Titouan, 14, France’s candidate for the Junior Eurovision 2024, wants to sing “la différence”. But he didn’t want the original version of the song written for the contest…
Defending champion for two editions, France approaches the Junior Eurovision 2024 with the ambition of achieving a historic treble. After the victories of Valentina in 2020, Lissandro in 2022 and Zoé Clauzure last year, France is relying this year on Titouan, a teenager from Quimper aged just 14.
The young artist, who has just started third grade, is no stranger to viewers. Raised from a young age by a musical family, Titouan got noticed by participating in the show The Voice Kids in 2022. This experience allowed him to gain self-confidence and build a solid community on social networks, with no less than 700,000 subscribers on Instagram.
With this growing fame, the Breton teenager tried his luck at the national selections to represent France at the Junior Eurovision. With his “unique tone of voice” and his “luminous gaze”, Titouan was able to stand out from the twenty or so candidates selected by France Télévisions. “He has a lot of charisma and ease”, confided Alexandra Redde-Amiel, director of entertainment and head of the French delegation.
It is a song called “Comme ci, comme ça” that will defend the French chances on November 16 in Madrid. A title that stands out from France’s previous contributions, with its gentle start before a serious build-up, with pop and colorful sounds, between Mika, Elton John and Coldplay.
The young Breton was particularly involved in writing this song, originally written and composed by Malo and Marie Bastide, and which is intended to be a call for tolerance. So much so that he refused to sing part of the text and demanded that it be changed. “In Titouan’s mouth, there were words that didn’t go down, that he wanted to change. He put his child’s touch on this message about difference,” explained Alexandra Redde-Amiel, quoted in an article in 20 Minutes.
Video: Titouan’s song for Junior Eurovision
It is not known which passage was modified, but it seems that it is above all to make the song more accessible and impactful for the young audience. “I am happy that this song shows that we are rich in our diversity, no matter where we go and what we think,” said Titouan for his part, who hopes to make “each of us more tolerant, more caring, more respectful.”