Viktor Lazlo

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Viktor Lazlo
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Lazlo at the Paris Book Fair 2011
Born
Sonia Dronnier

(1960-10-07) 7 October 1960 (age 64)
Lorient, France
NationalityFrench-
Occupation(s)writer, comedian, singer
Website www.viktorlazlo.net

Sonia Dronnier (born 7 October 1960), known by her stage name Viktor Lazlo, is a French writer, singer, and comedian.

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Born in France, she studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987. That year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 held in Brussels [1] as well as several TV shows and literary events.

She has published six novels between 2010 and 2024, and has also written short stories.

Dronnier took her stage name from Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in the 1942 film Casablanca . She sings and acts in French, English, Spanish and German.

In October 2016, Lazlo announced the release of her new single "Promised Land". In February 2017, she released her new single "Lola & Jim" followed by new studio album Woman in October 2017.

Biography

Lazlo was born in France to parents who are originally from Martinique and Grenada. She grew up in Belgium, studied art history and also worked as a model.

Discography

Albums

Most of her albums were released in an English/international and a French version. The discography lists both albums (naming the international version first). Also, numerous compilation albums have been released. The discography only lists those albums released by record companies to which she was signed at that point.

In 1987, a vocal clip of Lazlo announcing ‘Germany, ten points!’ at the Eurovision Song Contest was sampled in ‘Okay!’ by Okay!, a dance record that reached #1 in Austria and #2 in Germany.

Singles

Single releases differed from country to country. The brackets indicate where the single was released. Int = international.

Charts

Albums

YearAlbum D [2] CH [2] AUT [2] NL [3] FR [4] BE
1985 She 3427
1987 Viktor Lazlo 20171611
1989 Hot & Soul 222230
1991 Sweet, Soft N' Lazy (The Exclusive Collection) 63
1991 My Delicious Poisons 71
2002 Loin de Paname 67
2017Woman157 [5]

Singles

YearSingle D [6] FR [7] CH [6] AUT [6] BE [3] NL [4]
1985Pleurer des rivières27
1985Canoë rose1433
1987Breathless733
1989City Never Sleeps53
1990Das erste mal tat's noch weh6173
1990Ansiedad5618
1991Jesse (Douce Et Innocente)25
1993Engel wie du1425
1999It's A Message For You7
2017Promised LandTip [8]
2017DeboutTip [9]

Bibliography

Ouvrages collectifs

See also

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References

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  10. Voix d'écrivaines francophones : Corps de fille, corps de femme, site desfemmes.fr
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1987
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