eurovision 1985
Franck Olivier
Franck Olivier represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1985 in Gothenburg with “Children, Kinder, Enfants”, finishing 13th of 19.
Luxembourg
1985
- who
- Belgian composer
- born
- 26 August 1948, Gozée, Belgium
- died
- 8 November 2021 (aged 73), Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
- contest
- 1985
- best result
- 13th, 1985
- sang for
- Luxembourg
Biography
Franck Olivier, who died in 2021, was a Belgian singer and composer, born in Gozée, who studied the piano and the violin at a conservatoire for five years, released songs from 1970 on, and also wrote for Claude François and Lara Fabian. Olivier was one of the sextet that sang Luxembourg’s “Children, Kinder, Enfants” in Gothenburg in 1985, 13th with 37 points, and later founded a record label in Quebec.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (Luxembourgish), “Franck Olivier”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1985 Gothenburg
“Children, Kinder, Enfants”
13th of 19 Finished 13th of 19, with 37 points.
- Billed as
- Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean-Michel Bériat, Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel
- Conductor
- Norbert Daum
- Running order
- 18th of 19
- Age on the night
- 36
- Won that year
- Norway: Bobbysocks, “La det swinge”
The story of Eurovision 1985: Norway, at last, and a skirt that came off on live television
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