Serge & Christine Ghisoland (both born in 1946) are a singing duo from

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Belgium, Belgian Hainaut Provinc ...

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, best known for their participation in the 1972

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Eurovision Song Contest

In 1970, the then unknown married couple took part in the semi-finals of the Belgian Eurovision selection with two songs, "Lai lai lai" and "Nous serons toi et moi". Both qualified for the final, but the Ghisolands decided to withdraw "Nous serons toi et moi", leaving "Lai lai lai" to go forward, where it finished fourth. In 1972 the couple were chosen as the Belgian representatives and performed ten songs which were the subject of a public vote. The winner was "

À la folie ou pas du tout Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "", written by Daniel Nélis and Bob Milan, and performed by Serge and Christine Ghisoland. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Walloon (RTB), selected its entry thro ...

" ("Madly, or Not At All"), which went forward to the 17th

, held on 25 March in

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. "À la folie ou pas du tout" finished the evening in 17th place of 18 entries, ahead only of the

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song.

Later career

There is little information available on the couple after their Eurovision appearance, although Serge Ghisoland is believed to have worked for many years with Belgian record label, Elver.Brief biography
(in French) He was also a music teacher in several schools in the Mouscron/Comines region of Belgium.

References

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