- Born
- Jacques Zegers was born on June 25, 1947 in Brussels, Belgium.
- He published a novel entitled Le noeud and several volumes of poetry.
- After Eurovision, Zegers released one more single, "1001 amis", and continued to pursue his journalistic career.
- Born in Brussels to a Belgian mother and French father, Zegers began singing in cabaret at the age of 16 and in his spare time would participate in song contests while pursuing a career as a journalist.
- He was asked to record "LA en Olympie", the official Belgian song for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- In 1984, Zegers's song "Avanti la vie" was chosen as the Belgian representative in the 29th Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Avanti la vie" scored 70 points to finish in fifth place of 19 entries.
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