Fud Leclerc


Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor. More recently, Leclerc was invited to ESC 2005 by the Belgian TV network RTBF as a guest star.
Leclerc represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest four times:
YearSong performed
1956"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine", music by Jean Miret and Jacques Say, lyrics by Robert Montal, placing and score unknown
1958"Ma petite chatte", music and lyrics by André Dohet, 5th place, 8 points
1960"Mon amour pour toi", music by Jacques Say, lyric by Robert Montal, 6th place, 9 points
1962"Ton nom", music by Eric Channe, lyric by Tony Golan, tied for last place, 0 points

The song Leclerc performed in the 1962 Contest is notable for being the first song performed at the Contest that scored zero points.
At the time of his death Leclerc was retired, and living in Brussels.