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France FRANCE 2024 - Slimane - Mon amour
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Storm
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Yeah me too! I thought this would do well with both sides, the Marco Mengoni of the season with the same placement in the end.
ESC94
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He got points in the TV from ALL countries, including a 
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SirPeterGriffin
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This performance kicked so much ass. He really left his best for the final. I was predicting the Marco Mengoni route and it even surpassed it in terms of points. Would've been a much more worthy winner than Switzerland and there was no reason for that appalling lopsided gap with the juries. Congrats to France, a very solid decade in quality entries so far.
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I’m actually surprised all my family and friends called this the winner. I’m usually a sucker for romantic emotional songs, but to see the appeal reaching so many people is really nice! He truly is an artist and by far my favorite artist since Duncan. The shame is with the jurors who totally supported Switzerland in order to stop one other country it seems. He is a jury winner in my eyes and top 2/3 with the public, taking the political voting away!
Great result for Mon Amour, it has been one of my favourites early on but faded a little over time, but I'm really glad it ended up in the top 5. Pleasantly surprised by the 4th place in the televoting.
A French win will come soon, I feel it coming
A French win will come soon, I feel it coming
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I am so happy, better than I would've expected a week ago and so close to the podium!
I think if his voice wouldn't have cracked during the jury show he would've definitely fared better with the jury. I was suprised by some countries ignoring him (like Portugal?) but I won't complain. The televote score doesn't surprise me. It really sticked out at that part of the show from the rest and I see a lot of more sentimental people falling in love with that performance because of that.
May that encourage more high-profile frenchies to participate. As always, I am very nervous with them how it could go (because it could've also gone wrong like last year) but another top 5 finish is great.
I think if his voice wouldn't have cracked during the jury show he would've definitely fared better with the jury. I was suprised by some countries ignoring him (like Portugal?) but I won't complain. The televote score doesn't surprise me. It really sticked out at that part of the show from the rest and I see a lot of more sentimental people falling in love with that performance because of that.
May that encourage more high-profile frenchies to participate. As always, I am very nervous with them how it could go (because it could've also gone wrong like last year) but another top 5 finish is great.
ESC94
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I am so happy, better than I would've expected a week ago and so close to the podium!
I think if his voice wouldn't have cracked during the jury show he would've definitely fared better with the jury. I was suprised by some countries ignoring him (like Portugal?) but I won't complain. The televote score doesn't surprise me. It really sticked out at that part of the show from the rest and I see a lot of more sentimental people falling in love with that performance because of that.
May that encourage more high-profile frenchies to participate. As always, I am very nervous with them how it could go (because it could've also gone wrong like last year) but another top 5 finish is great.
I always had the feeling that Slimane would do much better in televoting than many here were expecting. It was a loud year with very few ballads, but the "ballad fraction" among the viewers didn´t dissapear and was looking for the strongest package and
absolutely had the strongest one. The late starting position also helped a lot and vocally he was even better in the final than on Thursday.
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ESC94
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I don't own a bank account and am kinda broke at the moment so nope can't really do that
soulm8
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I did vote couple of times for him as part of the world. I couldn’t stop myself for this masterpiece. And you talk about this been a ballad lovers vote, but actually this is not the reason why people voted. His presence, his aura and voice made it so pure and personal. The part towards the end always gives me goosebumps and not every ballad does that. The fact many people didn’t get a word except Mon amour and Paris and still voted… says it all.Did you vote from
ESC94
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Don´t get me wrong, I think he touched many peoples heart with the performance but I still think that being being in a year with few ballads helped.
soulm8
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The Australian jury put him last? Are they crazy? Seriously, are they crazy???Shame to UK and so called specialists of slow songs Portugal! Getting fan points all over the Europe, Slaymane!
Just watched his Instagram stories in bed…wished I celebrated with him there. Lol
Just watched his Instagram stories in bed…wished I celebrated with him there. Lol
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As I wrote in the Swiss thread, France is adjusting its aim. Through thick and thin, he is bringing solid music, staging concepts and performers. In the short term he will win again. Because mostly the winners are those who manage to have an oven that churns out more tasty baguettes rather than one that churns out one every now and then. Their musical panorama is reactivating and after Slimane's good positioning other great artists will approach the ESC. Historically, France is among the nations with the broadest musical background: from ballad to urban to disco. It has solid roots. Furthermore, many do not think about it, from 2024 it can again enjoy its almost complete block: Belgium, Switzerland and now Luxembourg. If the Principality of Monaco also enters, it will be able to have a good haul of jury/televoting points.
Regarding Slimane I must say that... the jury and the lack of ballad competitors helped him a lot. On the interpretative side and on the sweet and medium level singing it was ok. However, when he opened his throat due to the emotional scream, his voice lost its stability and risked going out of tune. His clever move of moving away from the microphone during the emotional scream, giving the false impression that he wanted to sing acappella, allowed him to mitigate the problems he had during rehearsals. In my opinion he and "Mon Amour" in 2024 were very overrated. The French song itself was structurally weak and full of clichés. Well done to France for focusing on a ballad in a noisy edition like this. Whether they realized it after the success of Käärijää or it was a coincidence, it worked.
Will we be able to see France bring an urban theme, where they are among the best, to the ESC sooner or later?
Regarding Slimane I must say that... the jury and the lack of ballad competitors helped him a lot. On the interpretative side and on the sweet and medium level singing it was ok. However, when he opened his throat due to the emotional scream, his voice lost its stability and risked going out of tune. His clever move of moving away from the microphone during the emotional scream, giving the false impression that he wanted to sing acappella, allowed him to mitigate the problems he had during rehearsals. In my opinion he and "Mon Amour" in 2024 were very overrated. The French song itself was structurally weak and full of clichés. Well done to France for focusing on a ballad in a noisy edition like this. Whether they realized it after the success of Käärijää or it was a coincidence, it worked.
Will we be able to see France bring an urban theme, where they are among the best, to the ESC sooner or later?