France: Eurovision 2021 National final is set for January 30

France: Eurovision 2021 National final is set for January 30
Tuesday, 12 January 2021

  • The French national broadcaster, has revealed that the upcoming Eurovision 2021 national final Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez' is set to take place in Paris on January 30,2020.

    France Televisions has opted this year for the national selection format of Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez' in order to determine the next French Eurovision hopeful. The national broadcaster has confirmed that the show will hit the screen on January 30 and will be aired live by France 2 at 21:05 CET. 

    A total of 12 acts will battle for the right to represent the nation at Eurovision 2021. These are the following acts: 

    • LMK - Magique (songwriters: Eve-Line Lamarca, High P)

    • Ali - Paris Me Dit (songwriters: Hyphen Hyphen)

    • Casanova - Tutti ( songwriters: Yoann Casanova, Théo Grasset, Jérôme Brulant)

    • Barbara Pravi - Voilà (songwriters: Barbara Pravi, Lili Poe, Igit)

    • Cephaz - On A Mangé Le Soleil (songwriters: Antoine Essertier, Elise Rieslinger)

    • Amui - Maeva (songwriters Ken Carlter Serena F. Carlter, Edwiga Taerea)

    • Andriamad - Alléluia (songwriters: Andriamad)

    • Philippine - Bah Non (songwriters: Philippine Zadéo, Caméléon)

    • Juliette Moraine - Pourvu Qu'on M'Aime ( songwriters: Juliette Moraine Rémi Portat)

    • 21 Juin Le Duo - Peux-Tu Me Dire? ( songwriters: Julien Guillemin, Manon Pècheur, Jan Orsi)

    • Terence James - Je T'Emmènerai Danser (songwriters: Terence James, Ben Mazué)

    • Pony X - Amour Fou (songwriters: Spoolman, SquirL, Clarence)

     

    The 2021 format

    Eurovision France you decide,  will be made up of  the following 3 distinct phases:

    - Qualifying round : The 7 songs that won the public vote will be selected for the "Ultimate Vote"


    - The Euro Ticket : A wildcard will be awarded by the jury alone to an 8th song which will therefore access the "Ultimate Vote"


    - The Ultimate Vote : The points from then on will reset to zero. The public and the jury each at 50% will elect the winning song.

    The Eurovision France Jury will be made up of the following members:

    - Amir (President of the Jury)
    - Marie Myriam
    - Jean-Paul Gaultier
    - Natasha St Pier
    - Duncan Laurence
    - Chimène Badi
    - André Manoukian
    - Elodie Gossuin
    - Augustin Galiana
    - Michèle Bernier

     

    Here is a recap of the competing national final entries: 

     

    France in Eurovision 


    France is  one of the seven countries that had its first participation back in 1956. Since then the country has won the contest 5 times. Last time was in 1977, with Marie Myriam and her song L’oiseau et l’enfant. The last two years, however,  seems to be an increasing interest for the contest .

    Destination Eurovision  was used for the first time as the country’s national selection format in 2018, including two recorded semi final shows and a live grand final. 2018 was the first time France held a nationa final since 2014. National final 2018 winners were the duo Madame Monsieur who represented France in Lisbon with their entry “Mercy” which finished 13th.

    In 2019 Bilal Hassani won the second edition of Destination Eurovision 2019 and defended the French colours in Tel Aviv with his entry Roi which came 16th in the Grand final.

    After that France Televisions went internal selecting Tom Leeb to represent the country in Rotterdam last May. Unfortunately his ESC 2020 journey never took place as the covid-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of this year's edition. 

     

     

    News Source: Sebastien Barke

    Image: Eurovision-12points.fr