eurovision 1979
Jean Baudlot
Jean Baudlot represented Monaco at Eurovision 1979 in Jerusalem with “Notre vie c'est la musique”, finishing 16th of 19.
- who
- French singer
- born
- 16 February 1947, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
- died
- 24 March 2021 (aged 74), Rueil-Malmaison, France
- contest
- 1979
- best result
- 16th, 1979
- active
- from 1972
- sang for
- Monaco
Biography
Jean Baudlot, who died in 2021, was a French composer, best known for video game music in the 1980s and 1990s and for work with Richard Clayderman and other performers. Billed as Laurent Vaguener, Baudlot sang “Notre vie c’est la musique” for Monaco in Jerusalem in 1979 and finished 16th.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Jean Baudlot”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1979 Jerusalem
“Notre vie c'est la musique”
16th of 19 Finished 16th of 19, with 12 points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean Albertini, Didier Barbelivien, Jean Baudlot, Paul de Senneville
- Conductor
- Gérard Salesses
- Running order
- 6th of 19
- Age on the night
- 32
- Won that year
- Israel: Milk and Honey, “Hallelujah (הללויה)”
The story of Eurovision 1979: Jerusalem, and a win handed over by the last jury
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