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"Il me donne rendez-vous" (
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation: "He Makes a Date with Me") was the
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entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1995The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...
, performed in
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by Nathalie Santamaria.
The song was performed twelfth on the night (following
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's
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& Lidija with "
Nostalgija"Nostalgija" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Croatian by Magazin and Lidija....
" and preceding
HungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
's Csaba Szigeti with "
Új név a régi ház falán"Új név a régi ház falán" was the Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Hungarian by Csaba Szigeti....
"). At the close of voting, it had received 94 points, placing 4th in a field of 23.
The song is an up-tempo number, with Santamaria describing a series of dates with her lover, including a trip to the
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.
It was succeeded as
French representativeFrance is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest and has entered the competition fifty-four times since their debut at the very first contest in 1956. France is one of only seven countries to be present at the very first contest, and has only been absent from two...
at the
1996 ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...
by
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with "
Diwanit Bugale"Diwanit Bugale" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Breton by Dan Ar Braz & L'Héritage des Celtes....
".
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