Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Monaco
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Laurent Vaguener
Selected song	"Notre vie c'est la musique"
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 12 points
Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest

Monaco was represented by French singer Laurent Vaguener, with the song '"Notre vie c'est la musique", at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 31 March in Jerusalem. The song was chosen internally by broadcaster TMC and would become Monaco's last Eurovision entry for 25 years as TMC decided to opt out of the contest from 1980, and did not return until 2004 – the longest ever absence by a country which subsequently returned to the contest.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vaguener performed 6th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Greece. "Notre vie c'est la musique" had a disco-style arrangement and Vaguener gave a casually presented and vocally indifferent performance. At the close of voting the song had picked up only 12 points, placing Monaco 16th of the 19 entries. The Monegasque jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.^[1]

Points awarded by Monaco

12 points	Germany
10 points	France
8 points	Israel
7 points	Greece
6 points	Norway
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	United Kingdom