France: It's Slimane for Eurovision 2024!

• France has selected Slimane  to fly the flag at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

  France Televisions has internally selected Slimane to represent the nation at the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. 

  The news came to light today by Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Head of Delegation for France, on Le 7/10 on France Inter Radio. The song that Slimane will perform in Malmö, “Mon amour” (My love), will be released this evening during the 20:00 news on France 2.

   

  A few words for Slimane

  Slimane Nebchi (born 13 October 1989), known professionally by the mononym Slimane , is a French singer and songwriter. Nebchi won season 5 of The Voice: la plus belle voix in 2016, and has since released a debut album and nine singles.

  His debut album “À bout de rêves” (At the end of dreams) was certified double platinum in France. His following three albums also went to number one in France.

   

   

  France in Eurovision 

  France is  one of the seven countries that had its first participation back in 1956. Since then the country has won the contest 5 times. Last time was in 1977, with Marie Myriam and her song L’oiseau et l’enfant. The last two years, however,  seems to be an increasing interest for the contest .

  Destination Eurovision  was used for the first time as the country’s national selection format in 2018, including two recorded semi final shows and a live grand final. 2018 was the first time France held a nationa final since 2014. National final 2018 winners were the duo Madame Monsieur who represented France in Lisbon with their entry “Mercy” which finished 13th.

  In 2021 Barbara Pravi won the national final with her song 'Voila' and  defended the French colors in Rotterdam performing in the Grand final on May 22, 2021. The French hopeful almost won the competition finishing 2nd behind Italy's Maneskin with 499 points i the overall score. The next year, Alvan & Ahez won the national final and represented the nation with their song 'Fulenn' which came 24th in the final with a overall score of 17 points. 

  This year La Zarra represented France with the song “Évidemment” in Liverpool. The French delegate finished 16th in the overall result with 104 points 

   

  News Source:  France Télévisions
  Image: letribunaldunet.fr

   

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.