Messieurs les noyés de la Seine

"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" (, in English: "Drowned men of the Seine") is a song by Belgian singer Fud Leclerc. Robert Montal and Jean Miret, Jacques Say wrote it. It represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.

 Eurovision Song Contest 1956 

 Selection 
Belgian broadcaster Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française (INR) internally selected a song for the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. They selected "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine".

 In the contest 
The song competed in the contest. It was held in the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. Fud Leclerc performed it. Léo Souris conducted the orchestra.

It was performed third, after Switzerland's Lys Assia with "Das alte Karussell" and before Germany's Walter Andreas Schwarz with "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück". The song position is not known because the voting results were not revealed.

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Category:1956 songs