Lise Darly (born 27 December 1981) is a French singer and was selected to represent Monaco in the
2005 Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Ukrainian capital of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
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Lise was born in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative ...
. 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, Lise Darly came second in the process. She was later selected to represent
Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Monaco was represented by Lise Darly with the song "Tout de moi" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The song was written and composed by Philippe Bosco.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
TMC announced in December 2004 that the Monégasq ...
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In Kyiv, 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 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).
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 Moldova.
Now she is living and working in Monaco. Lise Darly was one of stars on New Year Party in Monaco.
External links
Official WebsiteOfficial MySpace PageLyrics of "Tout de Moi" in French and English
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1981 births
Living people
Musicians from Nice
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Monaco
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2005
The Voice (franchise) contestants
21st-century French women singers