EUROVISION 2022. This weekend, France appoints its representative for Eurovision 2022. After the election, the candidate will have to prove themselves in the competition in Italy. When will it take place?
[Mis à jour le 5 mars 2022 à 21h] France 2 broadcasts a special tele-hook to designate the French candidate for Eurovision. The opportunity for the public as well as a jury of show-business members to decide who will be the representative of France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. After the victory of the Italian group Måneskin last year, c It is therefore in Italy, in Turin to be precise, that the Eurovision Song Contest will be held this year. The semi-finals, in which France does not participate because the country is automatically qualified for the final, take place respectively on May 10 and 12, 2022 while the grand final takes place live on May 14, 2022.
In the Eurovision show, it’s you who decide, viewers must choose their favorite candidate to represent France in the European song contest. The selection will take place in two stages: first the public televotes and selects 5 songs out of the 12 presented, then the jury selects a 6th song with the “euro-ticket”. As a reminder, the jury is chaired by Jenifer and composed of Gjon’s Tears, Nicoletta, Cyril Féraud, Yseult, Agustin Galiana, Elodie Gossuin, André Manoukian, Joyce Jonathan and Sundy Jules. Then, second stage, the public and the jury decide 50/50 among the 6 preselected the candidate who will represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest. In any case, the newly elected candidate will have the heavy task of doing as well if not better than Barbara Pravi, who came second in the competition last year. Below, the list of the 12 songs selected to participate in Eurovision, you decide on France 2:
- Pauligne Chagne,Pauline Night“
- Sam, “Where is he ?“
- Julia, “Hush“
- Cyprien Zeni, “My family“
- Alvan & Ahez, “Fulenn“
- Helene in Paris, “Paris my love“
- Elia, “Telephone“
- Marius, “love songs“
- Joan, “Mrs“
- SOA,”Alone“
- Eliot, “Storm“
- Joanna,”Browser“
All about Eurovision
The date of Eurovision 2022 is known: the final is scheduled for May 14, 2022 in Turin (Italy). Previously, the competing countries will compete for their place in the competition during two semi-finals: the first will take place on May 10, the second on May 12, 2022.
We do not yet know the representative of France for Eurovision 2022. He will be appointed on March 5, 2022, at the end of the program “Eurovision France: it’s you who decide” on France 2. The public will be to vote for his favorite candidate. Last year, Barbara Pravi was selected to represent France at Eurovision with her title “Voilà”. The singer was ranked second in the rankings, narrowly escaping victory.
During Eurovision 2021, broadcast live on May 22, 2021, Maneskin, who represented Italy, was crowned the big winner. He won the international singing competition thanks to his title, “Zitti e buoni”. It ranked ahead of France and Switzerland, in second and third place respectively. Before the big night, the rock band was already the favorite of the bookmakers, who imagined them winning the competition. This Italian quartet comes from Rome. They began by performing in the streets of the Italian capital, before appearing at X Factor in Italy, in 2017. It was by winning the San Remo festival that they won their qualification for Eurovision 2021.
Unfortunately, a controversy marred their victory at Eurovision 2021: a filmed extract from the evening suggested to several Internet users that the singer of the Italian rock group would have taken drugs during the ceremony, in front of the cameras. It is ultimately nothing since on May 24, 2021, two days later, the screening test proved that Damiano had not consumed drugs. “We consider the incident closed,” said Eurovision organizers, the European Broadcasting Union.
- Italy (524 points)
- France (499 points)
- Switzerland (432 points)
- Iceland (378 points)
- Ukraine (364 points)
- Finland (301 points)
- Malta (255 points)
- Lithuania (220 points)
- Russia (204 points)
- Greece (170 points)
- Bulgaria (170 points)
- Portugal (153 points)
- Moldova (115 points)
- Sweden (109 points)
- Serbia (102 points)
- Cyprus (94 points)
- Israel (93 points)
- Norway (75 points)
- Belgium (74 points)
- Azerbaijan (65 points)
- Albania (57 points)
- San Marino (50 points)
- The Netherlands (11 points)
- Spain (6 points)
- Germany (3 points)
- the United Kingdom (0 points)
Since its creation in 1956, France has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times: in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969 and 1977. Our country is therefore just behind Ireland, which holds the record with seven victories. In 1958, singer André Claveau won France’s first victory with the title Dors, mon amour. Two years later, in 1960, the artist Jacqueline Boyer won unanimous support with the song Tom Pillibi. In 1962, Isabelle Aubret won Eurovision with the song Un premier amour. Then in 1969, it was Frida Boccara who won the Eurovision Song Contest with the title Un jour, un enfant. Finally, in 1977, the singer Marie Myriam was the last to win by performing The Bird and the Child, a title that has become cult over time for the public.