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- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | Year page | Eurovision Song Contest - Moscow 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
- ↑ "Nathalie Santamaria". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
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