Annie Cotton (born July 13, 1975, in

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

actress and singer. Cotton played a role in a TV series called ''

Watatatow ''Watatatow'' was a Canadian French-language children/youth television series, that aired from 1991 to 2005 on Radio-Canada. The first show aired on September 17, 1991. 104 half-hour episodes were filmed every year; they were shown four afternoo ...

''. On January 25, 2007, she appeared in the French Canadian long-time daily soap ''Virginie'' as well-known artist Annie Cloutier. In

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

, Cotton became the second Canadian to represent

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

, after

Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

in 1988, performing the song "

Moi, tout simplement Switzerland took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland. Their entry was Canadian singer Annie Cotton with the song "Moi, tout simplement". Before Eurovision National final The final was held on 6 February 1993 at th ...

". The song finished third with 148 points.

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* 1975 births Living people Actresses from Quebec People from Laval, Quebec Singers from Quebec Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1993 Canadian women pop singers 21st-century Canadian women singers {{pop-singer-stub