LISSANDRO EUROVISION JUNIOR. Sunday, December 11, 2022, Lissandro, who represented France, won the Eurovision junior victory, with his song “Oh Maman.”
France offers a second victory in three years at theEurovision junior: Sunday, December 11, 2022, the young Lissandro won first place in the European singing competition, two years after Valentina. For this edition, the Junior Eurovision was held in Yerevan, Armenia. And it was with the song Oh Maman that Lissandro largely won the victory, with 203 points against Armenia (180 points) and Georgia (161 points).
“I really didn’t know what to expect because we all had a level of sickness. Being first, I only imagined that in my dreams. I stayed myself. That’s what made the difference, I think,” said Lissandro after his victory at 20 Minutes. The young 13-year-old Moselle is not unknown to the general public since he had already distinguished himself in The Voice Kids in 2020. He had climbed to the final of this show, in Jenifer’s team.
Passionate about music since childhood, Lissandro had also considered a career in football. “Eurovision, I’ve always compared it to the Euro (European football championship, editor’s note). My dream was to play football, but I’m literally broke, zero. So why not try to do that? with my voice, with my passion, with what I know how to do?”, he explained on the Eurovision YouTube channel. Successful bet !
Lissandro and the song oh mama
At Eurovision junior, it is therefore with the song oh mama that the young Lissandro wore the colors of France and won a second tricolor victory in three years (after Valentina, winner in 2020). A pop rock song that promised to “groove Europe!” promised before the show Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the French delegation to Eurovision and director of varieties, games and entertainment at France Télévisions.
The song oh mama was also co-written with Barbara Pravi, who finished second in Classic Eurovision in 2021 with So.