Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

1959

Last participation so far

2006

Number of participations

24 (as of 2006)

Highest ranking

1 ( 1971 )

Highest Score

128 (1971)

Lowest Score

0 ( 1966 )

Points average (since first post)

32.67 (as of 2006)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

1.89 (as of 2006)

This article deals with the history of Monaco as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Marjorie Noël represented Monaco in Naples in 1965

Monaco first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959. However, the debut was not very successful. Jacques Pills came last with one point. The country was all the more successful in 1960 when it reached third place. In 1961, on the other hand, it only reached 10th place out of 16, making it only average. In 1962 the result was even better, as the Monegasque contribution reached second place. In 1963, the Monegasque contribution was a complete success and reached number 5. In 1964, the third place was achieved for the second time. In 1965, however, the country ended up exactly in the middle of the field and only reached 9th place out of 18. 1966 then followed a shared last place with Italy and zero points. The years after that were all the more successful.

In 1967 the country reached 5th place again. In 1968, however, it was only 7th out of 17. In 1969 the Monegasque contribution reached 6th place. In 1980 the result was again only an average of 8th out of 12. The country was all the more successful in 1971. Séverine won with their song Un banc, un arbre, une rue the victory for the small country and with 128 points the highest score for the country to date. In 1972, when Great Britain held the Song Contest instead of Monaco, only the third from last place was achieved. In 1973, a good result was achieved again with place 8 out of 17. In 1974, the country just missed a place in the top three and took fourth place. In 1975, however, the Monegasque contribution only reached 13th place from 19.1976 Mary Cristy then took third place for Monaco in the competition. In 1977 and 1978 the Monegasque entries reached 4th place again. 1979 followed with 16th place out of 19th, the worst result since 1972. In 1980 the country withdrew from the song contest out of disinterest and only returned 24 years later.

However, the return in 2004 was not very successful. Maryon only reached 19th place out of 22 and was eliminated in the semifinals. Also the contribution 2005 could only reach the penultimate place in the semi-finals and thus did not reach the final either. Séverine Ferrer 2006 also failed to reach the final, which meant that Monaco had three consecutive poor results. After these failures, the country withdrew from the competition in 2007. The reason given by Monegasque television was the poor chances of success and the imbalance of the rating system. Since then Monaco has not participated in the Song Contest.

A total of 14 of the 24 entries ended up in the left half of the table. In addition, the country missed the final three times and has never qualified for the final since the semifinals were introduced. In addition, the country has come in last twice so far. Nevertheless, the country has won the competition once and has reached 3rd place three times, making Monaco one of the average successful countries in the competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified.     

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
1959	Jacques Pills	Mon ami Pierrot M: Florence Veran; T: Raymond Bravard	French	My friend Pierrot	11/11	1	Direct participation		internal selection
1960	François Deguelt	Ce soir-là M: Hubert Giraud; T: Pierre Dorsey	French	On that evening	3/13	15th			internal selection
1961	Colette Deréal	Allons, allons les enfants M: Hubert Giraud; T: Pierre Delanoë	French	Up, up, children	10/16	6th			internal selection
1962	François Deguelt	Dis rien M: Henri Salvador; T: René Rouzaud	French	Don't say anything	2/16	13			internal selection
1963	Françoise Hardy	L'amour s'en va M / T: Françoise Hardy	French	Love passes	5/16	25th			internal selection
1964	Romuald	Où sont-elles passées? M: Francis Lai; T: Pierre Barouh	French	Where did you go?	3/16	15th			internal selection
1965	Marjorie Noël	Va dire à l'amour M: Raymond Bernard; T: Jacques Mareuil	French	Go tell love	9/18	7th			internal selection
1966	Tereza	Bien plus fort M: Gérard Bourgeois; T: Jean-Max Rivière	French	Much stronger	17/18	0			internal selection
1967	Minouche Barelli	Boum Badaboum M / T: Serge Gainsbourg	French	Boom-badabumm	5/17	10			internal selection
1968	Line & Willy	A chacun sa chanson M: Jean-Claude Oliver; T: Rolande Valade	French	Each his own song	7/17	8th			internal selection
1969	Jean-Jacques	Maman, maman M / T: Jo Perrier	French	Mom mom	6/16	11			internal selection
1970	Dominique Dussault	Marlène M: Eddie Barclay, Jimmy Walter; T: Henri Dijan	French	Marlene Dietrich)	8/12	5			internal selection
1971	Severine	Un banc, un arbre, une rue M: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre; T: Yves Dessca	French	A bench, a tree, a road	1  /18	128			internal selection
1972	Anne-Marie Godart & Peter McLane	Comme on s'aime M: Raymond Bernard; T: Jean Drejac	French	How we love each other	16/18	65			internal selection
1973	Marie	Un train qui part M: Bernard Liamis; T: Boris Bergman	French	A train that is leaving	8/17	85			internal selection
1974	Romuald	Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va M: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre; T: Michel Jourdan	French	The one who leaves and the one who stays	4/17	14th			internal selection
1975	Sophie	Une chanson c'est un lettre M: André Popp; T: Boris Bergman	French	A song is a letter	13/19	22nd			internal selection
1976	Mary Cristy	Toi, la musique et moi M: Georges Costa; T: Gilbert Sinoué	French	You, the music and me	3/18	93			internal selection
1977	Michèle Torr	Une petite Française M: Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint; T: Jean Albertini	French	A little French woman	4/18	96			internal selection
1978	Caline & Olivier Toussaint	Dans les jardins de Monaco M: Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint; T: Jean Albertini, Didier Barbelivien	French	In Monaco's gardens	4/20	107			internal selection
1979	Laurent Vaguener	Notre vie c'est la musique M: Paul de Senneville, Jean Baudlot; T: Jean Albertini, Didier Barbelivien	French	Our life is music	16/19	12			internal selection
1980 to 2003	No participation
2004	Maryon	Notre planète M: Philippe Bosco; T: Patrick Sassier	French	Our planet	Eliminated		19/22	10	internal selection
2005	Lise Darly	Tout de moi M / T: Philippe Bosco	French	All of me	Eliminated		24/25	22nd	internal selection
2006	Severine Ferrer	La Coco-Dance M / T: J. Woodfeel, Iren Bo	French, Tahitian	The coco dance	Eliminated		21/24	14th	internal selection
since 2007	No participation

National preliminary decision

Maryon, who was in Istanbul in 2004, is the only Monegasque citizen who has ever participated in the Song Contest

Besides Morocco, Monaco is the only country that has ever taken part in the Song Contest and never held a national preliminary decision. Thus, all the contributions from Monegasque television were selected internally.

languages

Monaco remained true to its national language, French, even in years when there was no official language regulation (1973 to 1976 and since 1999). All contributions were partly sung in French, most of them entirely. Only in 1970 were the song Marlène - which was about Marlene Dietrich - a few words in English and German. The last post in 2006 contained a few words in Tahitian. Versions of many songs have been recorded in other languages, mainly German, English, Spanish and Italian.

Attendees

Hardly any of the Monegasque representatives came from the principality with around 30,000 inhabitants, most of them came from France , Tereza from what was then Yugoslavia . The well-known exception is the Monegasque singer Maryon. The only winner singer Séverine comes from France. She later said she had never been to Monaco before the competition and was never invited by the TV station after her victory.

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or gave the most points to Monaco (as of 2006):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  France 99 2  United Kingdom 79 3  Germany 59 4th  Italy 55 5  Spain 54

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Germany 56  Italy 56 3  United Kingdom 55 4th  Sweden 47 5  Netherlands 46

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  France 99 2  United Kingdom 79 3  Germany 59 4th  Italy 55 5  Switzerland 54  Spain 54

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  France 60 2  Germany 56  Italy 56 4th  United Kingdom 55 5  Sweden 47

Award of the highest rating

Since 1975, Monaco has given top marks to six different countries, two of them France and two of the United Kingdom.

Sustaining land
year	country	space
1975	United Kingdom	2
1976	France	2
1977	United Kingdom	2
1978	Belgium	2
1979	Germany	4th
1980 to 2003	No participation
2004	France	15th
2005	Israel	4th
2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
since 2007	No participation

various

• In 1963, Françoise Hardy was the first woman in the competition to present a contribution she composed and wrote.
• Besides Monaco, both Romuald and Michèle Torr represented the small state of Luxembourg. Both performers are originally from France.
• Monaco is the only country that won the competition but never held it. Since Monaco saw no way to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972, the host role was given to the BBC and Great Britain.
• Monaco was the first winner to score over 100 points.

literature

• Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . Hoffmann and Campe, 2002
• Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006: The official Fanbook

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 - Exclusive: Monaco - it's not the money! ( Memento from January 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Text Marlene
3. ^ Text La coco-dance
4. ↑ List of the participation of Monaco