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Lise Darly is a French singer and was selected to represent Monaco in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

, held in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

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Lise was born in Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

. She made her mark by beating over a hundred rivals to win the Graine de Star Tour in 1999. She subsequently became a professional singer in 2001, and in 2003 entered a casting process designed to find a suitable singer to represent Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Monacos entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul was the first after a twenty five year break. Broadcaster TMC decided it was time for a comeback to the contest by the country who had previously won in 1971. An internal jury chose singer Maryon to represent the country with the song...

, Darly came second in the process. She thus became the obvious choice to represent Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The French singer Lise Darly was selected internally represent Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Tout de Moi" . Lise finished second to Maryon in the Monegasque singer selection of 2004...

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In Kiev, Lise sang a love song entitled Tout de moi (All of me), written by Philippe Bosco, who also wrote the 2004 Monegasque Eurovision entry, Notre planète (Our planet), then performed by Maryon

Maryon

Maryon Gargiulo is a singer, better known as Maryon, who represented Monaco in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Notre Planète" .- Career :...

. Märyon had ended the 2004 semi-final in 20th place, and because of this modest placing in 2004 Lise started in the semifinal line-up, from which only ten countries would progress to the grand final.
In the running order of the semifinal, Monaco sang 6th (between Latvia and Israel).

Monaco and Lise ended up 24th out of 25 countries in the semifinal, therefore placing 38th out of 39 total countries, beating only Lithuania. Monaco received 10 points from Andorra (who were using a jury due to an insufficient number of televotes made in the tiny principality), 10 points from France and 2 points from newcomers Moldova.

A CD single has been released in Monaco and the southern region of France, with the following tracklisting:
01. Tout de moi (version symphonique) – 02. All of me (version symphonique) – 03. Tout de moi (version pop-rock) – 04. All of me (version pop-rock) – 05. Tout de moi (version symphonique; CD-ROM video)

A new single was released in January 2008 called "Quand nos coeurs s'attachent". The song is available on iTunes and French music site Fnac

Fnac

Fnac is an international entertainment retail chain offering cultural and electronic products, founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954. It is the largest retailer of its kind in France...

, but does not appear to have made the French charts.

Now she is living and working in Monaco. Lise Darly was one of stars on New Year Party in Monaco.

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