The last few pages are giving me 2023 flashbacks:
- "strong vocals"
- "unique song will stand out"
- "dark horse"
- odds rising
Same conversations happened last year with La Zarra and we saw how it went. France is always overhyped in the bubble
Last year with La Zarra, but almost every year since 2017 included.
2023 => , 9th/11th in the odds during the NF season, odds went crazy during rehearsals and we went 3rd in the odds => 16th in the end, a flop.
2022 => 12/13th in the betting odds the whole season => 24th/25 in the final, a flop.
2021 => The only exception.
2020 => Well, around 30th place in the odds because the song was terrible but i'm fully convinced people would have find a way to push us Top 15/20 so we can flop even bigger in the final, if the contest was not cancelled
2019 => 12/13th in the betting odds the whole NF, overhyped again during the rehearsals and went to 3rd place in the odds => 16th in the final, a flop.
2018 => Started 12/13th in the betting odds after the french NF, slowly rised to 8th before the rehearsals started thanks to the preparties, went to 2nd place in the odds during the rehearsals => 13th in the final, a flop, again.
2017 => I have less souvenirs about this year in the odds, but i know that year, many people believed we were in contention for Top 5 and we ended 12th, a flop once again.
But clearly from all those years, last year was the most difficult one to digest, at least for me personnally because I gave in to the hype.. I would love Slimane to change this curse but i'm not sure. The first signs of this usual scenario are already starting to appear with this live performance. Maybe he's a bit stronger in the juries than the previous french representatives so he might end 13th. I know some countries can have some worse results than us but at least odds are honest with them.