Marcel Palonder is a Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 singer. He represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

The 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...

 with the song "Kým nás máš

Kým Nás Máš

"Kým nás máš" was the Slovak entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, sung by Marcel Palonder in the Slovak language.The song was performed twenty-second on the night, following Bosnia & Herzegovina's Amila Glamočak with "Za našu ljubav" and preceding Sweden's One More Time with "Den vilda"...

". His song qualified from the semifinal, earning 36 points but in the final it placed 17th place with 19 points. The points to the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 entry were given by: Greece

Greece

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 4 points, Malta

Malta

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 8 points, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 5 points and Spain

Spain

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2 points.

He will attempt to represent his country once again at Eurovision in 2010, when he competes in the Slovak semi-finals of Eurosong 2010 with the song "What About You".