France: Alvan & Ahez with the song 'Fulenn' selected for Eurovision 2022

France: Alvan & Ahez with the song 'Fulenn' selected for Eurovision 2022
Sunday, 06 March 2022

  • Alvan & Ahez are the French Eurovision 2022 hopefuls after winning the national final of ‘Eurovision France: c’est vous qui décidez’ performing the song 'Fulenn'.

    France held this evening its Eurovision 2022 national final using the same like last year's format selection of ‘Eurovision France: c’est vous qui décidez’ . The show was hosted by Laurence Boccolini and Stéphane Bern.

    A total of 12 acts competed in the national final and battled for the right to represent France at Eurovision 2022. The 12 candidates, who  had been selected via auditions that were held at the Apollo Théâtre in Paris, took the stage for the last time in order to impress the public and the jury whose verdict determined the outcome of the national final. 

    The 12 acts that took to the stage were: 

     

    The result

    The final outcome of the national final was determined by a combination of public (50%) and jury voting (50%) over three rounds of voting. In the first round, public voting selected five songs to advance  to the final round. In the second round, the in-studio jury selected one song that was not selected by the public to qualify the final round. In the third and final round, a combination of jury voting (50%) and public voting (50%) determined the French Eurovision 2022 hopeful. 

    The jury consisted of the following members:

    • Jenifer (Head of the jury)
    • Gjon’s Tears (Switzerland 2021)
    • Yseult
    • André Manoukian
    • Nicoletta
    • Augustín Galiana
    • Joyce Jonathan
    • Cyril Féraud
    • Élodie Gossuin (French spokesperson for Eurovision 2016-2018, Junior Eurovision 2021 co-host)
    • Sundy Jules

    The five acts that were selected by the public to progress to the second round were: 

    1. Marius
    2. Alvan & Ahez
    3. Elliott
    4. Pauline Chagne
    5.  SOA

    The in-studio jury decided to chose Cyprien to move on to the next round.

    In the final round the six contestants took the stage once again with the combination of public votes and jury voting givning shape to the final result. First announced were the jury votes with the jury voting scoreboard turning out as following: 

    France2022 jury

     

    The public votes were added in next bringing Alvan & Ahez in first place on the overall scoreboard,declaring them France's next Eurovision representatives in Turin. Here is how the overall scoreboard developed after the addition of the televoting: 

     France2022 finalscore

     

    A few words for Alvan & Ahez

    Their song 'Fulenn' is performed entirely in Breton, a song based on Celtic codes to deliver an electro title for the less ambitious. The lyrics are also meant to be feminist. Alvan, from Rennes and 29 years old, revealed himself during the Transmusicales. He is accompanied by Ahez, three singers also of Breton origin Marine (23 years old), Sterenn (25 years old) and Sterenn (25 years old). 

    Alvan comes from the Rennes electro-rock scene. He started to professionalize himself in 2015. Before that, he worked in the medico-social field. He had several signing experiences with labels, promoters, etc.  He did his first concerts, as well as the first parts of Petit Biscuit and Ofenbach. He was also able to participate in the Trans Musicales de Rennes in 2020 and 2021. He tends to compose pieces that mix rock, world music and electronics. Moreover he is a guitarist.

    Ahez got their name from a Breton mythological figure, who is sometimes described as a goddess, sometimes as a witch. According to legend, it would have given its name to the town of Carhaix. It was at Diwan high school in the same city that the girls met in 2012. With Sterenn Le Guillou, Marine had met in college. They had already been singing with a third person. Sterenn Diridollou, whom they met next, also sang from a very young age. After high school, we started singing in traditional Breton music groups. Especially in the Eben group. Currently thet are in the process of inscribing traditional music in our time. 

    The group two of them Alvan and Ahez met in a bar last summer. They discussed their respective musical universes. Alvan had already written a piece, and he was considering the possibility of adding Breton voices. Marine listened to it , and she hooked directly on what he was proposing. In the process, she called Sterenn Diridollou and Sterenn Le Guillou.. They wrote the lyrics, and that's how Fulenn was born .

     

    News Source: France 2/ Eurovision France/ tele-loisirs

    Image: France 2

     

     

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    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.