winner, 1971
Séverine
Séverine represented Monaco at Eurovision 1971 in Dublin with “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”, and won.
- who
- French singer
- born
- 10 October 1948, 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
- contest
- 1971
- win
- 1971
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1969
- record labels
- Philips Records
- sang for
- Monaco
Biography
Séverine is a French singer who won the 1971 contest for Monaco with “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”, still Monaco’s only win. The song was also recorded in English, German and Italian, and the French original reached number nine in the British chart.
More success followed in France and Germany, though not on the same scale. Séverine tried for the contest twice more, through the German national finals of 1975 and 1982, and travelled with Monaco’s delegation to the 2006 contest in Athens.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Séverine (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1971 Dublin
“Un banc, un arbre, une rue”
Winner Won the contest with 128 points, ahead of 17 other songs.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Yves Dessca
- Conductor
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Running order
- 3rd of 18
- Age on the night
- 22
Play: Séverine — “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1971 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1971: Pickets outside, jurors on the stage
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Séverine, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1971 Monaco
Inside, Séverine won for Monaco with "Un banc, un arbre, une rue". She finished on 128, twelve clear of Spain's Karina. It is the only time Monaco has won.
- 1972 The show
One camera shot became notorious. Just before Monaco's song the director cut, as planned, to the reigning winner in the audience. Séverine was looking at her watch.
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