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Monaco at Eurovision

Monaco first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959 and has entered 24 contests, the last of them in 2006. It has won once, in 1971, with “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” by Séverine.

24
contests
1
win
first song
1959
last song
2006
contests
24
wins
1 — 1971
second place
1 — 1962
last place
2 — 1959, 1966
nul points
1966
in the final
0 of 3 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
French (24), Tahitian (1)
not in the line-up
1980–2003

The win

Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.

Every song

All 24 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2006 Athens Séverine Ferrer “La Coco-Dance” French, Tahitian Out in the semi-final (21st of 23) 14
2005 Kyiv Lise Darly “Tout de moi” French Out in the semi-final (24th of 25) 22
2004 Istanbul Maryon “Notre planète” French Out in the semi-final (19th of 22) 10
1979 Jerusalem Laurent Vaguener “Notre vie c'est la musique” French 16th of 19 12
1978 Paris Caline and Olivier Toussaint “Les Jardins de Monaco” French 4th of 20 107
1977 London Michèle Torr “Une petite française” French 4th of 18 96
1976 The Hague Mary Christy “Toi, la musique et moi” French 3rd of 18 93
1975 Stockholm Sophie “Une chanson c'est une lettre” French 13th of 19 22
1974 Brighton Romuald “Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va” French 4th of 17 14
1973 Luxembourg City Marie “Un train qui part” French 8th of 17 85
1972 Edinburgh Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane “Comme on s'aime” French 16th of 18 65
1971 Dublin Séverine “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” French winner! 128
1970 Amsterdam Dominique Dussault “Marlène” French 8th of 12 5
1969 Madrid Jean-Jacques “Maman, Maman” French 6th of 16 11
1968 London Line and Willy “À chacun sa chanson” French 7th of 17 8
1967 Vienna Minouche Barelli “Boum-Badaboum” French 5th of 17 10
1966 Luxembourg City Téréza “Bien plus fort” French 17th of 18 0
1965 Naples Marjorie Noël “Va dire à l'amour” French 9th of 18 7
1964 Copenhagen Romuald “Où sont-elles passées ?” French 3rd of 16 15
1963 London Françoise Hardy “L'amour s'en va” French 5th of 16 25
1962 Luxembourg City François Deguelt “Dis rien” French 2nd of 16 13
1961 Cannes Colette Deréal “Allons, allons les enfants” French 10th of 16 6
1960 London François Deguelt “Ce soir-là” French 3rd of 13 15
1959 Cannes Jacques Pills “Mon ami Pierrot” French 11th of 11 1

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The two acts Monaco has sent to more than one contest.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Monaco, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2006
    • TMC Monte Carlo Bernard Montiel and Églantine Éméyé
  2. 2005
    • TMC Monte Carlo Bernard Montiel and Genie Godula
  3. 2004
    • TMC Monte Carlo Bernard Montiel
  4. 1978
    • Télé Monte-Carlo
  5. 1964
    • Télé Monte-Carlo Robert Beauvais
  6. 1963
    • Télé Monte-Carlo Pierre Tchernia
  7. 1962
    • Radio Monte Carlo
  8. 1961
    • Télé Monte-Carlo, Radio Monte Carlo Robert Beauvais
  9. 1959
    • Radio Monte-Carlo
  10. 1958
    • Télé Monte-Carlo
  11. 1957
    • Télé Monte-Carlo Robert Beauvais
    • Radio Monte-Carlo

In our contest stories

Lines about Monaco from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1957 Ten countries

    Monaco appeared on the list of participants and had vanished from it by late February.

  • 1958 Who was there

    Monaco had meant to enter and didn't.

  • 1959 Who came, and who didn't

    Monaco, which had been announced and then gone missing in both 1957 and 1958, finally made its debut.

  • 1959 The result

    Monaco's debut ended in last place with one vote.

  • 1960 The result

    Boyer's father, Jacques Pills, had sung for Monaco the year before and finished last, with a single vote.

  • 1960 The result

    Monaco, last in 1959, came third.

  • 1962 The result

    Monaco was second and the hosts third, which meant the top three songs were all in French.

  • 1962 The result

    Monaco's François Deguelt had been third in 1960; he became the first singer to finish both second and third without ever winning.

  • 1963 Norway votes twice

    Monaco had to be called twice as well.

  • 1963 The result

    Further down were two singers who would become far bigger than the contest: Françoise Hardy, fifth for Monaco, and Nana Mouskouri, eighth for Luxembourg.

  • 1965 The result

    The interval act was the tenor Mario Del Monaco singing "O sole mio" — or rather miming to his own recording of it.

  • 1966 The result

    Italy, with Modugno, was on zero alongside Monaco.

  • 1969 One empty place

    Two had changed flags: Siw Malmkvist, Sweden's singer in 1960, now sang for Germany, and Romuald, Monaco's in 1964, sang for Luxembourg.

  • 1969 Eighteen, four times

    The scrutineer, Clifford Brown, asked both Spain and Monaco to read their votes a second time.

  • 1971 Monaco

    Inside, Séverine won for Monaco with "Un banc, un arbre, une rue".

  • 1971 Monaco

    She finished on 128, twelve clear of Spain's Karina. It is the only time Monaco has won.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Monaco was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.