1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Eurovision is first and foremost a songwriting contest and language plays a huge part in that. Should the song be in English? The countries native language or maybe a mix of the two? Rat joins me on this episode to talk about Norway's 2019 entry Spirit in the Sky by Keiino, jojking, and linguistics.&amp;nbsp; Does adding an ethnic slant to the song through a native language, give it a leg up in the popular vote? Note: Norway grabbed 291 votes from the public, 30 points more than the winner Duncan Lawrence.&amp;nbsp; Track listing: Keiino - A Spirit in the Sky (Norway: 2019) Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine: 2016) In Corpore Sano - Konstrakta (Serbia: 2019) Soldi - Mahmood (Italy: 2019) Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc Start the Music! http://stmpodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23038976/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/ffffff/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/127161728