France FRANCE 2020 - Tom Leeb - The Best in Me

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[EscGeek]

Y A S
His songs are great, y'all sleeping on it

Some of his songs are literally uploaded on a youtube channel called "SleepMusic"

 

[FRFanESC]

Our new head of delegation said about Destination Eurovision :
- "Finding 18 good songs [for #Eurovision] is complicated. We chose to focus on a title and give it all our energy."

About the song :
- "For the revelation of the title that Tom Leeb will sing at #Eurovision, France 2 promises a device "that will create the event", "a very nice surprise"
- "We really want France to organize the Eurovision Song Contest. We are going to go after the dream so that we have no regrets. We are ambitious
- "We must accentuate the presence of our artist in the international media, so that he speaks to foreign audiences
- "In recent years, when there was English in our #Eurovision songs, we assumed it. The controversies are behind us."

(So unfortunately, I'm calling it now, our song will be 100% full of english lyrics and honestly, I'm not here for this at all. A bilingual song with english chorus, I'd love that, though.)

Specifications that the delegation gave to french and foreigners authors : "The specifications that were given for the composition of the song of France at #Eurovision:
- Universality
- Emotion
- Have an experience"

About the staging : "We have a fairly clear idea of what we want. There will be no invitation to tender."

Even more information if you want :

The whole article if you're interested, and the link in the end :

The information was faned out Friday by Le Parisien. It was confirmed on Tuesday by France 2: Tom Leeb will defend French chances in the Eurovision final on May 16, in Rotterdam (Netherlands). However, the question mark remains around the song he will be performing.

Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the tricolor delegation to Eurovision - also director of entertainment at France Televisions - spoke on Tuesday evening to ten media, including 20 Minutes. She said it was the song that was chosen first, after an invitation to tender launched to French and, for the first time, international authors and composers.

"We received over a hundred songs written for France. We did a lot of listening committees and then we fell in love with one of them, she said. She gathered what we wanted. In this case, the specifications focused on three points: the universality, the emotion and the ability of the piece to make the audience "live an experience".

Xavier Bonnetain, music director at FranceTV Distribution, the commercial subsidiary of the public audiovisual group, said: "When we make a listening committee, we review about thirty titles. It quickly becomes indigestible. And in fact, that song emerged on its own. We are sure of its strength because, when we listened to it, in the middle of all the others, we had forgotten all the ones before and the five songs after. It's a sign. We thought that on the day of the Eurovision final, this song could mark, train people and make people forget the songs around."

The piece in question has been kept away from the ears of journalists, who will have to wait a little longer before making their own opinion. "We are moving from a model to a song produced," said Xavier Bonnetain. Besides, Tom Leeb would be in the studio these days to work on the final version. In a short video message to the media, the 30-year-old singer said he was "very honored" and "very excited to participate in this great show".

So it was after the song was chosen that the young artist was selected to perform it. “It was pretty quick. In our unit, we follow talents. Among them, there was one that suited what we needed to give the song its full breadth, "said Alexandra Redde-Amiel. She therefore spoke of Tom Leeb, whose "grain of voice" she praised before listing his qualities: "He is modern, universal, charismatic, authentic, attractive. He has a very interesting pop folk universe which made it possible, when you discover the song, to bring him even more things. "

The head of the French delegation affirms, "The meeting between the song and the artist was magical. The planets have aligned. We are rather very confident on this adventure in Rotterdam. We arrive with a project, an artist, a modern and universal song, and more determined than ever to get closer to the podium. "

Such determination stirs the curiosity around this still confidential song. The France Television teams promise “a nice surprise for the reveal”. "We want to create an event on the air," slips Alexandra Redde-Amiel. It suggests an "innovative" device, "something exceptional". And to conclude: "When we are going to speak, we want it to be heard and it should be seen."

Comment a été choisie la chanson qui représentera la France à l'Eurovision

Mardi, France 2 a confirmé la participation de Tom Leeb à l'Eurovision et, à défaut de révéler la chanson qu'il interprétera au concours, a donné quelques indices sur ce à quoi elle re

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Too long, didn't read :
- When they listened to the song during a "listening committee", they forgot all the ones before and the five songs after, it really stood out among the other songs thta day. They're really confident about their future adventure and they're more determined than ever to make it to the podium.

 

[VikingTiger]

As always I am very curious about what France brings to the table.
After some research on YT I am not too hyped.... but I might be in for a surprise.

 

[Edweis]

Specifications that the delegation gave to french and foreigners authors : "The specifications that were given for the composition of the song of France at #Eurovision:
- Universality
- Emotion
- Have an experience"

Wow, they're getting pretty full of themselves, I hope their confidence won't come to bite them in the ass (a part of me is actually hoping for it).
But you're right, with their statement about English it's pretty clear we're gonna have an entry sung in its language.

 

[FRFanESC]

Wow, they're getting pretty full of themselves, I hope their confidence won't come to bite them in the ass (a part of me is actually hoping for it).
But you're right, with their statement about English it's pretty clear we're gonna have an entry sung in its language.

Why ?

 

[Leydan]

So disappointing if you go for English, I really dislike how it takes over and I think it hits more when countries who have stuck so fiercely to their native language give it up for English - sometimes a song sounds better in English than the native language but I think countries should stick to their own language as much as possible. Only Portugal has done so now, iirc. It feels so scorewhore-y and less genuine, even more so when they come out with "we want people to understand the message". If the message, song and staging is that strong you don't need English. I'll wait for the song but I find the choice rather unimaginative and kinda dull tbh. Man with a guitar. I know its somewhat hypocritical from my stand point, but gosh that music has been done to death and it's spammed all over our radios here.

 

[Sammy]

But you're right, with their statement about English it's pretty clear we're gonna have an entry sung in its language.

 

[Ana Raquel]

I listened his songs and most of them are bad indeed but i have no problem with his voice!

it's a personal taste of mine. i don't like raspy voices (esp male ones)

 

[Ana Raquel]

universality + emotion + experience = everyone having a consensus that the entry is bad, everyone will be angry and experience a bathroom break at the same time

 

[tuorem]

Damn, if the song turned out to be sung in English, the desperation would be real imo. English, even in small proportions like in "J'ai Cherché" and "Requiem", annoy me because I think it brings nothing, so I refuse the sketchy concept of giving up on our language, even for the sake of success.

Also, I'm not sure how I would feel if our entry were written by foreign composers tbh. We are a big country with a big population and lots of talents waiting to get noticed. Imports should be an option when there's nothing else on offer, I hope that's not the case, because what pride would there be in achieving a decent placing if nothing but the singer is related to France?

I'm not feeling this.

 

[Mrm]

Good luck France..

French entries I LOVED since 2004:
2005 - Ortal - "Chacun pense à soi"
2009 - Patricia Kaas - "Et s'il fallait le faire"
2010 - Jessy Matador - "Allez Ola Olé"
2011 - Amaury Vassili - "Sognu"
2014 - TWIN TWIN - "Moustache"
2018 - Madame Monsieur - "Mercy"

French entries I LIKED since 2004:
2004 - Jnatan Cerrada - "À chaque pas"
2006 - Virginie Pouchain - "Il était temps"
2008 - Sebastien Tellier - "Divine"

 

[Mrm]

@tuorem

Do you mind English in Raphael Gualazzi - "Madness of Love"?

 

[Citelis]

2007 Les Fatals Picards - L'amour à La Française
2008 Sébastien Tellier - Divine

Favorite guilty pleasures from France!

 

[Loindici]

I mean, let's not fake it, since the English-for-all rule is announced, most winning songs are in English, and there are only two winning with Serbian and Portuguese (plus a half if you include Crimean Tatar). If they believe choosing English could increase their chances, I'm better with them trying rather than not -- especially if finding a sensational French song is way, way harder than a sensational English song.

Although, I despise the ambition level of Bulgarians and Dutches being apparent on the French ones. I know they're approaching their selection similarly to the Dutches, but this i-believe-we-have-prepared-this-and-we-will-win attitude has brought various degrees of disappointment before:
1. 2017 : They both thought they've got it all, until...
2. 2018 : All the hype resulted in 14th place. Boo.
3. 2019 : A lot of hype, immense marketing strategies (to the extent of Chameleon playing as an ad) and floop. 13th, 14th.
4. 2019 : same with , but even worse. Semifinal bottom 3.
5. 2019 : They win, but as Boris stated in his editorial, a runaway winner becomes a consensual winner, which is actually a less satisfying fate.

I don't want French delegation to be too satisfied with their approach yet. A strong English song that sounds good according to them does not equal instant winning/high placement by the juries or the public. It depends on what you do with it (another Boris statement) and how all things will go on May.

I'm not sold.

 

[tuorem]

@tuorem

Do you mind English in Raphael Gualazzi - "Madness of Love"?

I think it was unnecessary tbh, same for "No Degree Of Separation".

 

[Mrm]

I think it was unnecessary tbh, same for "No Degree Of Separation".

In these 2 I didn't mind, but in Ninna Zilli, I hated it, I downgraded her a lot cause of English..

 

[tuorem]

In these 2 I didn't mind, but in Ninna Zilli, I hated it, I downgraded her a lot cause of English..

To me, it's the opposite: strangely it didn't annoy me as much in that one, although I would have preferred it fully in Italian.

Italians don't need English.

 

[Sammy]

May I just remind France that Barei also thought singing in english was the winning formula...

 

[Edweis]

Also, I'm not sure how I would feel if our entry were written by foreign composers tbh. We are a big country with a big population and lots of talents waiting to get noticed. Imports should be an option when there's nothing else on offer, I hope that's not the case, because what pride would there be in achieving a decent placing if nothing but the singer is related to France?

That's my biggest pet peeve too. I hope we're reading too much into it and in the end we would have worried for nothing, but it dangerously skid toward this idea. Right now they seem to be into the victory-no-matter-the-mean policy, it's a valid strategy, just not one I support in ESC.
The internal selection was actually a good choice to attract talented French artists and writers who didn't want to go throught the mess of an NF.

Why ?

Don't mind me, I just find their confience sickening considering the song isn't even recorded yet (if I understood correctly he's still working on it in studio). If they get a bad result at least it would teach them not to put the cart before the horse.

 

[tuorem]

May I just remind France that Barei also thought singing in english was the winning formula...

Well, she did win her 22nd place hands down. Queen did THAT!