France: France Télévisions in favor of hosting Junior Eurovision 2021

France: France Télévisions in favor of hosting Junior Eurovision 2021
Monday, 30 November 2020

  • Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the French delegation and director of entertainment for France Télévisions has revealed that France Télévisions wants to host Junior Eurovision 2021. 

    Yesterday Valentina with her her entry "J'Imgaine" won the 18th ediition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest held in Warsaw and brought the trophy to France for the first time.  One day after the Head of the French Delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, talking to 20minutes.fr confirmed that the French broadcaster iambitions to host Junior Eurovision 2021. 

    Alexandra Redde-Amiel when asked about next year's contest she stated: 

    We obviously want very much to host the Eurovision Junior in France next year. Delphine Ernotte [the president of France Télévisions] is very keen to do it, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez [director of the antennas of France Télés] too. We will first savor and then discuss with the presidency of Eurovision and the EBU [European Broadcasting Union] to find out how we can organize the 2021 edition and if it will be possible to do so. You have to speak with them before formalizing anything but in any case, the wish is there.

    Further on answering to post JESC claims that Valentina used playback vocals she said: 

    Two things. The first: in each competition, there are dissatisfied people who do not want to believe that ... The second is that we had what we call guidelines, that is to say a very clear charter saying what to do. It is not because we recorded our performance in each of our countries that things were different. We were all treated the same way with these documents indicating the number of cameras, the shape of the stage, the shape of the screens, when the performance was to be performed, how many times we could redo the song… Everything was live. Everything has been verified in Poland. Valentina sings live, there is no debate, and she has an absolutely gorgeous voice.

    Valentina won Junor Eurovision 2020 by toping the national juries voting and the online voting reaching a total of 200 points that gave her the title of the winner. 

    Lets remember Sunday's winning performance: 

     

    Source:  20minutes.fr

    Image: JuniorEurovision.tv/EBU