"First of all they came to me and asked me to represent a country that's not even mine. 'Would you represent us at the Eurovision Song Contest? No pressure!' I was very young but the song was amazing. I didn't look at it that I was representing everyone, just doing my best. I went and I sang my heart out the best I could and everything went so wonderfully well. I'm really grateful and it helped my career"
-Celine Dion
Not the first or last time someone sings for another country. Practically no one writes their own music anymore either, but hires "successful" song writers from anywhere, also one factor why they sing in their own languages less and less I assume.
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