Eurovision 2021 | France Opens submissions for their 2021 National Final
French Eurovision Broadcaster, France 2, has just announced that submissions are now open for their National Final set to be held in early 2021. This follows an announcement two weeks earlier that 2020 participant, Tom Leeb, would not be returning as the Big 5 country’s representative. The submission process will be open until September 30th and has opened today for all songwriters and artists. The head of France’s contest delegation, Alexandra Redde-Amiel added to the intere
France | Destination Eurovision Semi Final 2 Jurors Revealed
The international jurors for Destination Eurovision 2019 semi final 2 have been revealed today on Eurovision France's official Instagram account. In Destination Eurovision 2019, both semi finals will have a 5-member international jury who will vote for their favourite songs and in the final, there will be a 10-member international jury, also voting for their favourites. Their votes will account for 50% of the overall score, the other 50% coming from televoting. The semi final
France | Over 2.14 million viewers for Destination Eurovision Semi One
Over 2.14 million viewers tuned into France 2 to watch the first Semi-Final of Destination Eurovision 2019, meaning the show was watched by 11.8% of the public on Saturday Night. While this is indeed down 350,000 viewers on the launch show of last years Destination Eurovision, it's still a massive success for a National Selection. It's also worth noting that the Grand Final of Eurovision 2013 only managed 2.7 million viewers in France. Since it's inception in 2018, Destinatio
France | First Destination Eurovision Semi-Final Qualifiers Decided
Tonight the first semi final of Destination Eurovision, France's selection format took place, and after the international jury and French public, the four from the nine hopefuls who would qualify were decided, including a storming victory for Bilal Hassani. Bilal qualified alongside Chiméne Badi, Silván Areg and Aysat to the final in two weeks time and they'll be joined by four more artists from next weeks semi final. Bilal qualified having one both the international jury vot
France | Jurors announced for Destination Eurovision Semi Final 1
Today is has been announced via the official Eurovision France Instagram account, the names of the five international jurors who will vote in the first semi final of Destination Eurovision 2019. In Destination Eurovision 2019, both semi finals will have a 5-member international jury who will vote for their favourite songs and in the final, there will be a 10-member international jury, also voting for their favourites. Their votes will account for 50% of the overall score, the
France | Expert panel revealed for Destination Eurovision
French broadcaster France 2 have today revealed the members of the expert panel for Destination Eurovision 2019. They revealed the news on their new official instagram account, Eurovision France. Unlike last year, the expert panel will not have any say in who is chosen for Eurovision, and instead, the winner will be chosen by 100% televote. In this years expert panel line-up, we have two new faces and one returning judge, alongside Pierre "Garou" Garrand, who will be hosting
France | Kendji Girac Expresses Interest In Competing For France
He has been on many a Eurovision fans wishlist since winning The Voice: La Plus Belle Voix, back in 2014, but Kendji Girac has said he would consider and like to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest. Kendji, 22, expressed in an interview with magazine "20 Minutes" whilst discussing his brand new album "Amigo" which was released on Friday, that he see's himself on the Eurovision stage representing France - or in an action film. He expressed that the album is going
France reveals more details about their National final
For second year in row France will choose their Eurovision representative trough national final titled Destination Eurovision. Yesterday French Television held a press conference, where Caroline Got, the director of the France 2, revealed more details about 2019 edition of Destination Eurovision. Here are the main changes of the next year edition: - All 3 shows will be transmitted live. In 2018 semifinals were pre-recorded - There will have changes in the jury members. Furth
France calls for Eurovision 2019 submissions
According to a tweet from Eurovision website Eurovision-fr.net, French broadcaster France Télévisions has formally opened the submission period for artists to submit up to three songs each for the next edition of the country's Eurovision national final, Destination Eurovision.
You can view the tweet here The Tweet That Has Appeared On Social Media Declaring Submission Period Open The deadline for submissions is November 30th 2018, and the usual Eurovision rules apply - tho
Mercy France! Madame Monsieur Win Destination Eurovision
The Eurovision season is well underway, with several confirmed artists revealed. Tonight was all about France who opted to find their representative through their national final, 'Destination Eurovision'. The country chose duo Madame Monsieur and their touching song "Mercy" to represent the country in Lisbon. After the eight acts performed their entries the audience was treated to a nail-biting results show with the leaderboard changing after every vote. After the internat
