"Bien plus fort" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in Luxembourg, performed by Téréza, the first non-French artist to represent the principality in the Contest. The song is the shortest ever played in the history of the contest.
The song is in the chanson style, popular in the early years of the Contest. Téréza tells her lover that "your love for me" and "my love for you" are variously "stronger than the wind", "bigger than the earth" and various other superlatives, as well as asking him to take her away from where she is currently.
It was performed thirteenth on the night, following Switzerland and preceding Italy. At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded Nul Points, placing 17th (joint last).
A Croatian version of the song was also recorded, "Još mnogo jače", as Téréza herself was in fact from that part of what was then Yugoslavia and she also recorded an Italian version, "Piu di ogni cosa".
Lyrics[]
Bien plus fort que le vent et plus grand que la terre
Est ton amour pour moi, est mon amour pour toi
Aujourd’hui et demain et toujours
Bien plus rouge que le sang et plus dur que la pierre
Est ton amour pour moi, est mon amour pour toi
Aujourd’hui et demain, mon amour
Alors ouvre tes bras, emmène-moi loin d’ici
Je veux vivre avec toi
Et rire avec ta bouche et pleurer de tes yeux
Et chanter et danser et te savoir heureux
Plus brûlant que le feu et plus doux que la pluie
Est ton amour pour moi, est mon amour pour toi
Aujourd’hui et demain et toujours
Bien plus loin que la vie et par dessus la mort
Est ton amour pour moi, est mon amour pour toi
Aujourd’hui et demain, mon amour
Mon amour, mon amour
Much stronger than the wind and bigger than the earth
Is your love for me, is my love for you
Today and tomorrow and always
Much redder than blood and harder than stone
Is your love for me, is my love for you
Today and tomorrow, my love
So open your arms, take me far from here
I want to live with you
And laugh with your mouth and cry with your eyes
And sing and dance and know you happy
Fierier than the fire and sweeter than the rain
Is your love for me, is my love for you
Today and tomorrow and always
Much further than life and beyond death
Is your love for me, is my love for you
Today and tomorrow, my love
My love, my love
| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Margot Eskens •  Ulla Pia •  Tonia •  Michèle Torr •  Berta Ambrož •  Åse Kleveland •  Ann Christine •  Madalena Iglésias •  Udo Jürgens •  Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson •  Raphael •  Madeleine Pascal •  Téréza Kesovija •  Domenico Modugno •  Dominique Walter •  Milly Scott •  Dickie Rock •  Kenneth McKellar
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| Songs | |||
| Die Zeiger der Uhr • Stop - mens legen er go' • Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel • Ce soir je t'attendais • Brez besed • Intet er nytt under solen • Playboy • Ele e ela • Merci, Chérie • Nygammal vals • Yo soy aquél • Ne vois-tu pas? • Bien plus fort • Dio, come ti amo • Chez nous • Fernando en Filippo • Come Back to Stay • A Man Without Love
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Videos[]
ESC 1966 13 - Monaco - Tereza Kesovija - Bien Plus Fort