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Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952) is a French
singer. She has the rare, although not unique,
distinction of having represented two different
countries at the Eurovision Song Contest, with
considerable success on both occasions.
David was born and raised in Arles in the south
of France. She started her musical career at
age 18 when she moved to Paris and became involved
with musical theatre. In 1972, she was cast
in the Mary Magdalene role in the French version
of Jesus Christ Superstar. 1972 also saw her
submit the song "Un peu romantique"
to the French selection committee for the Eurovision
Song Contest. It made the final shortlist of
ten songs but did not win.
In 1973, she was selected to represent Luxembourg
as the Grand Duchy sought to repeat its previous
year's triumph on home soil in the Eurovision
Song Contest.. She thus joined the long list
of non-native performers to have represented
the country in the contest, which also includes
France Gall and Vicky Leandros. The 1973 contest
crystallised into a titanic three-way battle
between songs that have since established themselves
as Eurovision classics: David's "Tu te
reconnaîtras", the Spanish entry
"Eres tú", and the United Kingdom's
"Power to All Our Friends", performed
by Cliff Richard, five years after he first
represented his country with "Congratulations".
Ultimately a mere six points separated third
place from the winner, but it was David that
had the edge, and she duly secured a second
successive triumph for Luxembourg.
After the contest, she started touring the
world. She lived in Turkey for a while. She
recorded two singles in Turkish and one longplay
in Turkey and got several awards there.
She returned to Eurovision in the 1979 contest
held in Jerusalem, this time representing her
native France with the song "Je suis l'enfant
soleil". However, it was her turn to find
herself on the wrong end of a tight three-way
finish, with the Israeli entry "Hallelujah"
edging to a home victory.
She started to tour in France in 1980s. Between
1982-1983, she continued her musical career
in Norway. In 1987, she retired from music,
but returned in 2003. In 2005, she sang at the
50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest
in 2005 and agreed to take part in the anniversary
festival staged in Copenhagen where she performed
the 1972 Eurovision winner "Après
Toi." She had attented the live music show
of Turkish Radio Television (TRT) before the
2009 ESC Final was aired live, with Johnny Logan
(1980, 1987 ESC winner)
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