This is my penultimate Big 5/automatic qualifier in this top 39 countdown, and it’s the powerhouse of the early days of Eurovision – France. They internally selected last year, choosing…
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The best of the rest: Eurovision 2021 national final favourites (part 1)
The cancellation of the 2020 contest has meant than many broadcasters re-selected their 2020 artists for 2021, including a number of those who had won their place via a national…
France: Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez
Twelve artists will compete in the French national final. The show will be broadcast live on France 2, TV5MONDE and online via a live stream. Find out more on broadcaster France…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: France preview
After a couple of years of their new national selection show, Destination Eurovision, France internally selected in 2020, and while the contest was cancelled of course, the response to the…
Eurovision 2020 top 41 countdown: #41 to #36
Welcome to the first set of entries in my Eurovision 2020 countdown. I’m batching these lower places songs into one video/post rather than separately. It’s harsh enough the songs won’t…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #12 FRANCE – Bilal Hassani – “Roi”
It’s our second big 5 country in a row in the countdown. France are 5 times winners but haven’t won since 1977 though their results in the last 3 years…
Underappreciated at Eurovision: a selection of my favourite songs
Just before we get into my previews countdown for Eurovision 2019, and at the request of my lovely friend Graham, I’ve pulled together some of the more underappreciated songs of…
The nearly songs: national finals 2019 best of the rest part 1
So we’ve just had our first weekend in what feels like weeks where there has been no national final, and with all the remaining songs released last week and a…
That was the (national final) weekend that was: reflections on recent Eurovision national selections
It may have not escaped anyone’s notice but this weekend just gone (16-17 February) had its fair share of shocks, drama and scandal in the various national finals that took…
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Destination Eurovision final (France preview)
Allez allez! The second big 5 country to hold their national final this season, France has held two semi-finals to determine the final eight acts to compete in the final…