- Si La Vie Est Cadeau
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song = flagicon|Luxembourg Si La Vie Est Cadeau
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year = 1983
country = Luxembourg
artist = Corinne Miller
as =Corinne Hermès
with =
language = French
languages =
composer = Jean-Pierre Millers
lyricist = Alain Garcia
conductor = Michel Bernholc
place = 1st
points = 142
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1983lu from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link = 100% D'AmourSi La Vie Est Cadeau (English translation: "If Life is a Gift"), was the winner of the
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 , performed in French byCorinne Hermès forLuxembourg .The song is a dramatic ballad dealing with the wonder of life, likening it to a gift.
The song was performed twentieth on the night (following
Belgium 's Pas De Deux with Rendez-Vous). At the close of voting, it had received 142 points, placing 1st in a field of 20. The win brought Luxembourg equal withFrance on five Contest wins apiece, however both countries would later be eclipsed byRepublic of Ireland , which would win seven.The song was succeeded in 1984 as winner of the Contest by
Herreys representingSweden withDiggi-Loo Diggi-Ley .It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1984 Contest by
Sophie Carle with100% D'Amour .
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