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France FRANCE 2020 - Tom Leeb - The Best in Me
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It may be my favorite Yseult's song. Eurovision or not, she's the kind of artist I would like to see as our representative, with a proper identity.
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Please not Yseult, she must have mental issues. 
Something I'd have loved and I'm convinced we could have won with amazing live vocals, this is "Aux étoiles" by Colours in The Street :
It's like "Arcade" (that I absolutely love) but even better. It is so Coldayplay-esque, so smooth, it's feels like you're lost in space or like you're looking at the sky during a summer night. The chorus isn't that strong but the end is like "GOOOOOSEBUMPS !!! OMG", a bit like Arcade. The long version is almost 7 minutes but there's a 3 minutes 30 secondes radio edit version.
Another artist I would love to see (and I think she is quite likely to participate to DE2020) is someone that french people will surely know, I'm talking about the amazing Maëlle :
"Toutes les machines ont un coeur" is such a bop, lyrics are amazing and she, is amazing too live. Actually, I really want us to bring a bop to the competition but if there's an amazing ballad (or even something different) like I just posted above that could place in the top 5 according to me, I don't see any problem. The only thing I want is that we finally get THE SONG + The STAGING and not just one of the two like since 2016.
Something I'd have loved and I'm convinced we could have won with amazing live vocals, this is "Aux étoiles" by Colours in The Street :It's like "Arcade" (that I absolutely love) but even better. It is so Coldayplay-esque, so smooth, it's feels like you're lost in space or like you're looking at the sky during a summer night. The chorus isn't that strong but the end is like "GOOOOOSEBUMPS !!! OMG", a bit like Arcade.
The long version is almost 7 minutes but there's a 3 minutes 30 secondes radio edit version.Another artist I would love to see (and I think she is quite likely to participate to DE2020) is someone that french people will surely know, I'm talking about the amazing Maëlle :
"Toutes les machines ont un coeur" is such a bop, lyrics are amazing and she, is amazing too live. Actually, I really want us to bring a bop to the competition but if there's an amazing ballad (or even something different) like I just posted above that could place in the top 5 according to me, I don't see any problem. The only thing I want is that we finally get THE SONG + The STAGING and not just one of the two like since 2016.
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Destination Eurovision was dropped and an internal selection confirmed a few minutes ago.
https://eurovoix.com/2019/11/30/fra...ped-as-internal-selection-confirmed-for-2020/
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Even though I think that the French preselections were amazing (songs and soundwise), I wasn't really keen on the outcome. "Mercy" and "Roi" weren't bad but not perfect either... Amir and Alma were incredible, though, and it was the first time that I voted for France after Patricia Kaas again. I am really looking for this internal selection, tbh.
Funny, I was wondering about that just a few hours ago, because last year we got the names of the contestants early December.
Anyway, it may actually be good news ? For me both selection processes got their perks and drawbacks, but it's true we got our best results thanks to an internal selection (our worst too). It seems however they really want to win this time, surely the JESC results pumped them up.
Still, putting on a whole show just to present us the entry is kinda strange ?
Anyway, it may actually be good news ? For me both selection processes got their perks and drawbacks, but it's true we got our best results thanks to an internal selection (our worst too). It seems however they really want to win this time, surely the JESC results pumped them up.
Still, putting on a whole show just to present us the entry is kinda strange ?
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Destination Eurovision was a good national final and it gave us the possibility to discover a lot of talented artist, but it definitely wasn't the right way to choose artists. I think an internal selection is way better. Steven (HoD) knows what he's doing, and FTV trust him after the good results he brought for both JESC 2018 & most recently, 2019. I hope we won't disappoint, because I have really high hopes now.
Oh wow, I thought they'd remain stubborn with DE despite the disappointing viewing figures and results. It is a sensible move.
Now I wish we could have a more musically-challenging entry for a change, even though it's more likely to be super mainstream. They should pay attention to live vocals though, for Amir and Alma didn't shine in this department imo.
I'm curious to know what they'll go for. According to the interview, they asked famous French songwriters for songs and, for the first time, are looking for imports.
Now I wish we could have a more musically-challenging entry for a change, even though it's more likely to be super mainstream. They should pay attention to live vocals though, for Amir and Alma didn't shine in this department imo.
I'm curious to know what they'll go for. According to the interview, they asked famous French songwriters for songs and, for the first time, are looking for imports.
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For those who want more information and the translation of the article (with google traduction, lol) :
Who will succeed Bilal Hassani to represent France in Eurovision 2020? And above all, how will the next candidate be selected? Answer: not by the viewers or the jury of ten international "Destination Eurovision", as for the two previous editions. According to our information, France 2 has given up this TV preselection, hosted by Garou and produced by ITV Studios France ("The Voice", "4 weddings for 1 honeymoon" ...)
In question, audiences: 1.9 million viewers on average on the three nights proposed last January (10.4% of PDA), a score well below the 4.8 million (30.2%) of the final of the European competition, in May. But not only.
"We want more control over the process, with an in-house selection", says Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of Entertainment and Variety for France Télévisions. It is also that this year will be the Spanish and the English (note: arrived 22nd and 26th, in 2019). We will deploy our forces differently. Several tracks are envisaged. "
Carton for Bilal in preselection, but finally falls
At the headquarters of the public group, we still remember the gap between the vote of the jury, which had greatly preferred the singer Seemone, and that of the French public who finally contributed to the victory of Bilal Hassani, giving him more than one-third of the points on eight candidates. Except that on arrival, the verdict was rather harsh for the tricolor camp: the interpreter "King" finished 16th out of 26 competitors.
READ ALSO> French Carla ranks 5th in Eurovision Junior
"By changing our device, we hope to get closer to the podium in 2020" (she already said that a few weeks ago), adds Alexandra Redde-Amiel. In other words, enter the Top 5! What even Amir (6th in 2016) did not manage to do. The last time France reached this goal, it was in 2002 with Sandrine François (5th) and in 2001 with Natasha St-Pier (4th).
To put the odds on its side, the management of France Televisions has also expanded the call for tenders. "We asked French authors and composers to offer us songs, but also to foreign publishers for the first time", announces the director of entertainment and varieties of France Televisions. Another novelty: the broadcast of an evening event to present the future representative tricolor, before the final May 16 in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-lo...sera-choisi-en-interne-30-11-2019-8206644.php
Yasss !
Who will succeed Bilal Hassani to represent France in Eurovision 2020? And above all, how will the next candidate be selected? Answer: not by the viewers or the jury of ten international "Destination Eurovision", as for the two previous editions. According to our information, France 2 has given up this TV preselection, hosted by Garou and produced by ITV Studios France ("The Voice", "4 weddings for 1 honeymoon" ...)
In question, audiences: 1.9 million viewers on average on the three nights proposed last January (10.4% of PDA), a score well below the 4.8 million (30.2%) of the final of the European competition, in May. But not only.
"We want more control over the process, with an in-house selection", says Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of Entertainment and Variety for France Télévisions. It is also that this year will be the Spanish and the English (note: arrived 22nd and 26th, in 2019). We will deploy our forces differently. Several tracks are envisaged. "
Carton for Bilal in preselection, but finally falls
At the headquarters of the public group, we still remember the gap between the vote of the jury, which had greatly preferred the singer Seemone, and that of the French public who finally contributed to the victory of Bilal Hassani, giving him more than one-third of the points on eight candidates. Except that on arrival, the verdict was rather harsh for the tricolor camp: the interpreter "King" finished 16th out of 26 competitors.
READ ALSO> French Carla ranks 5th in Eurovision Junior
"By changing our device, we hope to get closer to the podium in 2020" (she already said that a few weeks ago), adds Alexandra Redde-Amiel. In other words, enter the Top 5! What even Amir (6th in 2016) did not manage to do. The last time France reached this goal, it was in 2002 with Sandrine François (5th) and in 2001 with Natasha St-Pier (4th).
To put the odds on its side, the management of France Televisions has also expanded the call for tenders. "We asked French authors and composers to offer us songs, but also to foreign publishers for the first time", announces the director of entertainment and varieties of France Televisions. Another novelty: the broadcast of an evening event to present the future representative tricolor, before the final May 16 in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-lo...sera-choisi-en-interne-30-11-2019-8206644.php
Yasss !
Exactly. If we dig a little in our current music scene there are many different genres to look out for. I'm hoping for something a little more risky.
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Although DE was one of the best national finals music wise, French somehow did not know to choose the best entry, and even though the winners were fine, their best game in recent years was when they went internal so you go girl. 
Clearly, it's the best choice, french public is not ready to choice artist trough a national selection.
Now, i trust France TV and Steven Clérima to choose a top 5 song, after all they gave France a 2nd and 5th place in JESC, both selected internaly
Now, i trust France TV and Steven Clérima to choose a top 5 song, after all they gave France a 2nd and 5th place in JESC, both selected internaly
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I might have missed something, but I think Eurovoix doesn't interpret this correctly as a "100% internal selection". It quotes leparisien as its source, however the article linked by FRFanESC also mentions this:
"Plusieurs pistes sont envisagées. Notamment un vote du public resserré à trois ou quatre candidats."
So they want to have more internal weight in the selection process, but a final public vote from a very limited number of choices still remains a possibility.
(...or did I miss any additional information? )
"Plusieurs pistes sont envisagées. Notamment un vote du public resserré à trois ou quatre candidats."
So they want to have more internal weight in the selection process, but a final public vote from a very limited number of choices still remains a possibility.
(...or did I miss any additional information?
)i expected Carla to fail miserably while performing her song, but i got astonished by the way she managed to nail this f*cking performance.
i trust steven more than my own mother
"Plusieurs pistes sont envisagées. Notamment un vote du public resserré à trois ou quatre candidats." So they want to have more internal weight in the selection process, but a final public vote from a very limited number of choices still remains a possibility.
(...or did I miss any additional information?
It is indeed what they said, they still haven't decided on the final form of the process. It could be a good compromise, but depending on the selectioned artists I don't fully trust the French public vote.
What matters is that the DE format is gone. But I agree with [MENTION=16517]Edweis[/MENTION], even if they plan a show with four contestants, I still wouldn't trust the French televoters. :? As we've seen, they're too easily influenced by names and messages, and seem to reject anything modern. So unless every entry selected deserves to go to the contest, that would be a risk.
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I might have missed something, but I think Eurovoix doesn't interpret this correctly as a "100% internal selection". It quotes leparisien as its source, however the article linked by FRFanESC also mentions this:
"Plusieurs pistes sont envisagées. Notamment un vote du public resserré à trois ou quatre candidats."
So they want to have more internal weight in the selection process, but a final public vote from a very limited number of choices still remains a possibility.
(...or did I miss any additional information?
Exactly, I missed that too, google traduction cancelled it while translating. I really hope they'll push their idea and go 100% internal, rather than let french people choose between 3 or 4 contestants.