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France:New Head of Delegation the France TV’s entertainment program director

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Shortly after announcing Steven Clerima‘s resignation as head of the French Delegation at Eurovision song contest, France TV lost no time, appointing Alexandra Redde,  as the new Head.

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The new Head of Delegation has been a senior executive at France TV for years, having even recently spent time as the organization’s entertainment director. The selection of an executive from France TV’s top management post to the position of head of delegation indicates how important French public television now attaches to the contest.

We are now eagerly awaiting the final announcements of France on how to choose to participate in Eurovision 2020!

France: Head of Delegation resigned

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Eurovision 2020 will find many countries with new delegation chiefs, after Steven Clerima, head of the French delegation in the contest, announced his resignation.

https://twitter.com/stevenclerima/status/1202892316178046976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1202892316178046976&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2019%2F12%2F%25ce%25b3%25ce%25b1%25ce%25bb%25ce%25bb%25ce%25af%25ce%25b1-%25cf%2580%25ce%25b1%25cf%2581%25ce%25b1%25ce%25b9%25cf%2584%25ce%25ae%25ce%25b8%25ce%25b7%25ce%25ba%25ce%25b5-%25ce%25bf-%25ce%25b1%25cf%2581%25cf%2587%25ce%25b7%25ce%25b3%25cf%258c%25cf%2582-%25ce%25b1%25cf%2580%25ce%25bf%25cf%2583%25cf%2584%25ce%25bf%25ce%25bb%2F

Steven Clerima has been a member of France’s Eurovision delegations for the past four years. Ever since then, Amir with “J’ai cherché” has rekindled French interest in the competition. He took over as head of delegation last year after succeeding Edoardo Grassi. He was in fact the Head of Delegation of France to Eurovision 2019 and Junior Eurovision 2018 and 2019.

This change comes at a time when there are reports in the French press about changing the country’s approach to public television in how to opt in, with the most likely scenarios being direct assignment or a small national final with 3 or 4 songs.