"Le Dernier qui a parlé..." (French pronunciation:[lədɛʁnjekiapaʁle]; "The last to have spoken...") is a song recorded by singer-songwriter Amina, with music composed by Wasis Diop and lyrics by Amina herself. It represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed as "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" ("It's the last to have spoken who is right").
Background
Conception
"Le Dernier qui a parlé..." lyrics were written by Amina to music composed by Wasis Diop. Lyrically, she sings about the truth of the saying referenced in the title. She also extends it to "it's the loudest one to have spoken who is right".[1]
At the close of voting, the song had received 146 points, the same number of points as the Swedish entry. Both songs had received also the same number of twelve-point sets. However, Sweden was given the victory as it had received more ten-point votes than France, as that was the tie breaker procedure at the time.[4] That rule had been introduced in order to avoid a split victory, as it had happened at the 1969 contest. This was the first and the last time that procedure was used. So France placed second in a field of twenty-two. It was the last time France finished in the top 3 until thirty years later in the 2021 contest.
