BIRTHDAY: Kali from France is 60 today Do you remember the times when countries had to sing in their national languages? It was easy for some – German all the way, for example. Or a choice of obvious ones if you were Switzerland. But if you were slightly […]
BIRTHDAY: Joël Prévost from France is 69 today We have one of those home entries again today. You know what happens. Your desire is to represent your country. You try every year, getting closer each time. And what happens when you win the golden ticket? You travel all […]
It has been announced that Steven Cierima has been confirmed as the Head of Delegation for Eurovision Choir – a role he also holds for the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Steven Cierima revealed to Tele Loisirs that he cannot reveal any further details on […]
#FRA: Bilal Hassani to sing for France at Eurovision 2019 After a close contest, international jurors and French televoter have just picked Bilal Hassani to go to Tel Aviv. Here are the final results, showing Bilal’s win. He will sing Roi. Here’s his performance from the final. Do […]
#FRA: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision Final from 21.00 CET It’s live blog time again, and this time, it’s serious. France’s selection process culminates tonight when it picks a representative for Tel Aviv. It’s 42 years since France last won. Will tonight’s choice give them a chance for […]
FRA: Destination Eurovision Final preview Two shows down, and we’re at the business end of Destination Eurovision 2019. Ten songs have fallen away, and we’re down to eight. One of these will go forward to sing their hearts out in Tel Aviv, and bring to an end of […]
FRA: Remaining finalists for Destination Eurovision The second semi-final of Destination Eurovision has just finished, and we have four songs through to the final on 26 February. After a combination of televote and international jury, the lucky four are: Seemone – Tous les deux Emmanuel Moire – La […]
FRA: Live blog of Destination Eurovision Part 2 from 2100 CET France gets a step nearer selecting its entrant for the 2019 Eurovison Song Contest, with the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision. Four songs from tonight will go forward to the final next Saturday. You know what happens. […]
FRA: Destination Eurovision Semi-final Two One semi-final down, one to go. As you may have seen from last Saturday, four will make it through to final of Destination Eurovision (DE) on Saturday 26 January. You’ll be able to follow all of the action on France 2, TV5Monde and […]
FRA: First finalists for Destination Eurovision The first semi-final of Destination Eurovision has just finished, and we have four songs through to the final on 26 February. After a combination of televote and international jury, the lucky four are: Bilal Hassani – Roi Chimène Badi – Lá-haut Silvàn […]
FRA: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision from 2100 CET So here we are. France is getting the January 2019 national finals going with the first of two semi-finals. Tonight we’ll see nine songs competing for four places in the Final on 26 January. We’re blogging the show for […]
#FRA: Destination Eurovision Semi-final One On Saturday, France Télévisions launches its hunt for a representative for Tel Aviv. As we’ve reported, 18 acts will perform over two semi-finals. That’s nine in each semi-final. The top four from each semi-final will make it through to the final on Saturday […]
Has the French National Selection been revealed for their Eurovision Choir entry this year? France 3 have revealed plans for “Le grand concours des chorales”. France 3’s latest television format will showcase various choral styles from all over France. Eurovoix has revealed that eight choirs, from eight different […]
#FRANCE: Charles Aznavour dies It has been announced that the legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94. He was performing as recently as 19 September on Osaka. Born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, he was very proud of his Armenian roots, and promoted the country whenever […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
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