At Eurovision in 1965, French singer France Gall sang her hit Wax doll, sound doll, a song composed by Serge Gainsbourg. For this tenth Eurovision Grand Prix, the competition takes place in Naples and France Gall represents our neighbor Luxembourg. France Gall is only 17 years oldshe walks timidly on stage.
What the audience doesn’t know is that the day got off to a bad start: during the rehearsal, the musicians booed the singer, tapping their desks with their bows to show they didn’t like the song. Serge Gainsbourg had also threatened to slam the door.
In the evening when I arrived [sur la scène pour] sing, I left in my head but… so loser!
France Gall on France 2
After his performance, the victory of Luxembourg is announced! France Gall then makes a phone call… She was not at the end of her troubles. At the end of the phone, her boyfriend who announces that he is breaking up with her.
“It was an absolute tragedy for me. I cry and I’m pushed on stage [pour rechanter après la victoire]. When I sing, my eyes are full of tears but that has nothing to do with the fact that I won!”, Says France Gall. This boyfriend was none other than Claude François … jealous of his victory ? It’s possible.
But the nightmare does not end there for France Gall. Because after her victory, the singer must face the violence of her English competitor, the singer Kathy Kirby, who puts her a slap in his dressing room.
If France Gall lived a dantesque day, the public especially remembers this song Wax doll, sound doll, which marked the history of Eurovision. The British newspaper The Guardian came out yesterday his ranking of the 69 winners of Eurovision. France Gall is second, just behind Abba and his Waterloo !
2023-05-12 07:25:30
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