- Les Jardins De Monaco
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Monaco Les Jardins De Monaco
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year = 1978
country = Monaco
artist = Corinne Colbert,Olivier Toussaint
as = Caline & Oliver Toussaint
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language = French
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composer =Paul de Senneville ,Olivier Toussaint
lyricist = Jean Albertini,Didier Barbelivien
conductor =
place = 4th
points = 107
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points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1978mc from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link = Notre Vie C'Est La MusiqueLes Jardins De Monaco (English translation: "The Gardens Of Monaco") was the Monegasque entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 , performed in French byCaline &Olivier Toussaint .The song is a duet, with the singers recalling their innocent childhoods in the titular "gardens of Monaco" and singing about the famous people who could have kept assignations there. One of the famous people listed is
Charlie Chaplin , himself the subject of the next song performed at that Contest.The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following
Germany 'sIreen Sheer withFeuer and precedingGreece 'sTania Tsanaklidou with Charlie Chaplin). At the close of voting, it had received 107 points, placing 4th in a field of 20.It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1979 Contest by
Laurent Vaguener withNotre Vie C'Est La Musique .
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