Swiss singer Francine Jordi was born in 1977 as Francine Lehmann. As a young child she was already singing songs for the Japanese tourists in Interlaken. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Interlaken is a small town in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. ...

With this musical background she won the German Grand Prix der Volksmusik in 1998. From that moment on Francine became a real star in Switzerland with golden discs, successes in the charts and tours throughout the German speaking countries. She also hosted two tv-shows at the ARD. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... Current logo The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Cooperative association of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), or simply ARD, is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ...

In 2002 she represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn with a French language song called "Dans le jardin de mon âme". In the autumn of that year she made a solo tour with her band throughout Switzerland. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... The city of Tallinn (German: Reval) is the capital city and main seaport of Estonia. ...

Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since it began, except 1995, 1999, 2001, and 2003. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...