Ce Soir-Là

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Ce Soir-Là
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 entry
Country Monaco
Artist(s) Louis Deghelt
As François Deguelt
Language French
Composer(s) Hubert Giraud
Lyricist(s) Pierre Dorsey
Place 3rd
Points 15
Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush


Ce Soir-Là (English translation: "That Night") was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, performed in French by François Deguelt.

The song is in the chanson style popular in the early years of the Contest. Deguelt describes the first night he spent with his lover and explains to her that he realised then that "Life would never have attraction for me/Far from you". It appears from the lyrics, however, that his lover has left him since then, which has resulted in his perpetual waiting for her return in order to relive "that night".

The song was performed eighth on the night (following Austria's Harry Winter with Du hast mich so fasziniert and preceding Switzerland's Anita Traversi with Cielo E Terra). At the close of voting, it had received 15 points, placing 3rd in a field of 13.

It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1961 Contest by Colette Deréal with Allons, Allons Les Enfants.