Marie Myriam

Who is Marie Myriam?

Marie Myriam is a French singer of Portuguese origins. She has a daughter Laureen born in 1982 and a son Rick born in 1990.

Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with L'oiseau et l'enfant with music by Jean Paul Cara and words by Joe Gracy. The single reached #42 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1977. In 1981, Myriam also represented France in the Yamaha Music Festival with the song "Sentimentale"; she came in ninth place. In recent years, she has read out the votes of the French Jury at the Eurovision Song Contest.

She made an appearance at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2005 as a guest presenter and performer. The same year, Myriam wrote the introduction to the French edition of The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor.