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Ortal
Song
Chacun pense soi
Saad Tabainet, Ortal
Composer(s)
Saad Tabainet, Ortal
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National final
France 3 invited the French record companies to submit entries for the French national Eurovision Song Contest selections in which 5 finalists make a bid for representing France in Kiev.
Biography
Ortal, born in Israel of Berber and Andalusian origins, begins singing when she is sixteen. But it is in the year 2000 that things really start to take shape. Its in this year that Ortal moves to Spain and joins the group Gipsy Sound (Alabina).
For the next two years she spends a lot of her time touring Europe with them.
Her musical travels even lead her to meet Bruce Willis when shes booked to be part of the entertainment at prestigious boxing matches at MGMs hotel in Las Vegas.
In her musical travels she has met Bruce Willis, performed in a latino-rock project and performed at the MGM residential hotel in Las Vegas before prestigious boxing matches.
She is invited to sing at the French premire of the James Bond movie Demain Ne Meurt Jamais (Tomorrow Never Dies) in Paris at the classy Pont-Neuf party.
Meanwhile her first appearance on TV occurs in Monaco for Prince Alberts birthday party.
Ortal also performs in Tunisia along with French artists like the Potic Lovers, AliasLJ, Loua, and Mlomane. And if that wasnt enough, she even finds time to sing backing vocals on the albums of various French artists! In 2002, she decides to settle down in Paris to write her own songs. While based in the capital city she performs with Parisian DJs, in famous bars and clubs like Les bains-Douches, the Barfly and the Milliardaire. In 2004, she signs with Up Music. The song Chacun Pense Soi is her first single. She combines lively mixed rhythms and R&B sounds with lyrics that have a resonance in todays society.
Ortal, still only 26, brings R&B to a mainstream audience, and her populist touch leads her to become known as the muse of R&P (rhythm and pop).
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All Participations for France
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sebastien Tellier | Divine | 47 | 18 |
| 2007 | Les Fatals Picards | L'amour la Franaise | 19 | 22 |
| 2006 | Virginie Pouchin | Il tait temps | 5 | 22 |
| 2005 | Ortal | Chacun pense soi | 11 | 23 |
| 2004 | Jonatan Cerrada | A chaque pas | 40 | 15 |
| 2003 | Louisa Baileche | Monts et merveilles | 19 | 18 |
| 2002 | Sandrine Franois | Il faut du temps | 104 | 5 |
| 2001 | Natasha Saint-Pier | Je n'ai que mon me | 142 | 4 |
| 2000 | Sofia Mestari | On aura le ciel | 5 | 23 |
| 1999 | Nayah | Je veux donner ma voix | 20 | 17 |
| 1998 | Marie-Line | O aller | 3 | 24 |
| 1997 | Fanny | Sentiments songes | 95 | 7 |
| 1996 | Dan Ar Braz et l'Hritage des Celtes | Diwanit bugale | 18 | 19 |
| 1995 | Nathalie Santamaria | Il me donne rendez-vous | 94 | 4 |
| 1994 | Nina Morato | Je suis un vrai garon | 74 | 7 |
| 1993 | Patrick Fiori | Mama Corsica | 121 | 4 |
| 1992 | Kali | Mont la rivi | 73 | 8 |
| 1991 | Amina | C'est le dernier qui a parl qui a raison | 146 | 2 |
| 1990 | Joelle Ursull | White and black blues | 132 | 2 |
| 1989 | Nathalie Pque | J'ai vol la vie | 60 | 8 |
| 1988 | Grard Lenorman | Chanteur de charme | 64 | 10 |
| 1987 | Christine Minier | Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche | 44 | 14 |
| 1986 | Cocktail Chic | Europennes | 13 | 17 |
| 1985 | Roger Bens | Femme dans ses rves aussi | 56 | 10 |
| 1984 | Annick Thoumazeau | Autant d'amoureux que d'toiles | 61 | 8 |
| 1983 | Guy Bonnet | Vivre | 56 | 8 |
| 1981 | Jean Gabilou | Humanahum | 125 | 3 |
| 1980 | Profil | Hé, hé m'sieurs dames | 45 | 11 |
| 1979 | Anne-Marie David | Je suis l'enfant-soleil | 106 | 3 |
| 1978 | Jol Prvost | Il y aura toujours des violons | 119 | 3 |
| 1977 | Marie Myriam | L'oiseau et l'enfant | 136 | 1 |
| 1976 | Catherine Ferry | Un, deux, trois | 147 | 2 |
| 1975 | Nicole Rieu | Et bonjour toi l'artiste | 91 | 4 |
| 1973 | Martine Clmenceau | Sans toi | 65 | 15 |
| 1972 | Betty Mars | Com-comdie | 81 | 11 |
| 1971 | Serge Lama | Un jardin sur la terre | 83 | 10 |
| 1970 | Guy Bonnet | Marie Blanche | 8 | 4 |
| 1969 | Frida Boccara | Un jour, un enfant | 18 | 1 |
| 1968 | Isabelle Aubret | La source | 20 | 3 |
| 1967 | Nolle Cordier | Il doit faire beau l-bas | 20 | 3 |
| 1966 | Dominique Walter | Chez nous | 1 | 16 |
| 1965 | Guy Mardel | N'avoue jamais | 22 | 3 |
| 1964 | Rachel | Le chant de Mallory | 14 | 4 |
| 1963 | Alain Barrire | Elle tait si jolie | 25 | 5 |
| 1962 | Isabelle Aubret | Un premier amour | 26 | 1 |
| 1961 | Jean-Paul Mauric | Printemps (avril carillonne) | 13 | 4 |
| 1960 | Jacqueline Boyer | Tom Pillibi | 32 | 1 |
| 1959 | Jean Philippe | Oui, oui, oui, oui | 15 | 3 |
| 1958 | Andr Claveau | Dors mon amour | 27 | 1 |
| 1957 | Paule Desjardins | La belle amour | 17 | 2 |
| 1956 | Math Altry | Le temps perdu | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Dany Dauberson | Il est l | 0 | 2 |
