Marie Line, also known as Marie Line Marolany or Maro Lany, is a French singer who took part in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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1998 for France with the song "
Où aller
The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Br ...
".
Life and career
Marie-Line Marolany was born in
Saint-Raphaël, Var
Saint-Raphaël (; ) is a commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France.
Immediately to the west of Saint-Raphaël lies a larger and older town, Fréjus; together they form an urban agglomeration known ...
on the
French Riviera
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. She has French-Caribbean roots and early on was backing singer in her brothers' group, Soul Afro Punk. She then started to sing her own compositions in piano bars all over in France and then went to record two albums with Raoul Petite. Afterwards she toured Europe with many famous French singer doing backing vocals. In 1998 she was chosen to represent France to the
Eurovision Song Contest
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held in
Birmingham
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, with her song ''Ou Aller?'' (''Where to?''). The song was totally different from the other pop entries and some suggested that it was a reminder of the French "exotic" and "afro-Caribbean" entries of 1991 and 1992. The song was awarded only 3 points (1 point from Cyprus and 2 points from North Macedonia) and ranked 24th doing only better than Switzerland. After that Marie Line did not record any of her songs. She continued her career as a backing vocalist and a composer – she is known for have written music for three French movies: Les Caprices d'un fleuve, Cuisine américaine and Agathe Cléry.
See also
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France in the Eurovision Song Contest
France has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 67 times since its debut at the first contest in . France is one of only seven countries to be present at the first contest, and has been absent from only two contests in its history, m ...
External links
Marie Line's MySpace Page
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Living people
People from Saint-Raphaël, Var
French women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Eurovision Song Contest entrants