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Jean Vallée
Jean Vallée at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Background information
Born	Paul Goeders (1941-10-02)October 2, 1941 Verviers, Belgium
Died	March 12, 2014(2014-03-12) (aged 72) Clermont-sur-Berwinne, Belgium
Genres	Chanson, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1960s–2000s

Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in Verviers on 2 October 1941 – 12 March 2014, Clermont-sur-Berwinne) was a Belgian songwriter and performer. Vallée was appointed Knight of the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.

Career

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In 1967 Vallée represented Belgium in the Festival of Rio, where Jacques Brel was a member of the jury. He represented Belgium for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "Viens l'oublier" finishing eighth. He participated a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie", ending up second behind the Israeli entry.^[1] At the time, it was Belgium's best ever Eurovision finish. It was surpassed eight years later in 1986.

References

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^ "Israel a la 14eme Place". Israelvalley. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

External links

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Media related to Jean Vallée at Wikimedia Commons
Jean Vallée at IMDb

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Louis Neefs
with "Jennifer Jennings"

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
1970

Succeeded by

Jacques Raymond & Lily Castel
with "Goeiemorgen, morgen"

Preceded by

Dream Express
with "A Million in One, Two, Three"

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
1978

Succeeded by

Micha Marah
with "Hey Nana"

v t e Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Roberto Bellarosa Bob Benny Blanche Lily Castel Vanessa Chinitor Ann Christy Clouseau Robert Cogoi Mélanie Cohl Copycat Lisa del Bo Barbara Dex Tom Dice Dream Express Eliot Frédéric Etherlinck Serge and Christine Ghisoland Gustaph Axel Hirsoux Hooverphonic Jacques Hustin Ingeborg Iris Ishtar Sandra Kim The KMG's Philippe Lafontaine Fud Leclerc Linda Lepomme Claude Lombard Jérémie Makiese Micha Marah Mony Marc Lize Marke Morgane Mustii Louis Neefs Nicole and Hugo Loïc Nottet Pas de Deux Pierre Rapsat Jacques Raymond Red Sebastian Nuno Resende Reynaert Kate Ryan Liliane Saint-Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Sennek Sergio and the Ladies Nathalie Sorce Emly Starr Stella Telex Laura Tesoro Tonia Urban Trad Jean Vallée Witloof Bay Xandee Jacques Zegers
Songs	"1 Life" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het weer lente is" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Avanti la vie" "Baby, Baby" "Because of You" "Before the Party's Over" "City Lights" "Copycat" "Dis oui" "Door de wind" "Envie de vivre" "Euro-Vision" "Fleur de liberté" "Geef het op" "Gelukkig zijn" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Le Grand soir" "Hey Nana" "Hou toch van mij" "Iemand als jij" "Ik heb zorgen" "J'aime la vie" "Je t'adore" "Jennifer Jennings" "Judy et Cie" "Laat me nu gaan" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Liefde is een kaartspel" "Like the Wind" "Love Kills" "Love Power" "Ma petite chatte" "Macédomienne" "A Matter of Time" "Me and My Guitar" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "Miss You" "Mon amour pour toi" "Mother" "Nous, on veut des violons" "O Julissi" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie" "Près de ma rivière" "Quand tu reviendras" ~~"Release Me"~~ "Rendez-vous" "Rhythm Inside" "Samson" "Sanomi" "September, gouden roos" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Sister" "Soldiers of Love" "Straatdeuntje" "Strobe Lights" "Ton nom" "Viens l'oublier" "La Voix est libre" "Waarom?" "Wake Up" "What's the Pressure" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Countries	Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Guy Bonnet Dana Henri Dès Dominique Dussault Katja Ebstein Mary Hopkin Julio Iglesias Gianni Morandi Patricia and Hearts of Soul Eva Sršen Jean Vallée David Alexandre Winter
Songs	"All Kinds of Everything" "Gwendolyne" "Je suis tombé du ciel" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Marie-Blanche" "Marlène" "Occhi di ragazza" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Retour" "Viens l'oublier" "Waterman" "Wunder gibt es immer wieder"

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Baccara Caline and Olivier Toussaint Co-Co Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Gemini Harmony Mabel Nilüfer and Nazar Joël Prévost Ricchi e Poveri Ireen Sheer Seija Simola Björn Skifs Springtime Jahn Teigen Tania Tsanaklidou Jean Vallée José Vélez Carole Vinci Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "The Bad Old Days" "Bailemos un vals" "Boom Boom" "Born to Sing" "Charlie Chaplin" "Dai li dou" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Feuer" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "Les Jardins de Monaco" "Mil etter mil" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Parlez-vous français ?" "Questo amore" "Sevince" "'t Is OK" "Vivre"

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	France BnF data Belgium
Artists	MusicBrainz
Other	SNAC