National Final Throwback: Louka – Mamma Mia

After opting for internal selections for three years running, France decided to switch things up in 2018 and reintroduce a national final. The new format was called ‘Destination Eurovision’, and after the relative success the nation found with Amir and Alma, the pressure was on to ensure that the national selection featured quality songs. A…

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Bilal Hassani to Represent France at Eurovision 2019!

The French national selection, Destination Eurovision, concluded last night after two weeks of semi-finals, where 18 artists performed their potential Eurovision songs, with just 8 qualifying to the final. With two strong favourites from each semi-final, Bilal Hassani and Seemone, it was going to be a tight race to the end. The results were decided…

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Destination Eurovision: The French line-up is complete!

The second semi-final of the French national selection Destination Eurovision has now taken place, and the final four acts were selected to complete the final line-up. Here are the competing entries: Doutson – Sois un bon fils Seemone – Tous les deux The Divaz – La voix d’Aretha Emmanuel Moire – La promesse Tracy de Sà – Por Aqui Philipelise…

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Tonight: France continues with Destination Eurovision

Last week we saw the first semi-final of the French national selection, Destination Eurovision, take place where the first nine artists took to the stage to perform both their potential Eurovision entries as well as a cover song. This week, another nine entrants will perform: Doutson – Sois un bon fils Seemone – Tous les deux The…

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France: Here are the first qualifiers from Destination Eurovision!

Moments ago the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision took place, where nine artists took to the stage to perform their potential Eurovision entries. Here are the competing acts: Naestro- Le Brasier Florina – In the shadow Chimène Badi – Là-haut Battista Acquaviva  – Passio Silvàn Areg – Le petit Nicolas Bilal Hassani – Roi Aysat – Comme une grande Lautner…

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Tonight: France begins their National Final!

The search begins for the next French Eurovision act with the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision to take place tonight. The show will begin at 21:00 CET and will be broadcast live from Paris. A total of nine artists will be competing in the first semi-final, performing their potential Eurovision songs as well as a…

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Destination Eurovision: Here are the French National Finalists!

After a successful debut of the national final format of Destination Eurovision in France, the format will also be used to select the French representative for Eurovision 2019, and now we know the participants of the upcoming series. French broadcaster FT have now revealed the 18 participants of the upcoming series of Destination Eurovision which…

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France 2019: Changes to Destination Eurovision revealed!

Not long after this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the French broadcaster announced that due to the success of the debut year of Destination Eurovision, their national selection, they have decided to continue with that format. Now that some time has passed, more information has been revealed regarding the changes we will see in next year’s…

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Emmy Liyana releases official video AND remix of OK ou KO!

It’s been a hot minute since we were graced with arguably one of the best national selections of the Eurovision 2018 season, but now we are finally getting to see the music video for one of our favourite entries of the competition! You may remember Emmy Liyana from the French national selection, Destination Eurovision and…

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Eurovision 2018: The Successes and Failures of the Big 5

It has been less than a month since Eurovision ended, and as much as I have been distracting myself from Post Eurovision Depression with a binge rewatch session of previous editions, it’s time to focus back on the latest edition of Eurovision to face the music – quite literally. This year we saw a lot…

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