France 1991

[1Tiuri]

why is that conductor fake ? i dont hear the orchestra :)

[pjls1972]

Much better than Sweden

[AquaOinkOink]

I like the swedish song more, but this song is also very good! France should sent this entry in 1990, because the italian song wasn't so good like this.

[greekstyle1988]

FRAAAANNNNCCCCEEEEEEEE

[guardianofretro]

France should win....carola had her chance be4

[Free1Account]

very talanted, and a beautiful song. But the song is a bit boring though. I think that sweden deserved to win, even though france had a very beautiful song.

[jtcov]

How did this not win?? Such a beautiful song

[cattini007]

@jtcov i couldnt agree more , beautiful ....

[Insieme92]

France, douze points!

[nuriaego]

Excelente canción e interpretación. Muy original.

[TheConivor]

Winner on the night and one of the best eurovision songs. France have had some great songs and still just dont get the votes. Even this year another great song should have been in the top 3. With all of the eastern europe blocks I think France should try an song in English... They would probably walk it if they they kept the standard of some of these great songs.

[Takeitandleaveit]

So french! I love it! Send something like this again! Great job! :)

[cipelic24]

she is pretty and i like her voice...niceeeee :))

[nmgscp]

Part 3:

2003 Russia: t.A.T.u. - Ne ver, ne boysia

2004 Ukraine: Ruslana - Wild dances

2006 Finland: Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah

2008 Armenia: Sirusho - Qele qele

2009 Norway: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale

[nmgscp]

Part 2: 1982 Germany: Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden 1983 Israel: Ofra Haza - Chai 1987 Ireland: Johnny Logan - Hold me now 1990 Italy: Toto Cotugno - Insieme: 1992 1990 Spain: Azucar Moreno - Bandido 1991 France: Amina - Cest le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison 1995 Norway: Secret Garden - Nocturne 1996 Ireland: Eimear Quinn - The voice 1997 U.K.: Katrina & the Waves - Love shine a light 1997 Turkey: Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnik - Dinle 1999 Germany: Sürpriz - Reise nach Jerusalem

[nmgscp]

Part 1:

1958- Italy: Domenico Modugno - Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)

1965- Luxembourg: France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son

1967- Luxembourg: Vicky Leandros - L'amour est bleu

1968- U.K.: Cliff Richard - Congratulations

1973- Portugal: Fernando Tordo - Tourada

1974- Sweden: Abba - Waterloo

1976- U.K.: Brotherhood of Man - Save your kisses for me

1977- France: Marie Myriam - L'oiseau et l'enfant

1979- Germany: Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan

[nmgscp]

By the way, I've made a top of the 25 best songs ever in ESC, according to their relevance and/or my taste... I hope some of you agree & sorry to have to divide them in 2 or 3 parts. I'll post above since 25 songs don't fit in the 500 characters limit here.

[nmgscp]

Abba-maniacs voted for one of the worst winners of the last 20 years, as they did in 1999. And I actually love Sweden (I know it down South from Ystad and Malmö and up North to Kiruna - I lived in Copenhagen by then). And I love Abba too! Not so much the song with which they won the ESC, anyway they're actually amazing. But this was very very unfair.

[Snauzer67]

@nmgscp I don't see how this is unfair. Voting by the rules. Respect the people of Europe's choice.

[gsx750biker]

Should have won, now Eurovision is dominated by the Eastern countries, worthless;;;

[interlang]

A great song, a mix between east and west to create a unique song.... a true eurovision classic!

[vonpork]

Was this ever released in the UK? I seem to recall hearing an English version on the radio?

[jackthewipper]

Still one of the best esc songs ever. Should have won.

[GungaDine]

Timeless...

[GungaDine]

Timeless.

[ofrahazz]

I need this song in MP3 format.

Please?

Someone?

Thanx in advance.

It's total katarza

[howieboy22]

Perfection....from the days before the Eastern bloc ruined Eurovision.

[pigletstits]

best comment ever-cheap commie crap has ruined europe full stop.this woman is both beautiful and classy

[nilshollgerson]

Is she arabic?

[amethystiumm]

Amina Annabi is tunisian.. i like her unique style :)

[sitarcos]

You never want this song to end...

[Furienna]

Hmmm... This song is godo too. But I gotta love Carola. This was a good runner-up though.

[redknapp]

Carola who? Amina wuz robbed

[Furienna]

They got exactly the same points. She still reached 2nd place. So it's not so bad, is it?

[Ohioma]

This is one of the best songs ever in the esc for a number of reasons

1) no gimmic...give that woman a scarf and she has more dramatic impact than 6 dancers sparks flames whatever

2)this song is timeless. It sounds good today and will in ten years, its not dated like 99.9% of eurovision songs...in fact unlike other eurovision songs like waterloo its also ageless.

3) this woman is everything a woman could be and should be. Nobody that covered has ever shown such sex appeal

[zaragon59]

Fantastic song, fantastic performance - I too would rather have seen this as the winner.

[ina49er]

Flawless song in every way. It did win but got beaten on a tie break.A true misjustice to France, who raised the bar with this unique song, im sorry that we cannot turn back the closk.

[L11ourdes]

The most ambitious entry in the ESC history.

[LCRTM]

I love her voice and moves, she's clearly the best

[GoldenEye333]

this is one of the best ever songs seen in eurovision. complete injustice that it didn't win

[jurkowsky]

my lovely

[ioannisgr]

This song is amazing! It should have been noted as France's last ESC victory; deserved it as much as Carola, except this is a real song, not just an impressive jigle you can dance to.

[chileepengwin]

sweden was better. but this song is still good.

[muSashiSF]

Carola - fångad av en stormvind > this song

[johny7even]

This is one of the best songs EVER in esc. Sweden was also very good but this one should definetelly have won:((

[muSashiSF]

disagree greatly, u most be smoking something.

[shonjoST]

"le dernier qui a parle, qui a raison" & "white & black blues" are really great songs... like them both very much :-)

[snntnt]

one of the best (if not THE BEST) ESC songs ... Amina's voice, smooth bass, the accordion .. mah PERFECT

[supermodelavadora]

WOW

[furbitoo]

wonderful voice wonderful song, as it usually happens in Eurovision song contest the second place is better than the winner. the swedish was the typical stupid song that nobody remembers after that night

[inspireradavstatyer]

The song is fantastic, but as a Swede I'm not very eager about admitting that there was a better song than "Fångad av en stormvind". I understand why they got the same amount of points.

[miguelgiulio]

J'ai connue cette actrice-chanteuse dans le film La uit sacrée, avec le grand Miguel Bosé..Elle est exeptionelle!! Et aussi Miguel..Malheuresement en Italie elle est peu connue mais je l'aime beaucop.

Salut de l'Italie!

Une 'malade' de Bosé

[Bearneeve]

Elle meritait la victoire. La Suede n'etait absolument pas comparable.

[bobo87mk]

this was the best song on this ESC

[MadOnLiving]

This song should have won the Eurovision Song Contest that year. It was much better than Sweden. The Swedish song was typical ABBA revamped but the French song was unique and celebrated the diversity within France and Europe. What a shame France did not win. Also look at the French song in 1990 - also second place and also a WONDERFUL song. Well done La Belle France - 12 points from Ireland

[fairdutchman]

This very warm and musical song is my first favourite of all time in ESC. Bravo Amina, bravo La France!

[ferretmanboy]

Nice song but Sweden was better

[kaulitzLL]

this sucked carolas much better

[M1710]

If this song and Carola's song ended up with same amount of points, it would have been fair.

This song is so unique and beautiful while Carola has great stage performance and her catchy song.

[Tzoistzo]

But that actually happened!lol Carola won because she had achieved more 10 points from other countries.( They had the same 12 point number)

[bessem1]

The best song in 1991, my opinion from Portugal!

[andjjeo]

I am happy!!!

[jeanchristophe1]

When France and former North African colonies meet together in a peaceful, positive and creative drive. This song is multicultural France at peace. I love it!

[ssskjold]

from danish tv i could hear

[AminaHen]

I remember when I heard this song, I was only 7 at that time, but I was so facinated by this song and by her persormance..This song has stuck in my mind since then..

[citation237]

totally agree. this song were freaking amazing.. else you either like it or you hate it..i like it..

[h3nrique72]

Great song indeed, along with Greece's in the same year. Why do we always have to put up with the bloody Carolas and Charlottes Perrelis women singing crap every other year?

[zerhoassoluto]

what an injustice in ESC...can you compare Fangad av en Stormvind to this one? If France would won this year, ESC would not been known as a kitsch and empty icon!

[Xaosamiou]

The one thing that separates this from this Swedish entry is pure class. Carola was a fantastic performer with a mediocre song, while Amina oozes class with this sensual entry. I love both songs, but feel Amina was rather hard done by. Anyway to be honest that night I was cheering for Israel! There were some real classics in '91.

Also, is it only me or did the lighting (or lack of) really irritate anyone?

[helloembersnow]

I'm sorry all you people who like this one, but WHAT THE HELL?! I'm Swedish and not a big fan of Carola or even Fångad av en stormvind, but after hearing this I understand why she won and not this song. It's horrible.

[Polizois1976]

What a song! what a voice! what a woman!!!!

France was the real winner back in 1991!

[BUweB]

Wonderful Song, should have been Number ONE, but Life s not fair....Same Points as the awful winning Song from Sweden with the Windmachine

[DumHuvudet95]

That's my stepmother !

[fehmi1985]

qu'elle voix

[Schtellan]

Wow.. That is hell of a woman... *sigh* :)

[kingpoping]

classic

plus incredible voice...

[Tero48]

number one

[Tero48]

Number one, what a voice !

[city130]

super sang, burde have vundet :-)

[ColoursTrue]

My all time esc fav !

[gsx750biker]

Incredible voice!