Junior Eurovision 2023: Watch the music video of the French entry!

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Back in late September, France Télévisions, the French national broadcaster and this year’s host broadcaster, announced that the 13 year-old Zoé Clauzure will represent the country on home ground. France selected, as usual, its Junior Eurovision act via an internal selection.

Just a while ago, the official music video of “Cœur“, the French entry for Junior Eurovision 2023, was released.

You can watch the official video of “Cœur” by Zoé Clauzure, below:

Who is Zoé?

Zoé Clauzure is a French singer who rose to fame as a contestant on The Voice Kids in 2020, where she reached the semi-finals. She’s already collaborated with Amir (France 2016) and French singer-songwriter Yseult.

Zoé is also a skilled songwriter who writes lyrics and chords in a notebook, composes with Logic Pro software, and records her piano covers for sharing on social media.

The 21st Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Nice, France, on the 26th of November, following Lissandro’s win last year in Yerevan.

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It is Zoé Clauzure with “Cœur” for France at the Junior Eurovision 2023!

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Zoé Clauzure will represent host country France at the Junior Eurovision 2023 with her song Cœur (heart).

The young artists get some notoriety for participating on The Voice 2020 where she get to the semi-finals.  A pianist and composer Zoé is a fan of Zaho de Sagazan, Lady Gaga and Billie Eillish.  She has already collaborated with Amir (France 2006) and French singer Yseult.

For the Junior Eurovision France has chosen a pop song.  you can watch the French entry for the Junior Eurovision in the video embedded below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjyALei1yio&ab_channel=EurovisionFrance

Source: Junioreurovision.tv

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Junior Eurovision 2023: The hosts and stage design have been revealed!

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After Lissandro’s win in Yerevan last year, the contest is now heading to the South of France, in Nice. It’s the first time that Nice hosts a Eurovision-related event and on the 26th of November the little “Heroes” from all 16 participating countries will shine on the stage of Palais Nikaïa. With less than two months to go, we have some very important update about the 21st edition of Junior Eurovision.

The hosts

The hosts of the 21st edition of Junior Eurovision contest were just announced. The event will be hosted by Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman.

  • Olivier Minne is no stranger to the Eurovision community, having previously hosted Junior Eurovision in 2021, presented the French votes in 1992 and 1993, and provided broadcast commentary from 1995 to 1997. He is also well-known to French television viewers as the host of famous shows such as “La Cible” and “Fort Boyard”.
  • Laury Thilleman is a French journalist, model, television host, and actress who was awarded Miss France in 2011. In recent years, she has become an iconic face of France Télévisions, hosting events such as the “Victoires de la Musique” and the “Fête de la Musique”.

The stage design

The stage design was also revealed by France Télévisions and features a 12 metre high screen in the shape of wings, reflecting the slogan of this year’s editon.

France Télévisions

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Source: junioreurovision.tv

France: Loreen comments on La Zarra’s controversial gesture!

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It’s already a month since the Final of this year’s contest took place, but artists, still have a lot to say.

Something that people are still talking about, is the controversial gesture of the French representative, La Zarra; namely the hand gesture she did facing the audience during the live show, after receiving 50 points from the televote.

What is more, France Télévisions seems to be dissatisfied with the final result and France’s place on the scoreboard, but also La Zarra’a exclusion from various festivals and concerts.

According to French press, La Zarra was not able to reclaim the public’s trust. She had many of her concerts canceled in the previous weeks due to lack of audience, while on the same time, many radio stations have stopped playing the French entry.

Eurovision 2023 France: France Télévisions condemns La Zarra’s attitude after the Grand Final!

Eurovision 2023 winner, Loreen, was also asked about La Zarra’s gesture, with the first, supporting the French representative:

In an interview at “Le Parisien”, she said:

“La Zarra is very proud and hard working. I feel like she’s a girl who fought to get this far. I think her gesture is connected to a frustration: we work so hard for Eurovision and we don’t always achieve what we expected. It’s win or lose. You can never really prepare for it. She may have had a feeling of great disappointment at that moment.”
We remind you that La Zarra has stated the following about her gesture:
“You have to understand that although I represent France, I also have a culture and it is a bit genealogical. It’s not a negative gesture, it’s a frustration gesture that we use between friends.”
La Zarra represented France in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, with her song “Évidemment” and ended up in 16th place of the Grand Final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtQJ4o-HoA

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Source: Le Parisien, voici.fr

Eurovision 2023 France: France Télévisions condemns La Zarra’s attitude after the Grand Final!

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One month shy after the Grand Final,La Zarra’s infamous gesture during the voting of this year’s Eurovision continues to stir controversy,with the national broadcaster France Télévisions taking issue against and critiquing her overall demeanour.

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Asked by Télé-Loisirs, Stéphane Sitbon Gomez, director of programs for the public audiovisual group, he stated: “We are obviously disappointed by this year’s result and by La Zarra’s overall attitude had after having spent several months supporting and promoting her song”. Indeed, if winning is not always an option, “we did not expect to be so low in the scoreboard”, he continued. He added \: “we know that we can do better. We are still focused on our ultimate goal  set by Delphine Ernotte [general director of France TV] which is to win Eurovision”.

Because indeed, French entries have no longer the same impact on the audience. France’s last victory at Eurovision dates back to 1977, with Marie Myriam and her title L’Oiseau et l’Enfant. To change the situation, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez is also considering  leaving the choice of representative open to the public, as it was done in 2021 and 2022. “We are seriously considering that. But there is no clear answer: Barbara Pravi had finished 2nd in 2021 and Alvan & Ahez, second to last in 2022. There is the question of choice, but it is not the only one “he said.

Tickets at 3.50 euros

One thing is certain: a month after its “bad buzz”, La Zarra has failed to regain the public’s trust.In the recent weeks,various of her concert dates have been canceled. The Quebec artist has even been forced to postpone her first two concerts in Marseille (June 2) and Lille (June 8), to December 9 and 17. Moreover, some radio stations have stopped airing her Eurovision entry.

Although she is scheduled to perform tonight at “Pleyel” Concert Hall in Paris,she is yet to sell enough tickets,with some sites selling them for as low as 3,50 euros in order to cater for the concert’s needs.

France in Eurovision

La Zarra represented France in this year’s Eurovision with her song “Evidemment”,finishing at an overall 16th place,receiving 54 points from the juries and 50 from the public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtQJ4o-HoA

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source:ouest-france.tv

France: Eurovision 2024 participation confirmed!

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France has confirmed its participation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Public broadcaster France 2 has confirmed the intention of the Big 5 country to be present in Sweden next year.  Therefore, France is joining the list of countries that will take part in Eurovision 2024.

The list of participating countries includes to this moment host country Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Israel, Netherlands, Spain from the big 5 and Luxembourg as a returning country.

France internally selected Canadian singer La Zarra to represent the country in Liverpool.  La Zarra finished in 16th place with the song Évidemment.  It is yet to be decided if France will have an internal selection or a national final for Eurovision 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtQJ4o-HoA&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

Source: Esctoday

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France: The reason behind La Zarra’s cancellation from Greenland Festival!

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A few hours ago it became known that France’s entrant of this year’s Eurovision, La Zarra,got kicked out of Greenland Annual Festival, taking place in France on June 23rd, due to her infamous gesture shown during the live broadcast of this year’s Grand Final. La Zarra was caught red-handed doing an inappropriate gesture after having received 50 points from the public vote.

La Zarra herself had made an official statement on Instagram right after the Grand Final, claiming that the gesture was nothing more than a sign of disappointment, an “it is what it is” moment.

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It is stated on Greenland Festival’s Official Facebook page that the elimination of La Zarra from this year’s festival is attributed to reasons “beyond any control” and that they apologize for “any inconvenience caused”, thanking the audience for their understanding.

Nonetheless,the French website actuPeringan explicitly states that the reason behind La Zarra’s cancellation from the festival is ascribed to her so-called “disappointment” gesture that sparked enormous controversy among the Eurovision audience.

La Zarra represented France with her song “Evidemment”, reaching the 16th place in the Grand Final of this year’s edition in Liverpool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOtQJ4o-HoA

Source: ActuPeringon

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France: “France does not deserve this!” | The comments of Marie Myriam, the last French winner!

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The last winner of France, Marie Myriam, who won the contest back in 1977, commented on Le Parisien La Zarra’s gesture and believes that she is a bad loser.

La Zarra’s gesture towards the camera during the announcement of the televoting in the final of Eurovision 2023 had a negative impact on social media and upset Marie Myriam, the last winner of France back in 1977.

“That gesture by La Zarra at the end of the night because she didn’t win is really shocking”

However, La Zarra clarified that this was not a middle finger, but a “gesture of frustration”.

Furthermore Marie Myriam added:

“I’m extremely disappointed”

“Watch the video, it’s a middle finger! And it was seen by almost 200 million viewers. What a shame! I am extremely disappointed because this is simply not possible.”

“She made this gesture sitting in an armchair with French flags behind her. France does not deserve this! She justifies herself by saying that this gesture expresses a frustration in the Moroccan culture, but it will start a racist war rhetoric that we really don’t need.”

According to Marie Myriam, La Zarra is eventually a bad loser.

“Perhaps they should explain to her that it was not guaranteed that she would come first. This is the principle of the competition. If you don’t want to lose, you don’t participate!”

“Expressing her displeasure, her disappointment, with this vulgar gesture, she put gray on her image, the very same woman who was sunny with that red, that black, her beautiful hat”

France ended up in the 16th place of the Grand Final receiving from the televoting and the national juries 104 points.

Source: BFMTV

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Eurovision 2023 France: La Zarra responds to fans’ accusations about her gesture!

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Eurovision 2023 has officialy come to an end and the post-Eurovision depression is now a thing.Nevertheless,there are still things,facts and statements to be taken into consideration after such a tense Saturday evening.

La Zarra,the French representative of this year’s Eurovision,was caught red-handed doing a questionable gesture on camera during the announcement of the televote.This triggered numerous reactions by the fandom which was quick to express its disdain towards this act.La Zarra herself issued a statement through her Instagram account mentioning,among many things,the following:

“I am glad to have represented France and the French-speaking world in general.I would like to clarify that I had no intentions of insulting anyone with that gesture.It was just a sign of disappointment,an “it is what it is moment”.Nothing more than that.There was no intention of provoking or sparking controversy.I am really sorry if this was misinterpreted.”

She concluded the statement by congratulating the winner and all the talented artists that she had the chance to compete with,promising her fans that she is looking forward to embark on new adventures with them.

La Zarra competed on yesterday’s Grand Final and reached the 16th place with her song “Evidemment”.

 

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Eurovision 2023: See the results of Press Poll just before the grand final!

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As we informed you, Press Poll 2023 has begun. After all countries have had all technical rehearsals, it is now time for the accredited to vote for the country that believes she will be the winner of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Below are the results of the final of today’s 13/5 at 21:45:

In the vote for the winner, Finland leads, Sweden is second, and Spain is third!

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Source: Ogae International