eurovision 1956

Mony Marc

Mony Marc represented Belgium at Eurovision 1956 in Lugano with “Le Plus Beau Jour de ma vie”; only the winner was announced that year.

Belgium

1956

contest
1956
sang for
Belgium

Biography

Mony Marc is a Belgian singer of the post-war years who first sang in public in 1947, at the age of twelve, at the Forum in Liège, and then spent two years with the Jacques Mathieu orchestra in the Ancienne Belgique halls of Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. Marc sang one of Belgium’s two songs at the first contest, in Lugano in 1956: “Le Plus Beau Jour de ma vie”. The results of that contest were never published beyond the name of the winner.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (French), “Mony Marc”.

At Eurovision

One song, and what became of it.

  1. 1956 Lugano

    Belgium

    “Le Plus Beau Jour de ma vie”

    Placing not published Only the winner was announced that year. The other placings were never published.

    Sung in
    French
    Written by
    Claude Alix, David Bee
    Conductor
    Léo Souris
    Running order
    10th of 14
    Won that year
    Switzerland: Lys Assia, “Refrain”

    The story of Eurovision 1956: Seven countries, fourteen songs, and a result nobody kept

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