Eurovision 2021: France
Apr. 5th, 2021 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
passionpopSelection: Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez!
Wins: 5 (1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977)
2020: Tom Leeb - Mon Alliée (The Best In Me)
2021: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Current Bookmakers: 3rd
Barbara Pravi has co-written the last two Junior Eurovision entries despite being 27. The song she co-wrote for 2020 actually won Junior Eurovision and was performed during the superfinal voting that sent Barbara to Eurovision. There is no potential conflict in that.
This year’s entry is far superior to the internally selected song that was due to represent France last year, it is also being heavily backed to win. With the volume of upbeat numbers it is widely thought this year will be a ballad year, but who knows what will make it to the final. All that is certain is that the 2019 winner and the Big 5, including France, will be there. Automatically being in the final gives this a good chance.
Due to all the video of the original 1956 contest being lost (other than the winners performance), there is no clip of the first chanson sung by an artist representing France so instead here is 1957