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Luxembourg in 1980
Sophie and Magaly
Song
Papa pingouin
Pierre Delanoë, Jean-Paul Cara
Composer(s)
Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
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Biography
Sophie & Magaly had a huge hit in France with their 1980 Eurovision entry "Papa Pingouin". This million-selling single was their only hit in France. In 1980, the twin-sisters, who at the time were living in Saint-Cloud (a posh town in the suburb of Paris), had been chosen by teeny weekly "OK!" as models and appeared in several issues of the magazine. Sophie & Magaly soon
became idolized by many teeny girls. In April 1982, the twin-sisters appeared on prime time TV show "Droit de Réponse" (TF1) to tell viewers how they had been exploited by producer Ralph Siegel and record company Ariola. Despiste having sold one million copies of "Papa Pingouin", Sophie & Magaly only got paid 5000 € royalties each. Ariola France didn't renew their record deal after the follow-up single, "Arlequin" flopped. Producer & music producer Charles Talar gave the girls a second chance signing them on his label. Two single releases, "Toi" & "Les nanas de Zorro" followed but both failed to make any impact in the French music charts. By then, Sophie & Magaly's career was filled with bad luck & disillusion only. In the late
80's, Magaly contracted the AIDS virus. She died in April 1996. Sophie has never recovered her sister's death. She became depressive and started to isolate herself from the world. She now lives in the south of France and spends most of her time watching TV. She very rarely leaves her small flat. Her shutters are closed most of the time.
Country profile
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History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Luxembourg
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Modern Times | Donne-moi une chance | 11 | 20 |
| 1992 | Marion Welter and Kontinent | Sou fräi | 10 | 20 |
| 1991 | Sarah Bray | Un baiser volé | 29 | 14 |
| 1990 | Céline Carzo | Quand je te rêve | 38 | 13 |
| 1989 | Park Café | Monsieur | 8 | 20 |
| 1988 | Lara Fabian | Croire | 90 | 4 |
| 1987 | Plastic Bertrand | Amour amour | 4 | 21 |
| 1986 | Sherisse Laurence | L'amour de ma vie | 117 | 3 |
| 1985 | Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts | Children, Kinder, enfants | 37 | 13 |
| 1984 | Sophie Carle | 100\% d'amour | 39 | 10 |
| 1983 | Corinne Hermès | Si la vie est cadeau | 142 | 1 |
| 1982 | 78 | 6 | ||
| 1981 | Jean-Claude Pascal | C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique | 41 | 11 |
| 1980 | Sophie and Magaly | Papa pingouin | 56 | 9 |
| 1979 | Jeane Manson | J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux | 44 | 13 |
| 1978 | Baccara | Parlez-vous français? | 73 | 7 |
| 1977 | Anne Marie B. | Frère Jacques | 17 | 16 |
| 1976 | Jürgen Marcus | Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment | 17 | 14 |
| 1975 | Géraldine | Toi | 84 | 5 |
| 1974 | Ireen Sheer | Bye, bye, I love you | 14 | 4 |
| 1973 | Anne-Marie David | Tu te reconnaîtras | 129 | 1 |
| 1972 | Vicky Leandros | Après toi | 128 | 1 |
| 1971 | Monique Melsen | Pomme, pomme, pomme | 70 | 13 |
| 1970 | David-Alexandre Winter | Je suis tombé du ciel | 0 | 12 |
| 1969 | Romuald | Cathérine | 7 | 11 |
| 1968 | Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel | Nous vivrons d'amour | 5 | 11 |
| 1967 | Vicky | L'amour est bleu | 17 | 4 |
| 1966 | Michèle Torr | Ce soir je t'attendais | 7 | 10 |
| 1965 | France Gall | Poupée de cire, poupée de son | 32 | 1 |
| 1964 | Hugues Aufray | Dès que le printemps revient | 14 | 4 |
| 1963 | Nana Mouskouri | A force de prier | 13 | 8 |
| 1962 | Camillo Felgen | Petit bonhomme | 11 | 3 |
| 1961 | Jean-Claude Pascal | Nous les amoureux | 31 | 1 |
| 1960 | Camillo Felgen | So laang we's du do bast | 1 | 13 |
| 1958 | Solange Berry | Un grand amour | 1 | 10 |
| 1957 | Danièle Dupré | Tant de peine | 8 | 5 |
| 1956 | Michèle Arnaud | Ne crois pas | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Michèle Arnaud | Les amants de minuit | 0 | 2 |
