and Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, with just 10 points and therefore had failed to qualify to the Final. Criticisms were made on Maryon's costume choice, one commentator describing her as a "Christmas Tree".

Some suggested she suffered from France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

's decision not to broadcast the semi-final and therefore not vote - the two nations would have a tradition of giving each other high marks. The year later the EBU stated that every country broadcasting the final would also have to broadcast the semi-final, meaning that this problem did not arise for Lise Darly

Lise Darly

Lise Darly is a French singer and was selected to represent Monaco in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev....

.

She also appeared in the casting rounds for a French talent show in 2006, but does not seem to have progressed far and has not been heard from since.