Creeping up on the top spot, at number 7 on the Eurovision Top 100 list is a winning song from Luxembourg, “Si la vie est cadeau.”
The 1983 contest is not one that this website believes was well-done by the host. We can get into that more in a future 1983 rating video. However, the contest produced four Top 100 songs: “Hi” (Israel), “Främling” (Sweden), and “I’m Never Giving Up” (United Kingdom) in addition to this one. This song stood tall amongst them all, with one of the best vocal performances I have heard in seven decades of Eurovision.
Vital Information: “Si la vie est cadeau”
| Song | Si la vie est cadeau |
| English Translation | If life is a gift |
| Performed By | Corinne Hermès |
| Written By | Alain Garcia & Jean-Pierre Millers |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Year | 1983 |
| Language(s) Performed In | French |
| How It Fared | Won |
| Was It Fair? | Yes |
What I Liked
This was a top-five vocal performance of all-time in the Eurovision Song Contest. Listen to it again and defy me; I dare you. Corinne utterly slayed this song and took no prisoners. This was the Eurovision equivalent of Nolan Ryan (he was a baseball player, by the way) throwing a no-hitter and striking out 19 batters (again, baseball). She went out there and gave her absolute best. Though there were other songs I enjoyed that night, nobody was about to touch that performance. She was that stellar.
That much raw power should be celebrated by the community. If not, it will be celebrated by me. Yet, it wasn’t like this was just some example of raw talent: the song was refined, polished, and extraordinary. This earned its spot near the top of the list.
Other Facts
- This was Luxembourg’s fifth victory at Eurovision, and as of the beginning of 2025, the most recent.
- Like every other winning artist who represented Luxembourg, Hermès was not from Luxembourg. She is French.
- This song went last in the 1983 final, making it one of six winning songs to do so (though none in last position have achieved this since 1989). Ironically, Germany’s winning song from 1982 also went last. This fully reversed the following year when Luxembourg hosted, and Sweden’s winning song went first.
