Nathalie Santamaria was born in Ajaccio in 1973. She studied singing and piano at the National Conservatory in Nice.[1] She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performing twelfth on the night, before Hungary, and after Croatia, with the song "Il me donne rendez-vous", and placed fourth of twenty-three, with 94 points.[2] The song was written by Didier Barbelivien and François Bernheim.[3] She released an album “Entre rêve et réalités” in 1997, which was her only album.