Colette Deréal, born Colette Denise de Glarélial, 22 September 1927 in Saint-Cyr-l'École

Saint-Cyr-l'École

Saint-Cyr-l'École is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr , which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945.The old buildings of the ESM are...

, Seine-et-Oise

Seine-et-Oise

Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. Its préfecture was Versailles and its official number was 78. Seine-et-Oise was abolished in 1968....

 (now Yvelines

Yvelines

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...

), France and died 12 April 1988 in Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

, is a French actress and singer.

Eurovision Song Contest 1961

In 1961, Deréal represented Monaco in the

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest

Monaco first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959. The country's first and only win in the contest came in 1971, when Séverine performed "Un banc, un arbre, une rue". In 1972 Monaco was expected to host the contest, but declined...

 Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961

The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest. A total of sixteen countries took part in the Contest, including the three debuting countries: Finland, Spain, and Yugoslavia. It was held on 18 March 1961 and was the first to take place on a Saturday night, a tradition that...

, with the song "Allons, allons les enfants

Allons, Allons Les Enfants

"Allons, allons les enfants" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French by French singer Colette Deréal....

" (Let's go, let's go children). Deréal finished joint tenth place with the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 entry "Valoa ikkunassa

Valoa Ikkunassa

"Valoa ikkunassa" was the debut Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, performed in Finnish by Laila Kinnunen at the 1961 Contest....

" (The lights in the window) sung by Laila Kinnunen

Laila Kinnunen

Laura "Laila" Annikki Kinnunen was a Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 60s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest.She spent her childhood in Sweden as a refugee from the Second...

 and the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 entry "Wat een dag

Wat Een Dag

"Wat een dag" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Dutch by Greetje Kauffeld.The song is sung from the perspective of a young woman experiencing love and generally finding the world to be a lovely place...

" (What a day) sung by Greetje Kauffeld

Greetje Kauffeld

Greetje Kauffeld is a Dutch jazz singer and Schlager musician who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961. She led her own trio starting in 1986 and has lived in Germany for years.-External links:...

, receiving six points.

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