Micha Marah

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Micha Marah

Background information
Birth name	Aldegonda Angelina Francisca Leppens
Born	(1953-09-26) 26 September 1953 (age 71) Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
Genres	Pop, Schlager
Occupation	Solo Artist
Years active	1971–present

Micha Marah (born 26 September 1953) is a Belgian singer and actress. She represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 with the song "Hey Nana".

Filmography

Avondspelen (1971) TV movie as Marleen
Canzonissima (1963) TV Series as Zangeres

External links

Eurovision 1979 on YouTube
Micha Marah at IMDb

Preceded by Jean Vallée with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie"	Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979	Succeeded by Telex with "Euro-Vision"

v t e Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Roberto Bellarosa Bob Benny Blanche Lily Castel Vanessa Chinitor Ann Christy Clouseau Robert Cogoi Mélanie Cohl Copycat Lisa del Bo Barbara Dex Tom Dice Dream Express Eliot Frédéric Etherlinck Serge and Christine Ghisoland Gustaph Axel Hirsoux Hooverphonic Jacques Hustin Ingeborg Iris Ishtar Sandra Kim The KMG's Philippe Lafontaine Fud Leclerc Linda Lepomme Claude Lombard Jérémie Makiese Micha Marah Mony Marc Lize Marke Morgane Mustii Louis Neefs Nicole and Hugo Loïc Nottet Pas de Deux Pierre Rapsat Jacques Raymond Red Sebastian Nuno Resende Reynaert Kate Ryan Liliane Saint-Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Sennek Sergio and the Ladies Nathalie Sorce Emly Starr Stella Telex Laura Tesoro Tonia Urban Trad Jean Vallée Witloof Bay Xandee Jacques Zegers
Songs	"1 Life" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het weer lente is" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Avantila vie" "Baby, Baby" "Because of You" "Before the Party's Over" "City Lights" "Copycat" "Dis oui" "Door de wind" "Envie de vivre" "Euro-Vision" "Fleur de liberté" "Geef het op" "Gelukkig zijn" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Le Grand soir" "Hey Nana" "Hou toch van mij" "Iemand als jij" "Ik heb zorgen" " J'aime la vie " " Je t'adore " "Jennifer Jennings" "Judy et Cie" "Laat me nu gaan" "Laissez briller le soleil" " Liefde is een kaartspel " "Like the Wind" "Love Kills" "Love Power" "Ma petite chatte" "Macédomienne" "A Matter of Time" "Me and My Guitar" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "Miss You" "Mon amour pour toi" "Mother" "Nous, on veut des violons" "O Julissi" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie" "Près de ma rivière" "Quand tu reviendras" ~~"Release Me"~~ "Rendez-vous" "Rhythm Inside" "Samson" "Sanomi" "September, gouden roos" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Sister" "Soldiers of Love" "Straatdeuntje" "Strobe Lights" "Ton nom" "Viens l'oublier" "La Voix est libre" "Waarom?" "Wake Up" "What's the Pressure" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Withdrawn	Turkey

Artists

Final	Black Lace Manuela Bravo Anne-Marie David Dschinghis Khan Cathal Dunne Elpida Ted Gärdestad Katri Helena Micha Marah Matia Bazar Jeane Manson Milk and Honey Betty Missiego Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Tommy Seebach Christina Simon Anita Skorgan Laurent Vaguener Xandra
Withdrawn	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron

Songs

Final	"Colorado" "Disco Tango" " Dschinghis Khan " "Hallelujah" "Happy Man" "Heute in Jerusalem" "Hey Nana" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" " Je suis l'enfant soleil " " Katson sineen taivaan " "Mary Ann" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Oliver" "Raggio di luna" " Satellit " "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Sokrati" " Su canción " "Trödler und Co"
Withdrawn	"Seviyorum"

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