Jean Philippe

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|name = Jean Philippe

|image = Eurovisie Songfestival 1962 te Luxemburg, voor Zwitserland Jean Philippe, Bestanddeelnr 913-6591.jpg

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|caption = Jean Philippe at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

|birth_name = Jean Philippe Gargantiel

|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|11|27|df=y}}

|birth_place = France

|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|07|1930|11|27|df=y}}

|death_place = Quebec, Canada

|nationality = French

|occupation = Singer

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Jean Philippe Gargantiel ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ filip}}, 27 November 1930 – 7 January 2022) was a French singer who represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=276|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1959|work=Eurovision.tv|access-date=1 January 2016}} He returned to the contest in 1962 representing Switzerland. He was the first artist to compete for two countries at Eurovision.

Early life

Jean Philippe started his professional life as a receptionist – his father was director at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.{{Cite news |date=10 March 1959 |title=A Cannes, sur les marches du Palais des Festivals |page=3 |work=L'Espoir de Nice et du Sud-Est |issn=1166-9012}} He subsequently worked as an accountant as well as a bartender in Cardiff and in the Carlton hotel in Cannes. While working as a vendor in a shirt shop in Paris, his wife registered him in a singing competition organised by a radio station, which he won in January 1957.{{Cite news |date=12 March 1959 |title=Jean-Philippe, ex-petit chanteur à la Croix de Bois, était chemisier... |page=4 |work=L'Espoir de Nice et du Sud-Est |issn=1166-9012}}

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, after the victory of André Claveau the previous year, in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Jean Philippe sang "Oui, oui, oui, oui" (Yes, yes, yes, yes) and came third, receiving 15 points.

Philippe returned to the contest in 1962 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg and represented Switzerland with the appropriately titled "Le Retour" (The return). He was less successful second time around, garnering only two points and placing equal tenth.

Films

Jean Philippe appeared in the 1960 film Jazz Boat in which he sang "Oui, oui, oui, oui".{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053963/|title=Jazz Boat (1960)|author=mariannefrances|date=1 November 1960|work=IMDb|access-date=1 January 2016}}

Personal life and death

Philippe was married to Rosanne Jennings. Together they had three children; twins Gilles and Angelique and Natacha.{{cite news |title=Jennings, Mrs. Ruby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123918574/jennings-mrs-ruby/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |publisher=The Ottawa Citizen |date=21 August 1982 |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |pages=54}}{{cite web |title=Gargantiel, Jean-Phillipe |url=https://www.cimetieresduquebec.ca/outaouais/papineauville-protestant/photos/382205/#1 |website=Les cimetières du Québec |access-date=2 May 2023}} Philippe later lived in Quebec, Canada, where he operated a cafe in Montebello.{{cite news |title=Drive in country uncovers decent fare at Pot au Feu Edit Share Print Download |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123918473/drive-in-country-uncovers-decent-fare/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |publisher=The Ottawa Citizen |date=2 March 1995 |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |pages=55}}{{cite news |title=La fête du calvados |url=https://www.ledroit.com/2016/11/05/la-fete-du-calvados-1e4cabdb26ffe76f830287837a387902/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |publisher=Le Droit |date=4 November 2016}} He died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=My sweet little daddy, you left us on Friday night. |url=https://www.facebook.com/annie.boudreau.7/posts/5160485117318079 |website=Annie Boudreau on Facebook |access-date=2 May 2023}}