Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Monaco
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Laurent Vaguener
Selected song	"Notre vie c'est la musique"
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 12 points
Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1978 • 1979 • 2004►

Monaco was represented by French singer Laurent Vaguener, with the song '"Notre vie c'est la musique", at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 31 March in Jerusalem. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TMC and would become Monaco's last Eurovision entry for 25 years as TMC decided to opt out of the contest from 1980, and did not return until 2004 – the longest ever absence by a country which subsequently returned to the contest.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vaguener performed 6th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Greece. "Notre vie c'est la musique" had a disco-style arrangement and Vaguener gave a casually presented and vocally indifferent performance. At the close of voting the song had picked up only 12 points, placing Monaco 16th of the 19 entries. The Monegasque jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.^[1]

Points awarded by Monaco

12 points	Germany
10 points	France
8 points	Israel
7 points	Greece
6 points	Norway
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	United Kingdom

Points awarded to Monaco

See also

• Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1979

References

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 to 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 to 2017
Artists 1950s Jacques Pills 1960s François Deguelt Colette Deréal François Deguelt Françoise Hardy Romuald Marjorie Noël Téréza Minouche Barelli Line & Willy Jean Jacques 1970s Dominique Dussault Séverine Peter McLane & Anne-Marie Godart Marie Romuald Sophie Mary Christy Michèle Torr Caline & Olivier Toussaint Laurent Vaguener 1980s 1980 to 1989 1990s 1990 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2003 Maryon Lise Darly Séverine Ferrer 2007 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
Songs 1950s "Mon ami Pierrot" 1960s "Ce soir-là" "Allons, allons les enfants" "Dis rien" "L'amour s'en va" "Où sont-elles passées" "Va dire à l'amour" "Bien plus fort" "Boum-Badaboum" "A chacun sa chanson !À chacun sa chanson" "Maman, Maman" 1970s "Marlène" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Comme on s'aime" "Un train qui part" "Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Toi, la musique et moi" "Une petite française" "Les jardins de Monaco" "Notre vie c'est la musique" 1980s 1980 to 1989 1990s 1990 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2003 "Notre planète" "Tout de moi" "La Coco-Dance" 2007 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
(Note: Entries scored out are when Monaco did not compete)