Lize Marke (born Liliane Couck,
Denderleeuw
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, 1 December 1936) is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1965
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 ...
.
Eurovision Song Contest
Marke started singing professionally in 1962, and first participated in the Belgian Eurovision selection in 1963, when she performed two songs, "Luister naar de wind" and "Saksisch porselein", which made the final, finishing in second and fourth respectively.
Marke sung all six songs in the 1965 Eurovision selection, and "
Als het weer lente is
Belgium was represented by Lize Marke, with the song "Als het weer lente is", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples. Marke was chosen internally to be the Belgian representative, and the song was chosen in th ...
" ("When It's Spring Again") was chosen by jury vote as the Belgian representative in the tenth
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 ...
, held on 20 March in
Naples, Italy. "Als het weer lente is" failed to score, finishing in joint last place (with
Finland,
Germany and Spain) of the 18 entrants. It was Belgium's second "nul pointer", following
Fud Leclerc
Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc (, 1924 – 20 September 2010) was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On hi ...
's zero in 1962. Marke was the first female singer to represent Belgium at Eurovision since
Mony Marc
The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) and (RSI). The contest, origin ...
in the inaugural contest of
1956
Events
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Later career
In 1965, Marke fronted her own television show on Belgian channel
VRT. Thereafter her career went quieter, although she continued to release records and perform live until the mid-1970s. A compilation CD of her recordings was issued in 2002.
Discography
Singles
* 1963 "Luister naar de wind"
* 1964 "Esta noch no"
* 1965 "Als het weer lente is"
* 1967 "Kerstnacht"
* 1967 "Lara's Lied"
* 1967 "Wat is 't leven toch mooi"
* 1970 "Zeemeeuw"
* 1974 "Papillon"
* 1975 "Vlaanderen mijn vaderland"
Discography
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Alben
* "Aandacht voor"
* "Mijn lied(eren) voor jou"
References
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1936 births
Belgian women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1965
Living people