France have only finished last in the Eurovision Song Contest just once. France have never had to take participate in the semi finals since their introduction in 2004, due to their Big 5 status. They also survived the pre-qualification round in 1996. Below is the only entry from […]
France have successfully won the Eurovision Song Contest five times – however this could’ve been six had Sweden not won the tiebreaker in Rome, back in 1991. In 1969, there was no tiebreaker, so France shared the top spot. Below are the winning entries from France over the […]
Today, we start the first of our Finale Weeks here at Eurovision Ireland. This week sees the final of Destination Eurovision – so our first Finale Week focuses on the Big 5 country that is France. Destination Eurovision is the first National Final held in France since 2014 […]
#FRANCE: Final four finalists selected France Télévisions has just revealed the final four finalists for Destination Eurovision, the series of shows to select the French entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs competed for the four spots, which were chosen by six jurors – three […]
#FRANCE: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision Semi-final Two! After several years of internal selections, it appears that France Télévisions has bigger plans, with a three-week run to pick a song for Lisbon. Tonight is the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, and nine songs will compete for the final […]
#FRANCE: First four finalists selected France Télévisions has just revealed the first four finalists for Destination Eurovision, the series of shows to select the French entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs competed for the four spots, which were chosen by six jurors – three […]
In an interview with Tele-Loisirs before the first show of the 2018 French selection event Destination Eurovision tonight, Christer Björkman, the Head of Delegation for Sweden, has mentioned his wish to Sweden win a 7th Eurovision – before 2021! Björkman, who is to be one of three international […]
This year France decided to select their representative throughout a show intitled Destination Eurovision 2018. The format of the competition will consist of three shows: two semi-finals, on 13 and 20 January 2017, and a final on 27 January 2017. A total of 18 acts will battle to […]
So far we have artwork, a slogan, a few singers and most importantly, no songs – but that doesn’t stop some people from working hard to figure out who will win Eurovision next year in Lisbon! The first betting odds for Eurovision 2018 are in from Coral, and […]
2018 is going to be quite the Eurovision year! Along with the excitement of heading to a brand new country for Europe’s favourite musical party, we also have a (potentially) whopping 32 national selections to look forward to! Along with yearly staples such as Melodifestivalen and San Remo, […]