Jean Philippe Gargantiel (, 27 November 1930 – 7 January 2022) was a French singer who represented France at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1959 The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European B ...

. He returned to the contest in 1962 representing Switzerland. He was the first artist to compete for two countries at Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest

The

was held at the

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès (''Palace of Festivals and Conferences'') is a convention centre in Cannes, France, the venue for the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the NRJ Music Award. Th ...

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, France, after the victory of André Claveau the previous year, in

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, the

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. Jean Philippe sang " Oui, oui, oui, oui" (Yes, yes, yes, yes) and came third, receiving 15 points. Philippe returned to the contest in 1962 at the

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and represented

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with the appropriately titled " Le Retour" (The return). He was less successful second time around, garnering only two points and placing equal tenth.

Films

Jean Philippe appeared in the 1960 film ''

Jazz Boat ''Jazz Boat'' is a 1960 British musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries and big band leader Ted Heath and his orchestra. Many of the cast and the same director then made ''In the Nick ...

'' in which he sang "Oui, oui, oui, oui".

Personal life and death

Philippe was married to Rosanne Jennings. Together they had three children; twins Gilles and Angelique and Natacha. Philippe later lived in

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 ...

, Canada, where he operated a cafe in Montebello. He died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.

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* 1930 births 2022 deaths Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1959 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1962 20th-century French male singers {{France-singer-stub