France: France 2 unveils the 12 competing entries of "Eurovision : C’est vous qui décidez”

France: France 2 unveils the 12 competing entries of
Wednesday, 09 December 2020

  • The French national broadcaster, France Televisions, has unveiled the 12 competing entries of the national selection show "Eurovision France, c'est vous qui decidez", through which the nation will determine its Eurovision 2021 representative. 

    News are pouring in from France 2 today, as after the announcement of hosting Junior Eurovision 2021 the French broadcaster continued with the revelation of the national finalists for Eurovision 2021.

    Following "Déstination Eurovision" as the country's national selection format,  this  year the French broadcaster went internal and selected Tom Leeb to represent the country in a contest that was eventually cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. For Eurovision 2021  France Télévisions however has opted for a new national selection format to select its hopeful, by launching" Eurovision France, c'est vous qui decidez" (Eurovision France; It's you who decides) as the show that will determine next year's representative. 

    Today the 12 competing entries that will take part in the French national selection were revealed taking the process to the next stage. The 12 contestants are  : 

     

    All songs are also availiable on the France 2 official website or if you are in a hurry take a look at the following enlightening recap of the songs: 

    All 12 competing acts will have their moment of presentation on France 2, every evening, via the show "Eurovision France - les finalistes" . In this prime-time pastille, the artists will present their career as well as the song they will perform during the national final “Eurovision France, it's you who decides”.

    The national selection show will be hosted live by Stéphane Bern on France 2 and the winner that will represent France in Eurovision 2021 will be determined 50% by the public with the rest 50% of the result coming from  a jury made up of ten outstanding personalities of the music industry.

     

    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 2019 Bilal Hassani won the second edition of Destination Eurovision 2019 and defended the French colours in Tel Aviv with his entry Roi which came 16th in the Grand final.

    After that France Televisions went internal selecting Tom Leeb to represent the country in Rotterdam last May. Unfortunately his ESC 2020 journey never took place as the covid-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of this year's edition. 

     

    News Source: France 2

    Image: Eurovisiontv - Recap: Misja Eurowizja