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I have seen a tweet saying "France should send pop songs in English or we are doomed" which seems the worst take ever because... The French language has never been an element tanking our songs?!? I really don't get it.
Not sure I agree that they have a tendency to flop, have there even been any songs remotely comparable to actual charting French rap/r&b in the last five contests other than Soldi?
Doesn't feel fair to use the likes of Malik Harris, Jeremie Makiese, etc as comparisons, there the issue were that they were blander than a piece of paper lol. And if the public is willing to vote for more rap acts with "less mainstream" sound like Käärijä or Kalush or Joci Papai, then I don't see why a "more commercial" song should have any issues in theory.
But of course no guaranteed success, all depends on the strength of the package as you said! Just think it would be fun to see one of the continent's biggest music industries send songs that actually represents what actually popular there rather than continuing to lean into stereotypes and keep on sending chansons and men screaming on top of the Eiffel tower.
Finger crossed that "C'est vous qui décidez" will come back next yearOh BTW i just thought, FTV will do their 2023-2024 press conference in a few weeks, maybe we'll have some hints about how it's gonna be.
France 2 didn't open their submissions like they did in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 (it was done on the 1st of July with EF, and on the 21st of june with DE, the day of the "fête de la musique" in France). I guess we're on the road of a new internal selection. For me, it's not a bad thing, La Zarra was a perfect choice, after all, she just didn't bring the thing people were waiting for her to bring (she still ended up 16th, it's not like she came bottom 5). I still trust France 2 next year to find a good artist with a good song.Finger crossed that "C'est vous qui décidez" will come back next year
That's sad news, I've enjoyed a lot the french nf in these past years and had hoped they would bring it back.France 2 didn't open their submissions like they did in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 (it was done on the 1st of July with EF, and on the 21st of june with DE, the day of the "fête de la musique" in France). I guess we're on the road of a new internal selection. For me, it's not a bad thing, La Zarra was a perfect choice, after all, she just didn't bring the thing people were waiting for her to bring (she still ended up 16th, it's not like she came bottom 5). I still trust France 2 next year to find a good artist with a good song.
France 2 didn't open their submissions like they did in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 (it was done on the 1st of July with EF, and on the 21st of june with DE, the day of the "fête de la musique" in France). I guess we're on the road of a new internal selection. For me, it's not a bad thing, La Zarra was a perfect choice, after all, she just didn't bring the thing people were waiting for her to bring (she still ended up 16th, it's not like she came bottom 5). I still trust France 2 next year to find a good artist with a good song.
I hope you find a great artist and song but I really loved watching your national selection, so i do miss it. It's a shame it's gone.France 2 didn't open their submissions like they did in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 (it was done on the 1st of July with EF, and on the 21st of june with DE, the day of the "fête de la musique" in France). I guess we're on the road of a new internal selection. For me, it's not a bad thing, La Zarra was a perfect choice, after all, she just didn't bring the thing people were waiting for her to bring (she still ended up 16th, it's not like she came bottom 5). I still trust France 2 next year to find a good artist with a good song.
Some of our NF did have a great level, like 2018 or 2019, but Eurovision France was quite different. If France 2 doesn't want to work woth ITV France to produce a great show like Destination Eurovision, I prefer an internal selection rather than Eurovision France where you have barely a few songs that can reach a left part of the scoreboard.
The runner up of drag race France is interested:
Someone who openly supported communists would be a very "smart" choice (as well as someone who couldn't even win the drag show) Wondering if sis knows about their views on LGBT, lol.The runner up of drag race France is interested:
I saw the movie last month when it was on TF1, I liked Tom Leeb in it (particularly this scene, lmao).When are they going to announce Tom Leeb's return? I'm waiting.
When are they going to announce Tom Leeb's return? I'm waiting.