fir Chlis" | Scottish Gaelic | 9 | 30 | |
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Bandalheira | "Baracho ancho Pereira" | Minderico | 10 | 21 | |
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Adnoz | "Un dra nevez" | Breton | 4 | 53 | |
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Forefingers Up! – A new Balentia's joint | "Sa luxi 'e su soli" | Sardinian/Italian | 3 | 56 | |
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Bruno Rummler | "Beppe" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2014 | 5 | 51 |
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"Naharij kandâ" | Aanaar Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2014 | 2 Musicians' award | 64 | |
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The Paintbox | "Söss söss söss / Dat Slecht" | Low Saxon | 6 | 40 | |
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Martina Iori | "Via con mia mùsega" | Ladin | Winner SUNS 2014 | 1 Jury award | 73 |
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"Shochmo keche" (Шочмо кече) | Mari | 7 | 36 |
Liet International 2017[]
The 11th Liet International song contest was scheduled to be held in late 2016 in Kautokeino/Guovdageaidnu, Norway, the home of the Sámi Grand Prix.[2] However, due to a lack of funds[3] the contest was rescheduled to fall on April 13 2017, as part of the Sámi Easterfestival.[4]
For a second time in the history of the contest, a local singer, Norwegian Sami-speaker Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, won the contest with her song "Luoddaearru" ("Crossroad") in addition to being awarded the Musicians' award.
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Mary Ann Kennedy & Friends | "Grioglachan" ("Constellation") | Scottish Gaelic | 6 | 21 | |
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N/A | La Schlapp Sauvage | "Blanne Käpitan" ("Blind captain") | Luxembourgish | 8 | 13 | |
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"Hïwïtma" (Һыуытма) ("Don’t be cold") | Bashkir | 4 | 31 | ||
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N/A | Ruben Semmoh & Romeo Sumter | "Saka Na Pin" ("Heal the pain") | Sranan Tongo | 5 | 25 | |
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UKAN | "Den ebet all" ("No one else") | Breton | 6 | 21 | |
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Pavel Aleksandrov & Dmitry Yakimov | "Van'myz ortche" (Ваньмыз ортче) ("Everything will pass") | Udmurt | 3 | 38 | |
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Aafke Zuidersma | "Minsk fan wearde" ("Man of value") | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2016 | 2 | 39 |
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Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen | "Luoddaearru" ("Crossroad") | Northern Sami | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2016 | 1 Jury award and Musicians' award | 44 |
Liet International 2018[]
The 12th Liet International song contest was held on May 23 2018 at Neushoorn Leeuwarden as part of LF2018 (Leeuwarden's stint as European Capital of Culture).
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N/A | Afro-Carib Ensemble | "Dansi nanga yu" | Sranan Tongo | 9 | 75 | |
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"Lausanne"[5] | Galician | 12 | 61 | ||
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"Dans met mij" | Antwerps | 10 | 73 | ||
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Evgenia Udalova | "Voj" (Вой) | Komi | 14 | 26 | |
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Stonecrobs | "Yn Frijheid Kinsto Libje" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2018 | 5 | 111 |
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Zaman | "Alga" (Алга) | Bashkir | 7 | 110 | |
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Gerda Stevenson & Kyrre Slind | "Aye The Gean" | Scots | 3 | 119 | |
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Whyte | "Tairm" | Scottish Gaelic | 11 | 71 | |
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"Espertos" | Galician | 2 Musicians’ award | 133 | |
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Pira | "Mash a meu"[6][7] | Aromanian | 13 | 49 | |
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The Rowan Tree | "Tresor" | Cornish | 1 Jury award | 141 | |
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Luko Reinders | "Kom rin mei my" | West Frisian | Winner Liet 2017 | 4 | 116 |
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& band | "Oahppan lean" | Northern Sámi | Winner Sámi Grand Prix 2018 | 5 | 111 |
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"Bondze Heidi" | Franco-Provençal | 8 | 78 |
Liet International 2020[]
The 13th Liet International contest was due to be held on 3 - 4 April 2020 in Aabenraa, Denmark, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Prior to this, there was still a full list of acts released:
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63-72 | "Mein kleines lied" | South Jutlandic/German |
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Bališ | "Spal bomo če smo hin" | Carinthian Slovene |
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Brother Sea | "Oll 'Vel Onen" | Cornish |
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Bumbe Orchestra | "Cala Sinzias" | Sardinian |
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Carolina Rubirosa | "Sozinha" | Galician |
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Clash Vooar | "Lhiggeyder Folley" | Manx |
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"Buten an't Meer" | Low German | |
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Fiona Fiasco | "Mona Lisa" | Romansh |
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"Waje de Litt" | Alsatian | |
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Jimmi Henndreck | "Nairobi" | South Tyrolean German |
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Juna | "Yashel Kuzle" | Tatar |
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Luis Nuñez y los Folganzanes | "Tengo un sitiu pa ti" | Asturian |
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Marcas Mac an Tuairneir & Bogha-Frois | "Dumbbells" | Scottish Gaelic |
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Noctiluca | "Iaan" | Heligoland Frisian |
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Roger Argemí | "La fina línia" | Catalan |
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Saara Hermansson | "Mov laavlome" | Southern Sami |
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Sequens | "Do bist frij" | Frisian |
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Sølo | "Kærestesangen" | Danish |
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Turbokrowodn | "Mila moja" | Burgenland Croatian |
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Zaman | "Aida Yanga" | Bashkir |
- *^ Although the Low German dialect is spoken throughout Northern Germany, the group hail specifically from Hamburg.
- **^ Specifically the region of Southern Schleswig.
Liet International 2020+1[]
Though the 13th Liet International contest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[9] it was decided on 4 October 2021 that a replacement show would be held, entitled Liet International 2020+1, to celebrate the acts due to compete in the 2020 contest. Ten competitors out of the 20 from the 2020 contest will participate in Liet International 2020+1. It is unknown whether the show will be competitive or non-competitive.[10]
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Bumbe Orchestra | "Cala Sinzias" | Sardinian |
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Carolina Rubirosa | "Sozinha" | Galician |
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Juna | "Yashel Kuzle" | Tatar |
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Luis Nuñez y los Folganzanes | "Tengo un sitiu pa ti" | Asturian |
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Roger Argemí | "La fina línia" | Catalan |
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Saara Hermansson | "Mov laavlome" | Southern Sami |
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Sequens | "Do bist frij" | Frisian |
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Turbokrowodn | "Mila moja" | Burgenland Croatian |
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Zaman | "Aida Yanga" | Bashkir |
- *^ Although the Low German dialect is spoken throughout Northern Germany, the group hail specifically from Hamburg.
Liet International 2022[]
The 13th Liet International contest is due to be held on 13 May 2022 at the Schweizerhalle in Tønder, Denmark. There will be 13 competing entries.[11]
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Language history[]
All told, fifty-six languages have been represented at the contest at least once (counting the canceled 2020 edition). West Frisian is the only language to have appeared at every contest, as well as one of only two to have been represented by two different entries at the same contest (the other being Galician, and both occurred at the 2018 contest). Scotland is the only region to be represented by two languages at the same contest, once again at the 2018 contest (Scottish Gaelic and Scots). The only non-European language to have appeared at the contest is Sranan Tongo. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have participated the most, with regional entries in all 13 contests, while France and Spain have only missed one each. Languages representing Belgium, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, and Romania have each only appeared once. Russia is the country with the most regional languages featured at the contest, totaling eight.
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References[]
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- ^ Granger, Anthony (2016-04-28). "LIET INTERNATIONAL'16: KAUTOKEINO TO HOST THE CONTEST". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2016-10-07). "LIET INTERNATIONAL'16: CONTEST MAY BE CANCELLED DUE TO FINANCIAL ISSUES". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ "LIET INTERNATIONAL PART OF SAMI EASTERFESTIVAL 2017 IN KAUTOKEINO, SÁPMI". liet-international.com. 2017-01-08. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ "Familia Caamagno representará a Galiza no Suns Europe". Nos Diario. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Pareia PIRA - "Vanghe" / "Mash a meu"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18.
- ^ "PIRA la festivalul LIET INTERNATIONAL 2018". Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Liet International 2020 in Denmark Canceled". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Liet International 2020 in Denmark Canceled". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-10-04). "Liet International 2020+1 To Be Broadcast on October 8". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-07-08). "Liet International Returns in 2022 With 13 Competing Entries". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
External links[]
- Language policy of the European Union
- Recurring events established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in the Netherlands
- Song contests