Kathy Leander (born 24 May 1963) is a singer from the

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. She represented her country at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in

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, singing the ballad " Mon cœur l'aime", placing 16th. After Leander, now calling herself Catherine Leander, came third in the talent show ''Merci, on vous écrira'' organised by Swiss TV station SSR, her first solo album, ''Je m'ennuie de vous'', was released in May 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leander, Kathy Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1996 French-language singers of Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland Swiss Roman Catholics People from Porrentruy District 20th-century Swiss women singers 1963 births