eurovision 1996
Dan Ar Braz
Dan Ar Braz represented France at Eurovision 1996 in Oslo with “Diwanit bugale”, finishing 19th of 23.
- who
- French guitarist
- born
- 15 January 1949, Quimper, France
- contest
- 1996
- best result
- 19th, 1996
- music
- Celtic music
- plays
- guitar
- also in
- Héritage des Celtes
- sang for
- France
Biography
Dan Ar Braz is a Breton guitarist, singer and composer, and the founder of L’Héritage des Celtes, a fifty-piece band of musicians from the Celtic nations. With the band, Dan Ar Braz sang “Diwanit bugale” in Breton for France in Oslo in 1996 and finished 19th.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Dan Ar Braz”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1996 Oslo
“Diwanit bugale”
19th of 23 Finished 19th of 23, with 18 points.
- Billed as
- Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes
- With
- Héritage des Celtes
- Sung in
- Breton
- Written by
- Dan Ar Braz
- Conductor
- Fiachra Trench
- Running order
- 13th of 23
- Age on the night
- 47
- Won that year
- Ireland: Eimear Quinn, “The Voice”
The story of Eurovision 1996: Germany misses the cut, and Holland becomes Poland
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world 1996, 1998
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