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France FRANCE 2020 - Tom Leeb - The Best in Me
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Sammy
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Initially I wanted to stay out of the discussion, but since you've read my edited post, I'm gonna reply.
Imagine you would just take into consideration all the english songs that failed to do well - that would not make english a safe choice, would it? But such a view would be as biased as the one where one only counts the ones who won. And many delegations seem to think like the latter - and therefore think english is the formula to win.
We all know, that a winning song combines so many factors in the right proportion, that it doesn't seem logic to me just to pick out the language. Even if english would be one of these factors (which i doubt without having a valid argument to back it up), the influence in the whole compound would be rather small regarding how many factors have to be on point.
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Yes, but I'm convinced that if we have "the" song, we could win, thanks to the song, the melody, the staging, etc, even if it is in french. And translate our songs in english is not necessary to win because we must be "understood", like Alma did.
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We also shouldn’t forget that there are way more songs in English than in any other language. Statistically speaking it is probably not so weird that English songs win more often. There simply are more English songs. It is definitely not impossible to win with a song in another language, although I imagine some languages are better for singing than others.
Actually yes : "Le titre trouvé, restait donc à dénicher un interprète en totale adéquation pour défendre au mieux les chances de la France. C'est fait !"
Eurovision : Tom Leeb, le fils de Michel, représentera la France
Selon nos informations, France Télévisions a choisi le fils de Michel Leeb pour participer au prochain concours Eurovision de la chanson.www.leparisien.fr
It wasn't official on Friday, was it?
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No, it wasn't but the article was too detailed, there was too much information to be invented, for me. It's Leparisien too, not Legorafi, lol.
@EscTurkey Sis, I thought you was ready to settle down and now you're leaving the goods to @PashonFrut. How unfortunate! #sadface
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Gurl you want me to expose all the instagram DM's I sent his way that were one by one ghosted by his very self? Through the course of the year, I sent him my full address, phone number, even invited him to Christmas dinner at my place. And what i get? Zero. Tom Leeb deserves all my attention now.
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Hello, this is my first post on this forum 
I have been listening to Tom's songs all morning and I have to say: He has a great voice. I think some of the songs are a bit meh, but if they really have a great song I am hoping for great things for France. I just hope I won't be disappointed!
I have been listening to Tom's songs all morning and I have to say: He has a great voice. I think some of the songs are a bit meh, but if they really have a great song I am hoping for great things for France. I just hope I won't be disappointed!
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Welcome to this forum.Hello, this is my first post on this forum
I have been listening to Tom's songs all morning and I have to say: He has a great voice. I think some of the songs are a bit meh, but if they really have a great song I am hoping for great things for France. I just hope I won't be disappointed!
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aww thanks
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I really likes Sébastien Tellier's song but I wouldn't be happy if France turns to send songs in english year after year. (From time to time is okay to me). It doesn't bother me to have songs in english in esc but the reason why I love esc is the musical diversity, and diversity in languages is one aspect of that. I'm pretty sure that I hear songs in english every day, so it makes me really happy to listen to songs in so many languages. Of course the language doesn't make the quality but I'm really sad that some countries only send songs in english (for example Germany, I love German language and I know that there is really good music sung in German but all the songs in their NF are in english).
Italy has really good televote results these past years while they sing in Italian. Last year we had 6 songs mostly sung in other languages than english in the grand final, 2 of them were top 10 result. To me, thinking that english is a safer choice is utterly wrong due to the bias that most of the songs are in english. (And I don't like "safe", it often means boring).
Another thing (not language related) : as an automatic qualifier, I think that France really could and should take more risks in what they send. They are in the grand final no matter what, so of course bold choices can lead to bad results but it also could be rewarded by higher results.
Italy has really good televote results these past years while they sing in Italian. Last year we had 6 songs mostly sung in other languages than english in the grand final, 2 of them were top 10 result. To me, thinking that english is a safer choice is utterly wrong due to the bias that most of the songs are in english. (And I don't like "safe", it often means boring).
Another thing (not language related) : as an automatic qualifier, I think that France really could and should take more risks in what they send. They are in the grand final no matter what, so of course bold choices can lead to bad results but it also could be rewarded by higher results.
Where did you get the news ? No paper published a statement yet and there's nothing on the offical account on twitter.
It's earlier than I expected, even if I still don't see the point of running a whole show just for one song reveal.
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@anaraqueen you have a roasting appointment on 16 February in the evening
and it's on a sunday.mp3@anaraqueen you have a roasting appointment on 16 February in the evening
i'm getting ready
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: Amandine Bourgeois - L'enfer Et Moi (2013) : Madame Monsieur - Mercy (2018) : Amuary Vassili - Sognu (2011) : Amir - J’ai Cherche (2016) : Twin Twin - Moustache (2014) : Bilal Hassani - Roi (2019) : Lisa Angell - N'oubliez Pas (2015) : Alma - Requiem (2017) : Anggun - Echo (You And I) (2012) : Jessy Matador - Allez ! Olla ! Ole ! (2010)43rd place from 46 countries.