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"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"Country Artist(s) Language Composer(s) Jean Miret, Jacques Say
Lyricist(s) Robert Montal
Conductor Léo Souris
Final result 2nd
Final points -
"Le plus beau jour de ma vie" (1956) ►
"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" ("The drowned men of the Seine") was the first Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in French by Fud Leclerc .
The song was performed third on the night (following Switzerland 's Lys Assia with "Das alte Karussell " and preceding Germany 's Walter Andreas Schwarz with "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück "). The scoreboard for the 1956 Contest has never been made public, so it is impossible to say with certainty where the song placed. However rumors suggest the song was placed third.
The song is in the chanson style typical of the early years of the Contest, with Leclerc opining that he is trapped in a loveless marriage and wishes to drown himself in the Seine .
The song was accompanied at the 1956 contest by Mony Marc with "Le plus beau jour de ma vie " and was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1957 contest by Bobbejaan Schoepen with "Straatdeuntje ".
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Articles related to the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation Artists Songs
"1 Life"
"À la folie ou pas du tout "
"Als het weer lente is "
"L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie "
"Avanti la vie "
"Baby, Baby"
"Because of You "
"Before the Party's Over "
"City Lights "
"Copycat"
"Dis oui "
"Door de wind "
"Envie de vivre "
"Euro-Vision "
"Fleur de liberté "
"Geef het op "
"Gelukkig zijn "
"Goeiemorgen, morgen "
"Le Grand soir "
"Hey Nana"
"Hou toch van mij "
"Iemand als jij "
"Ik heb zorgen "
"J'aime la vie "
"Je t'adore "
"Jennifer Jennings"
"Judy et Cie "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Laissez briller le soleil "
"Liefde is een kaartspel "
"Like the Wind"
"Love Kills "
"Love Power"
"Ma petite chatte "
"Macédomienne "
"A Matter of Time "
"Me and My Guitar "
"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine "
"A Million in One, Two, Three"
"Miss You "
"Mon amour pour toi "
"Mother"
"Nous, on veut des violons "
"O Julissi"
"Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel "
"Le Plus beau jour de ma vie "
"Près de ma rivière "
"Quand tu reviendras "
"Release Me "
"Rendez-vous "
"Rhythm Inside "
"Samson"
"Sanomi "
"September, gouden roos "
"Si tu aimes ma musique "
"Sister"
"Soldiers of Love"
"Straatdeuntje "
"Ton nom "
"Viens l'oublier "
"La Voix est libre "
"Waarom? "
"Wake Up "
"What's the Pressure "
"With Love Baby"
"Would You?"
"The Wrong Place "
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Amami se vuoi "
"Das alte Karussell "
"Les Amants de minuit "
"Aprite le finestre "
"Il est là "
"Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück "
"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine "
"Ne crois pas "
"Le Plus beau jour de ma vie "
"Refrain "
"So geht das jede Nacht "
"Le Temps perdu "
"De vogels van Holland "
"Voorgoed voorbij "