winner, 1983
Corinne Hermès
Corinne Hermès represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1983 in Munich with “Si la vie est cadeau”, and won.
- who
- French singer
- born
- 16 November 1961, Lagny-sur-Marne, France
- contest
- 1983
- win
- 1983
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1979
- sang for
- Luxembourg
Biography
Corinne Hermès is a French singer who won the 1983 contest in Munich for Luxembourg with “Si la vie est cadeau”. It was Luxembourg’s fifth win, and remains its most recent.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Corinne Hermès”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1983 Munich
“Si la vie est cadeau”
Winner Won the contest with 142 points, ahead of 19 other songs.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Alain Garcia, Jean-Pierre Millers
- Conductor
- Michel Bernholc
- Running order
- 20th of 20
- Age on the night
- 21
The story of Eurovision 1983: Lost in three languages, and a winner the hall walked out on
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Victory for the female variety revelation 1990
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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- 1983 The favourite nobody in the hall wanted Stage invaders and booing
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What we wrote about Corinne Hermès, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1983 The favourite nobody in the hall wanted
Corinne Hermès sang last of the twenty. During her song, a good part of the audience got up and left. During the voting there was laughter each time a spokesperson named Luxembourg, and booing when the big scores came in.
- 1983 The result
She won anyway. "Si la vie est cadeau" finished on 142 points, six ahead of Israel's Ofra Haza. Israel had now been runner-up two years running. Sweden's Carola Häggkvist was third, a single point ahead of Yugoslavia.
- 1983 The result
When Hermès came back to sing her winning song again, much of the hall was already on its way out.
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