France: Alvan & Ahez wins ‘France, C’est Vous Qui Decidez’ with “Fulenn”!

The French national final “France, C’est Vous Qui Decidez” has just been completed, with the French duo Alvan & Ahez winning and taking over the country’s representation in Turin, in May.

Singing the “Fulenn“, the duo emerged as the winner of the competition and now declare their readiness to represent France in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.

Here is their winning performance:

The Final

On a quite beautiful French night, 12 artists claimed the ticket to Turin. These were:

The final consisted of two rounds. In the first round all 12 artists performed their entries claiming the public vote, which would qualify them in the second round. Those who won the favor of the public were Marius, Alvan & Ahez, Elliott, Pauline Chagne & SOA. The sixth artist to qualify, Cyprien Zeni, was selected by the jury.

In the second round, the winners performed their songs again with the final result being formed 50% by the vote of the audience and 50% by the jury, thus giving the victory to Alvan & Ahez. The duo had a last battle with Pauline Chagne who was the 2nd fans’ favorite.

The jury was consisted of :

  • Jenifer 
  • Gjon’s Tears
  • Yseult
  • Andre Manoukian
  • Nicoletta
  • Agustin Galiana
  • Joyce Jonathan
  • Cyril Feraud
  • Elodie Gossuin
  • Sundy Jules

In 2021, France was represented by Barbara Pravi and the song “Voila“, taking the 2nd place in Rotterdam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unj9WbeLzRU

We remind you that France is auto-qualified in the Grand Final in May 14th.

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France: Tonight is the final of C’est Vous Qui Decidez 2022!

After a period of mystery, the French public broadcaster is holding tonight Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez 2022, through which the French representative at Eurovision 2022 will be selected.

Twelve artists will take part in tonight’s French national final. These artists are:

C’est Vous Qui Decidez 2022 will take place in two rounds. In the first round, the twelve artists will perform their entries. The public vote will then determine the five artists who will qualify for the second round. The jury will select another performer to participate in the second round. In the second round the voting will be 50/50 and the winner will represent France in Eurovision 2022!

The jury consists of 10 people:

  • Jenifer (President)
  • Gjon’s Tears
  • Yseult
  • Andre Manoukian
  • Nicoletta
  • Agustin Galiana
  • Joyce Jonathan
  • Cyril Feraud
  • Elodie Gossuin
  • Sundy Jules

Presenters of Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez will be Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini.

The French national final starts at 21:05 CET and will last two and a half hours. You can watch it on the TV5 Europe frequency or on the France 2 website by clicking HERE.

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France: Interview with Pauline Chagne from Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez! (Video)

After the announcement of her participation in this year’s national final of France, Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez !, Pauline Chagne speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolοs Matamis.

Pauline is one of the twelve finalists in the French national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try to represent her country with the song “Nuit Pauline”.

I received a message on Instagram something that I initially thought was funny since I really wanted to take part. I immediately showed it to my composer to tell me if it was true and he advised me to answer, which I eventually did. I submitted several songs, videos and photos and after several discussions we came up with “Nuit Pauline” with which I am finally competing. The song conveys how we can write our own story. From a cinematic point of view, through this, I make a statement about so many great French artists we want to look like. It has 80s influences, energy and is a source of inspiration. The song was not written for Eurovision from the beginning. was the song I wanted from last November as my debut for my music, my first album, and I’m so happy it was selected for the French national final.

Regarding her stage appearance in the national final, she stated that:

My song is quite festive. Since I was a child, I have been in a scene, from Christmas parties to classical music performances. And for that, my whole life will be on stage, it will be a celebration on stage conveying the message that we can write our story. Of course I will not be alone and I will have my harp. It will be reminiscent of France, and while it will have influences from the 80s, it will also be modern since we live in 2022. There will be lights and effects. I want to convey a look at French cinema, the music of the song may be international but France is what I represent.

Although she likes all the fellow songs, she singles out those of Saam, Soa, Marius and Joan.

Her favorite French entries are those of Barbara Pravi (2021), Bilal Hassani (2019), Amir (2016) and Marie Myriam (1977) while from the competition in general she stands out the entries of Hooverphonic (Belgium 2021), Daði og Gagnamagnið (Iceland 2021 ) and Stefania (Greece 2021).

If he chose some Eurostars to work with, they would be Barbara Pravi (France 2021) and Conchita Wurst (Austria 2014).

Inspired by Barbara Pravi, with her victory in the national final she wants to take the stage of Eurovision and spread the elegance of French music all over the world, bringing something that is quite festive, a party on the stage of the competition. She hopes her song will be a “guilty pleasure” for the audience that will watch it.

Shortly before the end of the interview, Pauline gave us a part of her participation, even playing with the harp that will be on the stage of the national final!

Watch the full exclusive interview of Pauline Chagne in the video below:

Listen to “Nuit Pauline“, Pauline Chagne entry in Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez!

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France: The candidates of C’est Vous Qui Decidez 2022!

After a period of mystery and speculations, the national public broadcaster of France finally released the final list of the candidate participants and their songs for Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez 2022!

France 2 received more than 1500 songs out of which 12 were selected to take part at the national final.

The candidates who are about to claim the representation of France in Turin, Italy are as follows:

The French national final Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez is going to take place on 5th of March at 21:10 CET.

The show consists of 3 stages: The top 5 songs of the public of the first stage will advance to the second stage of the selection, where a 6th entry will join them decided by the jury. On the final stage, there is going to be a 50/50 voting process (jury voting and televoting) which will determine the next representative of France in Eurovision 2022.

The jury panel consist of 10 members:

  • Jenifer (head)
  • Gjon’s Tears
  • Yseult
  • Andre Manoukian
  • Nicoletta
  • Agustin Galiana
  • Joyce Jonathan
  • Cyril Feraud
  • Elodie Gossuin
  • Sundy Jules

In 2021 France was closer than ever to the victory at the contest with Barbara Pravi and Voilà! She finished second with 499 points.

https://youtu.be/Unj9WbeLzRU

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France: The participants of “C’est Vous Qui Decidez 2022” have been leaked!

Today we may have had the announcement of the date of Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez 2022, but a while ago the participants who were going to compete also leaked.

It seems that France TV rushed to announce the entries, uploading the list of participants and the songs on their site. More specifically, the participations that appeared are the following:

  • Alvan & Ahez – Fulenn
  • Cyprien Zeni – Ma famille
  • Elia – Téléphone
  • Elliott – La tempête
  • Hélène in Paris – Paris mon amour
  • Joan – Madame
  • Joanna – Navigateur
  • Julia – Chut
  • Marius – Les chansons d’amour
  • Pauline Chagne – Nuit Pauline
  • Saam – Il est où ?
  • SOA – Seule

In any case, we’re going to listen to the live version of all the songs tomorrow, February 16th.

In 2021, France represented by  Barbara Pravi and Voila, taking the 2nd olace with 499 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unj9WbeLzRU

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France: Song selection on March 5!

After a long wait, the date of Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez 2022 was announced today! The final will take place on Saturday, March 5 at 21:10 CET and will be broadcast by France 2. The hosts will be Laurence Boccolini and Stéphane Bern.

We remind you that the official announcement of the candidates of Eurovision France: C’est Vous Qui Décidez 2022 will take place tomorrow, February 16.

France came very close to victory in 2021 with Barbara Pravi and Voilà. The artist finished in second place with 499 points.

https://youtu.be/Unj9WbeLzRU

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France: National final candidates to be revealed on February 16th!

After a long period of silence, Alexandra Redde-Amiel announced today that the candidates for french national final Eurovision France: C’est vous qui décidez 2022 will be revealed on Wednesday, February 16th!

https://twitter.com/AlexRedde/status/1491362019056177154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1491362019056177154%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2022%2F02%2FCEB3CEB1CEBBCEBBCEAFCEB1-CF83CF84CEB9CF82-16-CF86CEB5CEB2CF81CEBFCF85CEB1CF81CEAFCEBFCF85-CEB1CF80CEBFCEBACEB1CEBBCF8DCF80CF84CEBFCEBD%2F

France came very close to the victory in 2021 with Barbara Pravi and Voilà. The artist finished in second place with 499 points.

https://youtu.be/Unj9WbeLzRU

Are there any artists you’d particularly like to see in the French national final? Tell us in the comments!

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Eurovision 2022: Here are the results of the allocation draw!

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Palazzo Madama in Turin. Find out below in which of the 2 Semi-Finals your country will perform and vote in. The annual event was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw and Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones on the path to the Eurovision Song Contest each year.

During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, passed on the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin. The insignia key chain, weighing over 30 kilograms with the new addition of Rotterdam’s insignia, was handed over to Turin. The Italian city is now officially the Host City of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Draw Procedure

The 36 countries competing in the semifinals were divided into six pots, based on the points they have exchanged in recent years. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances and bloc voting that appear every year in the voting.

Allocation Pots

Big 5

With the host Italy, directly in the final, along with the rest of the Big 5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semifinal that the direct finalists will vote.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Their performance in the dress rehearsal will be shown in the semifinals where the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal visibility of the countries that are directly in the final and the countries that compete in the semifinals. Essentially, viewers watch each entry twice during the shows.

Allocation Draw

The draw of the countries for the two semifinals had two parts. In the first part, the 36 countries that participate in the semifinals, were drawn in which of the two will compete. 18 countries will compete in both the first and the second semifinal.

In the second part each country found out if it will appear in the first or in the second half of the semifinal that will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the producers of the show at a later time.

First Semi-Final (10 May):

1st Half

  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands

2nd Half

  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Portugal
  • Denmark
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Greece

Second Semi-Final (12 May):

1st Half

  • Australia
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Serbia
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Israel
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Montenegro
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • North Macedonia
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Ireland

Turin will host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest from May 10th to 14th at the Pala Alpitour. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “The Sound of Beauty”.

You can see the draw again through the following link:

 

 

 

France: Announcements for “Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez!” coming soon!

France is one of the countries that has so far been quiet about its plans for Eurovision 2022.

We may know that the French representative will be selected again this year through the show, “Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez!”, but neither the artists nor the songs that will compete to represent the country have been announced so far, nor the date of the national final.

The final auditions and the shooting of the final candidates for the French national final, took place on January 4 at the Apollo Théâtre, where the 2021 national final was held, as well as the video clip of Tom Leeb for his participation in Eurovision 2020 with Mon alliée (The Best in Me) was filmed.

And the paraphilology for the possible candidates for the national final may be intense, but nothing seems to correspond to reality.

The anxiety of the fans wanted to alleviate the French Head of Delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel. Posting on her personal Twitter account, she announced that “Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez!” will be back soon with many surprises. As she mentioned, a little bit patience is necessary before the new details for the French national team are announced.

https://twitter.com/AlexRedde/status/1483827208254857218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

France was represented by Barbara Pravi in Eurovision 2021 with the song “Voilà”, finishing 2nd in the Grand Final on May 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unj9WbeLzRU

 

Eurovision 2022: Pots and Participants of Semifinals Allocation Draw revealed!

The semi-finals draw will take place on Tuesday 25 January at 12:00 CET, from the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja in Turin. At the same time there will be a ceremony of handing over the keys of the contest or as it is widely known, the Host City Insignia from the previous hosts Rotterdam to the Italian organizers.

The allocation draw will determine whether the countries will participate in the First Semifinal (Tuesday, May 10) or the Second Semifinal (Thursday, May 12). Also, again based on the draw it will be determined if they appear in the first or second half of the semifinal. We remind you that the exact order of appearance is announced later by the organizers and after it has first been approved by the EBU.

The draw will be presented by TV presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Turin Mayor Stefano Lo Russo will be present.

Friends of the contest will be able to watch the draw on Eurovision’s YouTube channel or on Rai’s streaming service.

Semi-final draw: How does it work?

Italy, as the host country, together with the other 4 members of the so-called “Big 5” (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semifinals, but vote in one of them… so before the competing countries in Semifinals, it will be determined at random which of the Semifinals the Big 5 will be allowed to vote for.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semifinal and in which half of the respective Semifinal the remaining 36 participating countries will appear.

The 36 countries of the semifinals are selected from 6 different pots:

Pot 1

  • Albania
  • Croatia
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia

Pot 2

  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Pot 3

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Malta
  • Bulgaria
  • Portugal
  • San Marino

Pot 5

  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Romania

Pot 6

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals.

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