| Liet International | |
| Genre: | Song contest |
| Frequency: | Annually or bi-annually |
| Years Active: | –present |
| Last: | 13 May 2022 |
| Patron: | Council of Europe |
Liet International (Western Frisian: Liet Ynternasjonaal), formerly Liet-Lávlut, is an international music competition for songs in European minority and regional languages. The inaugural edition took place on 28 April 2002 as a spin-off of the West Frisian-language song contest, held annually in Leeuwarden, Netherlands since 1991.
Since 2006, Liet International has been held in a different city each year. The 2006 and 2008 editions, held in the Swedish part of Sápmi, were titled Liet-Lávlut (is Northern Sami for 'sing'). The contest was cancelled in 2007 and 2013 when the hosting organisations, 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.
Due to its similarities to the Eurovision Song Contest, the competition has been dubbed the 'Eurovision of minority languages'.[1] It has been organised under the auspices of the Council of Europe since 2008.
| Year | Date | Host city | Jury award winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Artist | Song | Language | |||
| 2002 | 28 April | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | "" | Catalan | ||
| 2003 | 23 November | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Transjoik | "Mijjajaa" | Southern Sámi | |
| 2004 | 22 October | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Niko Valkeapää | "Rabas mielain" | Northern Sámi | |
| 2006 | 14 October | Östersund, Sweden | and Ellen Sara Bæhr | "Luđiin muitalan" | Northern Sámi | |
| 2007 | N/A | Narbonne, France | ||||
| 2008 | 18 October | Luleå, Sweden | Jacques Culioli | "Hosanna in excelsis" | Corsican | |
| 2009 | 31 October | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | SomBy | "Ii iđit vel" | Northern Sami | |
| 2010 | 27 November | Lorient, France |  Faroe Islands | Orka | "Rúmdardrongurin" | Faroese |
| 2011 | 19 November | Udine, Italy | "Ien klap" | West Frisian | ||
| 2012 | 1 December | Gijón, Spain | "Ar gouloù bev" | Breton | ||
| 2013 | N/A | Corsica, France | ||||
| 2014 | 12 December | Oldenburg, Germany | Martina Iori | "Via con mia mùsega" | Ladin | |
| 2017 | 13 April | Kautokeino, Norway | Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen | "Luoddaearru" | Northern Sami | |
| 2018 | 23 May | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | The Rowan Tree | "Tresor" | Cornish | |
| 2020 | 3–4 April | Aabenraa, Denmark | ||||
| 2022 | 13 May | Tønder, Denmark | Doria | "Roma" | Corsican | |
| 2024 | 22 November | Bastia, France[2] | ||||
| width=15px bgcolor=gold | Jury award winner | ||
| bgcolor=skyblue | Public award (or musicians' award) winner |
The first Liet International song contest was held on 28 April 2002 at in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, one day after the song contest. Both the jury and public awards were won by the Catalan band with the song "".[3]
| [4] | Region | Artist | Song[5] | Language | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "" | Breton | 2 | |||
| 2 |  Ireland | Le Chéile Trio | Irish | 4–10 | ||
| 3 | Angelit | "" | Northern Sámi | 3 | ||
| 4 | "" | Kashubian | 4–10 | |||
| 5 | Mescladissa | Occitan | 4–10 | |||
| 6 | Welsh | 4–10 | ||||
| 7 | "" | West Frisian | 4–10 | |||
| 8 | North Frisia | North Frisian | 4–10 | |||
| 9 | Basque Country | Bat Bitten | Basque | 4–10 | ||
| 10 | "" | Catalan | 1 |
The second Liet International contest was again held at De Harmonie in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 23 November 2003. Transjoik, a Sámi group from Norway, won the jury award with the song "Mijjajaa". The public award was won by Welsh-Cornish singer Gwenno Saunders with the song "Vodya".
| scope"col" | Region | scope"col" | Artist | scope"col" | Song | scope"col" | Language | scope"col" style="width:3em;" | Points | scope"col" style="width:3em;" | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Sensacions" | Catalan | 36 | 8 | ||||||||
| Gwenno | "Vodya" | Cornish | 57 | 3 ◇ | |||||||
| Bacon and Bones | "It allerheechste guod" | West Frisian | 39 | 6 | |||||||
| Prorastar | "Michi" | Friulian | 22 | 10 | |||||||
| "Nai" | Galician | 44 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ireland | Briege Murphy | "An Mhuir" | Irish | 39 | 6 | ||||||
| "Barbet pantaï" | Occitan | 56 | 4 | ||||||||
| Transjoik | "Mijjajaa" | Southern Sámi | 70 | 1 | |||||||
| Awful Noise | "Jarobinka" | Sorbian | 31 | 9 | |||||||
| Epitaff | "Yr ateb" | Welsh | 66 | 2 |
The third edition of the contest was held on 22 October 2004. The venue was once again De Harmonie in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Sámi singer Niko Valkeapää won both the jury and the public award with the song "Rabas mielain". This was the second time in a row that the contest was won by the Sámi entry.
| scope"col" | Region | scope"col" | Artist | scope"col" | Song | scope"col" | Language | scope"col" style="width:3em;" | Points | scope"col" style="width:3em;" | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breton | 52 | 5 | |||||||||
| Meindert Talma & the Negroes | "Dûnsje wyldekat dûnsje" | West Frisian | 32 | 9 | |||||||
| Kosovni Odpadki | "Bye bye bombe" | Friulian | 49 | 6 | |||||||
| Uxía | "Cadeas" | Galician | 61 | 3 | |||||||
| Ondiep | Limburgish | 25 | 10 | ||||||||
| Istvan Kobjela | Sorbian | 37 | 8 | ||||||||
| "Lo merle" | Occitan | 63 | 2 | ||||||||
| Niko Valkeapää | "Rabas mielain" | Northern Sámi | 91 | 1 | |||||||
| The Alyth McCormack Band | "Dèan cadalan sàmhach" | Scottish Gaelic | 61 | 3 | |||||||
| Elin Fflur | Welsh | 39 | 7 |
Since Sápmi had won two out of the three competitions, the fourth edition was held in Östersund, Sweden. Sixty competitors, singing in twenty-five minority languages, took part in the preliminary elimination round. Eleven songs, representing eleven languages, were selected for the final competition.
Although the winner was selected by a jury, the audience could also vote for their favourite entry via text messages and online voting. The Sámi duo Johan Kitti and Ellen Sara Bæhr won the competition with "Luđiin muitalan", sung in Northern Sámi. The public award was won by Liza Pannetier with the Occitan song "Soleu Rouge".
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Oh moj sin" | Friulian | 55 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Anna Murray and Iain Finlay Macleod | "An-raoir bha mi coiseachd" | Scottish Gaelic | 46 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Moot | "Gyn Fockleyn" | Manx | 38 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Raud-Ants | "Kui miä kazvolin kanainõ" | 41 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Basque Country | "Hil ez denak" | 30 | 11 | |||
| 6 | "Solèu roge" | 69 | 4 ◇ | ||||
| 7 | "Nim dyn tiid" | 58 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | "Oonhän meilä vielä kieli" | 60 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | Narf | "Santiago" | 78 | 2 | |||
| 10 | and Ellen Sara Bæhr | "Luđiin muitalan" | 86 | 1 | |||
| 11 | "Shej baxtali" | Romani | 77 | 3 |
Liet-Lávlut 2008, the fifth edition of the contest, took place on 18 October 2008 at Kulturens hus in Luleå, Sweden. Corsican singer Jacques Culioli won both the jury and public award with the song "Hosanna in excelsis".
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boy Elliott & the Plastic Bags | "Planeta 19" | Galician | 46 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Surunmaa | "Tulethan takasi" | Meänkieli | 51 | 8 | ||
| 3 | "Bugale Belfast" | Breton | 54 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Jacques Culioli | "Hosanna in excelsis" | Corsican | 80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | "Botë e shurë" | Arbëresh | 51 | 8 | |||
| 6 | "Áibbas jaska" | Northern Sámi | 73 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Jelte Posthumus & Pilatus Pas | "De wiete wyn hellet oan" | West Frisian | 54 | 6 | ||
| 8 | "Oz dream" | Friulian | 56 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Yr Annioddefol | "Drysu" | Welsh | 44 | 11 | ||
| 10 | Dixebra | "Indios" | Asturian | 73 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Mordens | "Good Will Blessing" | Mordvinian | 56 | 4 |
In January 2009, the board of the Liet Foundation decided to continue under the name Liet International. The sixth edition of the contest was held on 31 October 2009, returning to the De Harmonie theatre in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The Finnish Sámi rock band Somby won the competition with the song "Ii iđit vel", sung in Northern Sámi. The public award was won by Dr. Drer & CRC posse from Sardinia, with the song "Apu biu".[6]
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfredo González | "La nada y tu" | Asturian | 40 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Zine | "Lo prince charmant" | Occitan | 31 | 10 | ||
| 3 | "Apu biu" | Sardinian | 80 | 2 ◇ | |||
| 4 | "Ii iđit vel" | Northern Sami | 85 | 1 | |||
| 5 | "Doman" | Friulian | 78 | 3 | |||
| 6 | It Langstme & de Dea | "Wikel" | West Frisian | 63 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Ireland | Fiach | "Sea Táim" | Irish | 75 | 4 | |
| 8 | De fofftig Penns | "Platt" | Low German | 48 | 8 | ||
| 9 | "Lasair An t-Oidhche" | Scottish Gaelic | 52 | 7 | |||
| 10 | "Marjaini-darjaini" | Karelian | 62 | 6 | |||
| 11 | "Pats sevī dzeivs" | Latgalian | 24 | 11 |
In 2010, Liet International was held in the Breton city of Lorient, France. The contest was won by the Faroese band Orka with the song "Rúmdardrongurin". The public award went to the Friulian band R.esistence in Dub with the song "Fieste".
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | Orka | "Rúmdardrongurin" | Faroese | 88 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Billarda sempre" | Galician | 29 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Stéphane Casalta | "Albasgia" | Corsican | 59 | 7 | ||
| 4 | Vepsians | Jousnen Järved | "Verrez tullei" | Vepsian | 45 | 8 | |
| 5 | Rachel Walker | "Fada Bhuam" | Scottish Gaelic | 65 | 5 | ||
| 6 | "Tierra" | Asturian | 78 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Pia-Maria Holmgren | "Geaidnu" | Northern Sámi | 44 | 9 | ||
| 8 | "Do swalkest" | West Frisian | 75 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Dom Duff | "Kan an awen" | Breton | 23 | 11 | ||
| 10 | "Fieste" | Friulian | 70 | 4 ◇ | |||
| 11 | Ireland | The Temporary | "Cupan Toast" | Irish | 62 | 6 |
The eighth Liet International was held on 19 November 2011 at the Teatro Giovanni da Udine in Udine, Italy, the historical capital of the region of Friuli. The West Frisian singer Janna Eijer won the jury award with the song "Ien klap", while the band Coffeeshock Company from Austria won the public vote with "Gusla mi se je znicila", sung in Burgenland Croatian.
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vepsians | "Kättepajo" | Vepsian | 40 | 9 | ||
| 2 | Romansh people | Rezia Ladina | "Id ès capità" | Romansh | 55 | 7 | |
| 3 | Burgenland Croats | "Gusla mi se je znicila" | Burgenland Croatian | 80 | 3 ◇ | ||
| 4 | Priska | "Hajra" | Friulian | 28 | 12 | ||
| 5 | Macanta | "Gaol" | Scottish Gaelic | 77 | 4 | ||
| 6 | "Gulatgo mu?" | Northern Sámi | 32 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Basque Country | "Hi, vascofona!" | Basque | 70 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Cuntra Löm | "La moncignosa" | Ladin | 35 | 10 | ||
| 9 | "Condenau" | Asturian | 52 | 8 | |||
| 10 | "Ien klap" | West Frisian | 83 | 1 | |||
| 11 | "Kyrdźasa leźom ali" (Кырӟаса лэзём али) | Udmurt | 81 | 2 | |||
| 12 | Ireland | Aoife Scott | "Donal Ná Fág" | Irish | 63 | 6 |
The ninth edition of Liet International was held on 1 December 2012 at the Teatru de la Llaboral in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. Welsh-born Breton singer Lleuwen won the jury award with the song "Ar Gouloù Bev", while the public award went to Asturiana Mining Company with "Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta".
| Region | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dopu Cena | "Trasmetta" | Corsican | 86 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Basque Country | "Muxurik muxu" | Basque | 41 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Alghero | Claudia Crabuzza and | "Ara" | Algherese Catalan | 64 | 5 | |
| 4 | "Fathainn" | Scottish Gaelic | 64 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Ivan Belosludtsev & 4 Cheber Pios | "Tau tynyd" (Тау тыныд) | Udmurt | 35 | 9 | ||
| 6 | "Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta" | Asturian | 66 | 4 ◇ | |||
| 7 | "Fjoer" | West Frisian | 52 | 7 | |||
| 8 | "Mai mai" | Friulian | 32 | 11 | |||
| 9 | "Ar gouloù bev" | Breton | 87 | 1 | |||
| 10 | "Oainnát go?" | Northern Sámi | 35 | 9 | |||
| 11 | The Voodoolectric | "Slickermuul" | East Frisian Low Saxon | 76 | 3 |
The tenth Liet International song contest was held on 12 December 2014 in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Italian singer Martina Iori won the jury award with the 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. The musicians' award was won by Aila-duo from Finland with the song "Naharij kandâ", sung in Inari Sámi.
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Volviche" | Galician-Asturian | 36 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Willie Campbell | "Fir-chlis" | Scottish Gaelic | 30 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Minde | Bandalheira | "Baracho ancho pereira" | Minderico | 21 | 10 | |
| 4 | Adnoz | "Un dra nevez" | Breton | 53 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Forefingers Up! | "Sa luxi 'e su soli" | Sardinian, Italian | 56 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Bruno Rummler | "Beppe" | West Frisian | 51 | 5 | ||
| 7 | "Naharij kandâ" | Inari Sámi | 64 | 2 ◇ | |||
| 8 | The Paintbox | "Söss söss söss / Dat Slecht" | Low German | 40 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Martina Iori | "Via con mia mùsega" | Ladin | 73 | 1 | ||
| 10 | "Shochmo keche" (Шочмо кече) | Mari | 36 | 7 |
| Song | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Volviche" | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | |
| 2 | "Fir-chlis" | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 30 | |
| 3 | "Baracho ancho pereira" | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| 4 | "Un dra nevez" | 6 | 10 | 3 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 53 | |
| 5 | "Sa luxi 'e su soli" | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | — | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 56 | |
| 6 | "Beppe" | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | — | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 51 | |
| 7 | "Naharij kandâ" | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | — | 3 | 7 | 10 | 64 | |
| 8 | "Söss söss söss / Dat Slecht" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | — | 6 | 2 | 40 | |
| 9 | "Via con mia mùsega" | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | — | 7 | 73 | |
| 10 | "Shochmo keche" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 36 | |
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The eleventh Liet International song contest was scheduled to be held in late 2016 in Kautokeino, Norway, the home of the Sámi Grand Prix.[7] However, due to a lack of funds, the contest was postponed to 13 April 2017 and was held as part of the Sámi Easter Festival.[8] [9] For a second time in the history of the contest, a local singer, Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, won the contest with her song "Luoddaearru" . She also won the musicians' award.
| Region | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Ann Kennedy & Friends | "Grioglachan" | Scottish Gaelic | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2 |  Luxembourg | La Schlapp Sauvage | "Blanne Käpitan" | Luxembourgish | 13 | 8 | |
| 3 | "Hïwïtma" (Һыуытма) | Bashkir | 31 | 4 | |||
| 4 |  Suriname | Ruben Semmoh and Romeo Sumter | "Saka na pin" | Sranan Tongo | 25 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ukan | "Den ebet all" | Breton | 21 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Pavel Aleksandrov and Dmitry Yakimov | "Van'myz ortche" (Ваньмыз ортче) | Udmurt | 38 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Aafke Zuidersma | "Minsk fan wearde" | West Frisian | 39 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen | "Luoddaearru" | Northern Sami | 44 | 1 |
The twelfth Liet International song contest was held on 23 May 2018 at the Neushoorn in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, as part of the European Capital of Culture activities. The Rowan Tree won the jury award with the song "Tresor", sung in Cornish. The musicians' award was won by Galician singer Nastasia Zürcher with the song "Espertos".
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | Afro-Carib Ensemble | "Dansi nanga yu" | Sranan Tongo | 75 | 9 | |
| 2 | "Lausanne"[10] | Galician | 61 | 12 | |||
| 3 | "Dans met mij" | Antwerpian | 73 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Evgenia Udalova | "Voj" (Вой) | Komi | 26 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Stonecrobs | "Yn frijheid kinsto libje" | West Frisian | 111 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Zaman | "Alga" (Алга) | Bashkir | 110 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Gerda Stevenson and Kyrre Slind | "Aye The Gean" | Scots | 119 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Whyte | "Tairm" | Scottish Gaelic | 71 | 11 | ||
| 9 | "Espertos" | Galician | 133 | 2 ◇ | |||
| 10 | Aromanians | Pira | "Mash a meu"[11] [12] | Aromanian | 49 | 13 | |
| 11 | The Rowan Tree | "Tresor" | Cornish | 141 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Luko Reinders | "Kom rin mei my" | West Frisian | 116 | 4 | ||
| 13 | "Oahppan lean" | Northern Sámi | 111 | 5 | |||
| 14 | Franco-Provençal speakers | "Bondze Heidi" | Franco-Provençal | 78 | 8 |
The thirteenth Liet International contest was due to be held on 3 and 4 April 2020 in Aabenraa, Denmark, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] A full list of participating acts had been released prior to the cancellation. It was decided that a non-competitive, online replacement show, entitled Liet International 2020+1, would be held on 8 October 2021 to celebrate the acts due to compete in the 2020 contest. Ten out of the twenty acts participated in Liet International 2020+1.[14]
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Waje de Litt" | Alsatian | — | |||
| Luis Nuñez & los Folganzanes | "Tengo un sitiu pa ti" | Asturian | |||
| Zaman | "Aida yanga" | Bashkir | |||
| Burgenland Croats | Turbokrowodn | "Mila moja" | Burgenland Croatian | ||
| Carinthian Slovenes | Bališ | "Spal bomo če smo hin" | Carinthian Slovene | — | |
| Roger Argemí | "La fina línia" | Catalan | |||
| Brother Sea | "Oll 'Vel Onen" | Cornish | — | ||
| Sequens | "Do bist frij" | West Frisian | |||
| Carolina Rubirosa | "Sozinha" | Galician | |||
| Noctiluca | "Iaan" | Heligoland Frisian | — | ||
| Clash Vooar | "Lhiggeyder Folley" | Manx | — | ||
| "Buten an't Meer" | Low German | ||||
| North Schleswig Germans | 63-72 | "Mein kleines Lied" | South Jutlandic, German | — | |
| Romansh people | Fiona Fiasco | "Mona Lisa" | Romansh | — | |
| Saara Hermansson | "Mov laavlome" | Southern Sami | |||
| Bumbe Orchestra | "Cala Sinzias" | Sardinian | |||
| Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and Bogha-Frois | "Dumbbells" | Scottish Gaelic | — | ||
| Jimmi Henndreck | "Nairobi" | South Tyrolean German | — | ||
| Southern Schleswig Danes | Sølo | "Kærestesangen" | Southern Schleswig Danish | — | |
| Juna | "Yashel kuzle" (Яшел күзле) | Tatar |
The thirteenth Liet International contest was held on 13 May 2022 at the Schweizerhalle in Tønder, Denmark. There were 13 competing entries,[15] and the show was hosted by Stefanie Pia Wright and Niklas Freiberg Nissen.[16] It featured the first competitive entries in South Jutlandic, Southern Schleswig Danish, and South Tyrolean German, as well as the first entry in North Frisian since the inaugural contest in 2002. It was the first contest since 2008 to not feature an entry from Scotland, and the first competitive edition to not feature a submission from the United Kingdom.
Initially, the Russian band Juna were due to compete with the song "Takhetle konem" in the Tatar language, but they withdrew due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In their place, Israeli band Sofi and the Baladis competed with the song "Rebutalla", marking both the first time Israel was represented by an entry, the first entry from a country in the Middle East and the first entry in Hebrew, as well as the third entry from a non-European country (the first two being the entries representing Suriname).[17] Early announcements also listed the Cornish band Brother Sea with the song "Trodhydhyek" as a participant,[18] while the final listing contained Billy Fumey with "U Port Titi" instead.
The jury award was won by Corsican singer Doria Ousset with the song "Roma". The audience award was won by Sardinian singer Emanuele Pintus with the song "Genia".
| Region or group | Artist | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Schleswig Germans | Martin Hørløck | "Æ Nordschleswig-Lied" | South Jutlandic, German | 54 | 12 | |
| 2 | Franco-Provençal speakers | Billy Fumey | "U Port Titi" | Franco-Provençal | 58 | 11 | |
| 3 | Carolina Rubirosa | "O teu camiñar" | Galician | 118 | 3 | ||
| 4 | North Frisia | Martje Johannsen and Christoph Hansen | "Maleen" | North Frisian | 45 | 13 | |
| 5 | Emanuele Pintus | "Genia" | Sardinian | 60 | 10 ◇ | ||
| 6 | Adri de Boer | "Bliuw mar by my" | West Frisian | 72 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Jimi Henndreck | "Heihupfa" | South Tyrolean German | 102 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso | "Dovdameahttumii" | Northern Sami | 82 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Doria | "Roma" | Corsican | 119 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Roger Argemí | "La contradicció" | Catalan | 80 | 7 | ||
| 11 | Southern Schleswig Danes | Yourdaughters | "Hudsult" | Southern Schleswig Danish | 118 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Israel | Sofi and the Baladis | "Rebutalla" | Samaritan Hebrew | 85 | 5 | |
| 13 | "Wenn ik enen Wunsch harr" | Low German | 60 | 9 |
The majority of Liet International contestants are chosen from applying artists by a selection committee. In addition, entries may be selected through regional song contests. Regional song contests that have served as a preselection for Liet International include:
| Year | Liet | Sámi Grand Prix | Nòs Ùr | A polo ghit | Laulun Laulut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "" | rowspan="4" | ||||
| 2003 | "It allerheechste guod" | |||||
| 2004 | "Dûnsje wyldekat dûnsje" | |||||
| 2006 | "Nim dyn tiid" (2005) | "Luđiin muitalan" | ||||
| 2008 | "De wiete wyn hellet oan" | "Áibbas jaska" | "Drysu" (jury award) | "Planeta 19" | "Good Will Blessing" (2007, jury award) | |
| "Bugale Belfast" (public award) | "Tulethan takasi" (2007, public award) | |||||
| Year | Liet | Sámi Grand Prix | Nòs Ùr | Premiu al Meyor Cantar | Suns | |
| 2009 | "Wikel" | "Ii iđit vel" | "Sea Táim" (jury award) | "La nada y tu" | "Doman" (jury award) | |
| "Lasair An t-Oidhche" (public award) | "Apu biu" (public award) | |||||
| 2010 | "Do swalkest" | "Geaidnu" | "Tierra" | "Albasgia" (jury award) | ||
| "Fieste" (public award) | ||||||
| 2011 | "Ien klap" | "Gulatgo mu?" | "Condenau" | "Gusla mi se je znicila" (jury award) | ||
| Liet Corsica | "La moncignosa" (public award) | |||||
| 2012 | "Fjoer" | "Oainnát go?" | "Trasmetta" | "Si nun conoces Vaḷḷouta" | Alghero "Ara" (jury and public award) | |
| "Mai mai" (runner-up) | ||||||
| 2014 | "Beppe" | "Naharij kandâ" | "Volviche" | "Sa luxi 'e su soli" (2013, jury award) | ||
| "Via con mia mùsega" (2014, jury award) | ||||||
| 2017 | "Minsk fan wearde" (2016) | "Luoddaearru" (2016) | rowspan="5" | |||
| 2018 | "Kom rin mei my" (2017) | "Oahppan lean" | ||||
| "Yn frijheid kinsto libje" (2018) | ||||||
| 2020 | "Do bist frij" | "Mov laavlome" (2019) | ||||
| 2022 | "Bliuw mar by my" | "Dovdameahttumii" | ||||
A total of fifty-seven 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, Israel, 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. Although many languages featured at the contest are recognized national or regional languages within their countries, only three featured languages (Hebrew, Irish, and Luxembourgish) are considered their countries' official or co-official language.
Italy
France
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
Finland
Sweden
Austria
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Switzerland