Nathalie Pâque

Nathalie Pâque
Born	11 May 1977 (1977-05-11) (age 34)
Origin	Liège, Belgium
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer

Nathalie Pâque (born 11 May 1977, Liège) is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation on behalf of France in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest.

Pâque was internally selected by channel Antenne 2 to represent France with the song "J'ai volé la vie" ("I've Stolen Life") in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 May. At five days short of her 12th birthday, Pâque was the youngest performer ever to take a lead vocal at Eurovision. "J'ai volé la vie" finished in eighth place of the 22 entrants.^[1][2] In response to reservations expressed by a number of participating countries regarding Pâque's youth (and that of 1989 Israeli singer Gili, who was only slightly older), the European Broadcasting Union amended the Eurovision rules on age with effect from 1990. In future no contestant could be younger than 16 by the end of the year in which the contest was held, so Pâque's record is secure (barring another extremely unlikely rule change).^[3]

Pâque released several singles and two albums in Belgium during the 1990s, and in recent years has appeared in stage musicals such as Titanic and Singin' in the Rain in Belgium and France.

Discography

Singles

• 1989: "J'ai volé la vie"
• 1989: "Ils reviennent"
• 1990: "Bébé bambou"
• 1991: "Danse"
• 1991: "Noël différent"
• 1992: "Kiss Me" (with Daniel Mendy)
• 1992: "Nous, c'est spécial"
• 1993: "Laisse-moi voyager"
• 1996: "C'est vrai...je t'aime"
• 1996: "Je garderai pour toi"
• 1998: "Mama, c'est l'heure"

Albums

• 1996: C'est vrai...je t'aime
• 1998: Chante-nous la vie^[4]

References

1. ^ ESC History 1989
2. ^ "J'ai volé la vie" at diggiloo.net
3. ^ O'Connor, J: Eurovision Song Contest - Official History. Carlton Books, 2005. ISBN 184222586X
4. ^ Discography at Ultratop.be

External links

• Nathalie Pâque's Myspace page

Preceded by Gérard Lenorman with Chanteur de charme

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Succeeded by Joëlle Ursull with White and Black Blues

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Name	Paque, Nathalie
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Date of birth	11 May 1977
Place of birth	Liege, Belgium
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