A team of 37 Deaf Interpreters from Europe interpret songs in International Sign Language for Eurovision
This news is related to an event that is happening in Europe and we have access to watching this event. What’s going on? I shall recap. If you enjoy watching singing and music then you will enjoy this one. In Europe, there is a hearing TV show called “Eurovision.”
This is the sign for it. Eurovision is like our “American Idol” or “The Voice.” You know how these shows would have contestants singing, giving elaborate performances, and have the process of elimination to choose the “winner.” That’s what Eurovision is like. What is really cool about this is that there is a group of Deaf Interpreters, a team of them, each from different countries. There are a total of 37 of Deaf Interpreters.
(video)
That’s the team of 37 Deaf Interpreters who use International Sign Language. These Deaf Interpreters do a “sign-a-long” with the hearing contestants who are singing on the show. Eurovision already started yesterday, May 18th and will continue on May 20th and 22nd which includes the semi-finals until the finals on the 22nd. Who is providing this access? DoofCentraal, a Deaf non-profit organization in the Netherlands. DoofCentraal made this possible on their platform so we can watch the 37 Deaf Interpreters.
(series of deaf interpreters doing the songs)
I watched yesterday and really enjoyed myself. What I did was I signed up on a website called “Peacock.” People from the U.S. can watch that European show through that website. I signed up for a 7 days free trial. I pulled up that website and also pulled up the DoofCentraal website with the Deaf Interpreters signing the songs in International Sign Language. Both sites were side by side. I was able to watch both at the same time. I really enjoyed it yesterday. I will quickly show what I mean.
(video)
Now, you get the idea what it looked like for me. I want to be clear that the platform with the Deaf Interpreters signing the songs, their videos do not have any sounds, music, or the back screen of the current live TV. They do not have that. If you are interested in watching both at the same time, that’s what I recommend by using the Peacock website for U.S. people to access to watch. You can sign up for a 7 days free trial and watch both (Eurovision live TV and the Deaf Interpreters) at the same time. That is only if you are interested. However, if you really would not be interested in watching that hearing show, but only would prefer to watch just the deaf interpreters- you can do that too. We provided a link for both: DoofCentraal, the one that is providing the platform and the link to Peacock (if you are interested).
It starts at 9pm CET (Central European Time) which means 3pm EST.
(videos)
What I really liked was how the deaf interpreters were from different countries in Europe just as the hearing contestants too. So, what the deaf interpreter team did was try to match the deaf interpreter’s home country the same as the hearing contestant’s country. For example, if the hearing contestant is from Russia, they got a deaf interpreter from Russia to match. If the hearing contestant is from Sweden, they got a deaf interpreter from Sweden to match. No, not every deaf interpreter matched 100 percent with the hearing contestants’ countries, but most of them seemed to match. I thought that was cool.
You want to grab the opportunity to watch, enjoy yourself, check out the signs of International Sign Language? Grab that chance this week.
DoofCentraal:
https://doofcentraal.nl/esc-is/
Or
Peacock:
Meet the 37 Deaf Interpreters: https://youtu.be/nqNSED5V7zU