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Jean Vallée
Jean Vallée sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1970 and 1978, for Belgium. The best result was 2nd place in 1978, with “L'amour ça fait chanter la vie”.
- who
- Belgian singer
- born
- 2 October 1941, Verviers, Belgium
- died
- 12 March 2014 (aged 72), Clermont, Belgium
- contests
- 1970, 1978
- best result
- 2nd, 1978
- music
- chanson
- sang for
- Belgium
Biography
Jean Vallée, who died in 2014, was a Belgian songwriter and performer who was made a Knight of the Order of the Crown in 1999. Vallée sang for Belgium twice: “Viens l’oublier” finished joint eighth in Amsterdam in 1970, and “L’amour ça fait chanter la vie” second in Paris in 1978, Belgium’s best result up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Jean Vallée (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1970 Amsterdam
“Viens l'oublier”
8th of 12 Finished 8th of 12, with 5 points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean Vallée
- Conductor
- Jack Say
- Running order
- 5th of 12
- Age on the night
- 28
- Won that year
- Ireland: Dana, “All Kinds of Everything”
The story of Eurovision 1970: A boycott, a coin-toss host and the first postcards
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1978 Paris
“L'amour ça fait chanter la vie”
2nd of 20 Finished 2nd of 20, with 125 points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean Vallée
- Conductor
- Jean Musy
- Running order
- 10th of 20
- Age on the night
- 36
- Won that year
- Israel: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)”
The story of Eurovision 1978: A-Ba-Ni-Bi, a bunch of daffodils and the first nul points
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Knight of the Order of the Crown
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Jean Vallée, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1978 The winner
Belgium's second place, for Jean Vallée, was its best result yet. France was third.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.