Cocktail Chic

French band

Cocktail Chic were a French female singing group, best known for their participation in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest.

Although the Cocktail Chic name was a one-off for Eurovision, the group, consisting of sisters Dominique Poulain and Catherine Bonnevay and their cousins Francine Chanterau and Martine Latorre, had formed in the late 1960s, originally under the name of Les OP'4. They were spotted by singing star Claude François, who renamed them Les Fléchettes (after Flèche, his newly formed record label). They released several singles under their own name (including French-language versions of such as The Turtles' "Elenore" and The Supremes' "Come See About Me"), but spent most of the 1970s working as backing singers, both on stage and in the studio, for François and other big names. Chanterau and Latorre had Eurovision experience, having been among the backing singers for the victorious Marie Myriam in 1977, and provided backing vocals for four countries at the 1978 contest held in Paris.[1]

Following François' premature death in 1978, their career went on hiatus. In 1986, they returned, now under the name of Cocktail, to take part in the selection for that year's French Eurovision entry, which they duly won with the song "Européennes" ("European Girls").[2] Having expanded their name to Cocktail Chic, they went forward to the 31st Eurovision Song Contest, held on 3 May in Bergen, Norway. Critics who had branded "Européennes" as musically dreary and lyrically feeble appeared to have their fears confirmed as the song ended the evening in a dismal 17th place of 20 entries, France's worst result in 30 years of Eurovision to that date.[3][4] Particularly galling to many in France was that the other three French-language songs in that year's contest (from Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg), had finished the evening occupying the top three places.

They largely vanished from sight again after their Eurovision appearance. Recent years have however seen a renewed interest in Les Fléchettes recordings in the retro French pop market, and they have reunited to give several interviews in which they discuss their career.

## References

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1. ^ Artist information at diggiloo.net
2. ^ ESC National Finals 1986
3. ^ "ESC History 1986". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
4. ^ "Européennes" lyrics at diggiloo.net

## External links

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* Les Fléchettes Myspace fan page
* Les Fléchettes page at Encyclopedisque.fr

Preceded by

Roger Bens
with Femme dans ses rêves aussi

|  France in the Eurovision Song Contest
1986 | Succeeded by

Christine Minier
with Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche

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* Louisa Baïleche
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* Frida Boccara
* Guy Bonnet
* Amandine Bourgeois
* Jacqueline Boyer
* Dan Ar Braz
* Jonatan Cerrada
* André Claveau
* Martine Clémenceau
* Cocktail Chic
* Noëlle Cordier
* ~~Dani~~
* Dany Dauberson
* Anne-Marie David
* Paule Desjardins
* Fanny
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* Patrick Fiori
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* Natasha St-Pier
* Sébastien Tellier
* Annick Thoumazeau
* Twin Twin
* Joëlle Ursull
* Amaury Vassili
* Dominique Walter
* La Zarra

Songs|

* "À chaque pas"
* "Allez Ola Olé"
* "L'Amour à la française"
* "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"
* "La Belle amour"
* "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison"
* "Chacun pense à soi"
* "Le Chant de Mallory"
* "Chanteur de charme"
* "Chez nous"
* "Comé-comédie"
* "Divine"
* "Diwanit bugale"
* "Dors, mon amour"
* "Echo (You and I)"
* "Elle était si jolie"
* "L'Enfer et moi"
* "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"
* "Et s'il fallait le faire"
* "Européennes"
* "Évidemment"
* "Femme dans ses rêves aussi"
* "Fulenn"
* "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames"
* "Humanahum"
* "Il doit faire beau là-bas"
* "Il est là"
* "Il était temps"
* "Il faut du temps"
* "Il me donne rendez-vous"
* "Il y aura toujours des violons"
* "J'ai cherché"
* "J'ai volé la vie"
* "Un jardin sur la terre"
* "Je n'ai que mon âme"
* "Je suis l'enfant soleil"
* "Je suis un vrai garçon"
* "Je veux donner ma voix"
* "Un jour, un enfant"
* "Mama Corsica"
* "Maman"
* "Marie-Blanche"
* "Mercy"
* ~~" Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"~~
* "Mon amour"
* "Monté la riviè"
* "Monts et merveilles"
* "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche"
* "Moustache"
* "N'avoue jamais"
* "N'oubliez pas"
* "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant"
* "On aura le ciel"
* "Où aller"
* "Oui, oui, oui, oui"
* "Un premier amour"
* "Printemps, avril carillonne"
* "Requiem"
* "Roi"
* "Sans toi"
* "Sentiments songes"
* "Sognu"
* "La Source"
* "Le Temps perdu"
* "Tom Pillibi"
* "Un, deux, trois"
* ~~" La Vie à vingt-cinq ans"~~
* "Vivre"
* "Voilà"
* "White and Black Blues"

Note: Entries scored out signify where France did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* France
* Finland
* Germany
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

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* Greece

Artists|

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* Timna Brauer
* Cadillac
* Cocktail Chic
* Dora
* Doris Dragović
* Elpida
* Frizzle Sizzle
* Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel
* Lise Haavik
* Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell
* ICY
* Sandra Kim
* Klips ve Onlar
* Kari Kuivalainen
* Sherisse Laurence
* Luv Bug
* Ingrid Peters
* Ryder
* Daniela Simmons
* Ketil Stokkan

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* Polina

Songs|

| Final|

* "Alles heeft ritme"
* "L'Amour de ma vie"
* "Du er fuld af løgn"
* "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
* "Européennes"
* "Gleðibankinn"
* "Halley"
* "J'aime la vie"
* "Não sejas mau para mim"
* "Never the End"
* "Pas pour moi"
* "Romeo"
* "Runner in the Night"
* "Tora zo"
* "Über die Brücke geh'n"
* "Valentino"
* "Yavo Yom"
* "You Can Count On Me"
* "Die Zeit ist einsam"
* "Željo moja"

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* "Wagon-lit"

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