- Une Petite Française
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song = flagicon|Monaco Une Petite Française
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year = 1977
country = Monaco
artist = Michèle Torr
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language = French
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composer = Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint
lyricist = Jean Albertini
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place = 4th
points = 96
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1977mc from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link = Les Jardins De MonacoUne Petite Française (English translation: "A Little French Girl") was the Monegasque entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1977 , performed in French byMichèle Torr .The song is a ballad, with Torr describing herself as an average Frenchwoman, rather than the cosmopolitan types more commonly associated with that country. She asks her audience to be the judge of whether she should have left her home for a career in music.
The song was performed second on the night (following Ireland's The Swarbriggs Plus Two with
It's Nice To Be In Love Again and preceding theNetherlands 'Heddy Lester withDe Mallemolen ). At the close of voting, it had received 96 points, placing 4th in a field of 18.It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1978 Contest by
Caline &Olivier Toussaint withLes Jardins De Monaco .
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