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Switzerland in 1996
Cathy Leander
Song
Mon coeur l'aime
Composer(s)
Régis Mounir
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Biography
The Swiss song will be sung by Cathy Leander. She was born in 1963, and began her singing career in the church choir of her home town. In 1989, she moved to Geneva, and has sung both there and in Paris at jazz clubs on the left bank and in cabarets of the St-Germain-des-Pres quarter. She speaks English very well, and her repertoire includes just as many songs by Whitney Houston, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand as French songs by the likes of Edith Piaf and Nicole Croisille. In 1992, she was selected to represent France in the Europa Song Festival in Bordeaux. Her ambition is to make an album of previously unrecorded songs.
Régis Mounir has the double role of composer and songwriter. He was born in 1968, and started his musical studies at the age of eight: music theory, percussion, and singing in the choir of the local conservatory. At the age of 16, he was hired as a professional musician by the group KGB, and with them, toured Italy. Nevertheles, he continued to study music theory and piano in Geneva. In 1989, Mounir formed the group Alesia, for which he composes and writes songs. Besides playing the drums and keyboards, he is a background musician and is responsible for artistic production and musical arrangements of the group. From 1989 to 1994, he worked as a DJ for a local radio station in Geneva. Alesia has recorded one album, and Régis Mounir is now writing and composing for the next one. [Notes from the Official 1996 Programme by NRK]
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History
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All Participations for Switzerland
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2008 | Paolo Meneguzzi | Era stupendo | 47 | 13 |
| 2007 | DJ BoBo | Vampires are alive | 40 | 20 |
| 2006 | Six4One | If we all give a little | 30 | 16 |
| 2005 | Vanilla Ninja | Cool vibes | 128 | 8 |
| 2005 | Vanilla Ninja | Cool vibes | 114 | 8 |
| 2004 | Piero Esteriore & the MusicStars | Celebrate | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 | Francine Jordi | Dans le jardin de mon âme | 15 | 22 |
| 2000 | Jane Bogaert | La vita cos'è? | 14 | 20 |
| 1998 | Gunvor | Lass ihn | 0 | 25 |
| 1997 | Barbara Berta | Dentro di me | 5 | 22 |
| 1996 | Cathy Leander | Mon coeur l'aime | 22 | 16 |
| 1994 | Duilio | Sto pregando | 15 | 19 |
| 1993 | Annie Cotton | Moi, tout simplement | 148 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 1991 | Sandra Simò | Canzone per te | 118 | 5 |
| 1990 | Egon Egemann | Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus | 51 | 11 |
| 1989 | Furbaz | Viver senza tei | 47 | 13 |
| 1988 | Céline Dion | Ne partez pas sans moi | 137 | 1 |
| 1987 | Carole Rich | Moitié moitié | 26 | 17 |
| 1986 | Daniela Simons | Pas pour moi | 140 | 2 |
| 1985 | Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini | Piano piano | 39 | 12 |
| 1984 | Rainy Day | Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein | 30 | 16 |
| 1983 | Mariella Farré | Io così non ci sto | 28 | 15 |
| 1982 | Arlette Zola | Amour on t'aime | 97 | 3 |
| 1981 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Io senza tei | 121 | 4 |
| 1980 | Paola | Cinéma | 104 | 4 |
| 1979 | Peter, Sue and Marc and Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri | Trödler und Co. | 60 | 10 |
| 1978 | Carole Vinci | Vivre | 65 | 9 |
| 1977 | Pepe Lienhard Band | Swiss lady | 71 | 6 |
| 1976 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Djambo, Djambo | 91 | 4 |
| 1975 | Simone Drexel | Mikado | 77 | 6 |
| 1974 | Piera Martell | Mein Ruf nach dir | 3 | 14 |
| 1973 | Patrick Juvet | Je me vais marier, Marie | 79 | 12 |
| 1972 | Véronique Müller | C'est la chanson de mon amour | 88 | 8 |
| 1971 | Peter, Sue and Marc | Les illusions de nos vingt ans | 78 | 12 |
| 1970 | Henri Dès | Retour | 8 | 4 |
| 1969 | Paola del Medico | Bonjour, bonjour | 13 | 5 |
| 1968 | Gianni Mascolo | Guardando il sole | 2 | 13 |
| 1967 | Géraldine | Quel coeur vas-tu briser? | 0 | 17 |
| 1966 | Madeleine Pascal | Ne vois-tu pas? | 12 | 6 |
| 1965 | Yovanna | Non à jamais sans toi | 8 | 8 |
| 1964 | Anita Traversi | I miei pensieri | 0 | 13 |
| 1963 | Esther Ofarim | T'en va pas | 40 | 2 |
| 1962 | Jean Philippe | Le retour | 2 | 10 |
| 1961 | Franca di Rienzo | Nous aurons demain | 16 | 3 |
| 1960 | Anita Traversi | Cielo e terra | 5 | 8 |
| 1959 | Christa Williams | Irgendwoher | 14 | 4 |
| 1958 | Lys Assia | Giorgio | 24 | 2 |
| 1957 | Lys Assia | L'enfant que j'étais | 5 | 9 |
| 1956 | Lys Assia | Das alte Karussell | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Lys Assia | Refrain | 1 | 1 |
