participant_of catherine ferry 
Catherine Ferry ( born 1 July 1953 ) is a French singer . In 1976 , at the ___MASK52___ , Catherine Ferry represented France with the song `` Un , deux , trois '' ( Tony Rallo / Jean Paul Cara ) . She ranked second in the contest . Among the backing vocalists was Daniel Balavoine , who wrote the B side `` Petit Jean '' . She worked and was produced mainly by Daniel Balavoine a famous French singer who wrote nearly 30 songs for her . In 1977 , she took part in the Yamaha Festival in Japan . In 1982 , she released at WEA the song `` Bonjour , Bonjour '' ( Linda Lecomte / Balavoine ) . In 1983 , she participated in the musical fairy tale `` Abbacadabra '' by Alain Boublil based on ABBA ' s songs . In 1984 , the album `` Vivre avec la musique '' was released , produced by Andy Scott , with music by Daniel Balavoine , Joe Hammer and Michel Rorive , lyrics of Daniel Balavoine , Linda Lecomte , Patrick Dulphy , Bernard Balavoine and Francis Wauthers . Balavoine died in 1986 , having failed to finish the French lyrics of a song originally written for Frida of Abba . Jean - Jacques Goldman wrote the lyrics of `` Quelqu ' un Quelque part '' . Ferry then took time off to have a family . In spring 2010 , things have come full circle , Catherine Ferry came back to Geneva to record her new single `` Petit Jean '' with John Woolloff , the guitar player of the late Daniel Balavoine . As her songs became `` cult '' favourites , one of them , `` 1 , 2 , 3 '' , was selected to appear in the new movie `` Potiche '' , by French director François Ozon , starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu . The ___MASK52___ , sometimes popularly called Eurovision but not to be confused with the Eurovision network that broadcasts it , is the longest - running annual international TV song competition , held , primarily , among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) since 1956 . The competition was based upon the existing ___MASK68___ held in Italy since 1951 . " Un , deux , trois " ( English translation : " One , Two , Three ") was the French entry in the ___MASK7___ , performed in French by Catherine Ferry . The ___MASK7___ was the 21st edition of the contest hosted by NOS and held in The Hague , Netherlands . The arena for the event was the Nederlands Congrescentrum . Teach - In ' s victory in Stockholm the previous year gave The Netherlands the right to host the contest for the third time . The Contest was won by Brotherhood of Man , who sang " Save Your Kisses for Me " in English , representing the United Kingdom . The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo ( in English : " Italian song festival of Sanremo ") is the most popular Italian song contest and awards , held annually in the city of Sanremo , in Italy , and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs . Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo , or outside Italy as ___MASK68___ or ___MASK68___ Award , it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest . The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) is an alliance of public service media entities , established on 12 February 1950 . As of 2015 , the organisation comprises 73 active members in 56 countries , and 34 associate members from a further 20 countries . Most EU states are part of this organisation and therefore EBU has been subject to supranational legislation and regulation . It also hosted debates between candidates for the European Commission presidency for the 2014 parliamentary elections but is unrelated to the institution itself . It is best known for producing the ___MASK52___ . EBU is a member of the International Music Council .