75 Cents was the stage name of Croatian singer Ladislav Demeterffy a.k.a. Laci ( 29 January 1933 – 19 November 2010 ) who performed with Kraljevi ulice in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 . He was dubbed " 75 Cents " , a reference to his age at the time ( 75 ) . , he was the oldest known participant in the history of the contest , but lost this record on 22 May 2012 , when Natalia Pugachova ( born in late October 1935 ) represented Russia as part of the group Buranovskiye Babushki . Later , Emil Ramsauer ( born 1918 , age 100 ) of the band Takasa who represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 broke the record . Demeterffy later died at Vinogradska Hospital in Zagreb on 19 November 2010 , aged 77
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Kraljevi ulice