Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Country	Monaco
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Séverine
Selected song	"Un banc, un arbre, une rue"
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 128 points
Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1970 • 1971

Monaco was represented by French singer Séverine, with the song '"Un banc, un arbre, une rue", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in Dublin. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TMC and went on to bring Monaco their only Eurovision victory.

Following the contest "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" became one of the most commercially successful Eurovision winners to date. Séverine recorded versions of the song in several languages, although unusually it was the original French recording which reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart rather than the English version ("Chance In Time"), which remained largely unknown. In later years Séverine would often claim that she had never been to Monaco prior to the contest, and would note wryly that neither had she been invited by TMC to visit the principality following her victory.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Séverine performed third in the running order, following Malta and preceding Switzerland. "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" was a cleverly structured song with four male backing singers repeating the melody of the chorus while Séverine sang the verses. Prior to the contest it had been rated by most observers as a particularly strong, memorable song, and the one to beat.

A new voting system was introduced for the 1971 contest, with two jury members from each country appearing on screen to award between 1 and 5 points to each song other than that of their own nation. The voters were split into six groups and after the third group had voted Italy held a narrow lead over Spain, with Monaco a little further back. However "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" then scored exceptionally strongly from the last three groups and emerged a clear winner with 128 points, 12 points ahead of runners-up Spain.^[1]

Points awarded to Monaco

Points awarded by Monaco

10 points	Spain
9 points	Italy
8 points	France  United Kingdom
7 points	Germany
6 points	Ireland  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal
5 points	Austria  Belgium
4 points	Finland  Sweden   Switzerland  Yugoslavia
3 points
2 points	Malta

^[1]

See also

• Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1971

References

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 to 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 to 2017
Artists 1950s Jacques Pills 1960s François Deguelt Colette Deréal François Deguelt Françoise Hardy Romuald Marjorie Noël Téréza Minouche Barelli Line & Willy Jean Jacques 1970s Dominique Dussault Séverine Peter McLane & Anne-Marie Godart Marie Romuald Sophie Mary Christy Michèle Torr Caline & Olivier Toussaint Laurent Vaguener 1980s 1980 to 1989 1990s 1990 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2003 Maryon Lise Darly Séverine Ferrer 2007 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
Songs 1950s "Mon ami Pierrot" 1960s "Ce soir-là" "Allons, allons les enfants" "Dis rien" "L'amour s'en va" "Où sont-elles passées" "Va dire à l'amour" "Bien plus fort" "Boum-Badaboum" "A chacun sa chanson !À chacun sa chanson" "Maman, Maman" 1970s "Marlène" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Comme on s'aime" "Un train qui part" "Celui qui reste et celui qui s'en va" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Toi, la musique et moi" "Une petite française" "Les jardins de Monaco" "Notre vie c'est la musique" 1980s 1980 to 1989 1990s 1990 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2003 "Notre planète" "Tout de moi" "La Coco-Dance" 2007 to 2009 2010s 2010 to 2016
(Note: Entries scored out are when Monaco did not compete)