We have some news from France today, the French Eurovision 1997 representative, Fanny Biascamano has passed away aged 46 after a long illness.

Fanny represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with her entry ‘Sentiments Songes’ and achieved a 7th place in the competition.

Fanny shot to fame in France when she performed Edith Piaf’s ‘L’Homme à la moto’ at a music show on TF 1 in 1991. She has released 2 albums.

ESCToday would like to convey our deepest sympthaties and condolences to her family and friends in these distressful times. RIP.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.