Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 13 of 39 – France
You can often tell which nation has sent a specific song from a mile off and this song could be nothing other than French....
Nick’s 2021 Eurovision Countdown – France
FRANCE - Barbara Pravi - Voila
Intimate and grand. Quiet and in-your-face. Low-key and melodramatic. Minimalist and enormous. Margo and Franck Ol… no, hang on,...
2 March – I’m a real boy, I’m the one who...
It must be daunting when you're drawn to perform last in the Eurovision Song Contest. It might have been less so when they were...
10 February – I’m only a woman who likes you silently
Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once,...
France *has* decided…. but whom?
In an extremely long and, frankly at times tedious, evening on French Television, nos amis across La Manche had two rounds of votes to...
15 January – You speak straight words
It's always good when we hear interesting and 'minor' languages at our favourite TV show. Sure, English is understood by a large amount of...
4 January – I examine the sky like a deluded angel
Our friends in France have been in our favourite TV show since the start. Yes, that's even those contests in the 20th Century. Five...
French Eurovision 2021 hopefuls named
French TV has announced the twelve songs and acts taking part in their 2021 Eurovision Song Contest national final: Eurovision France – C’est vous...
5 December – So I still look into the blue of...
Have you ever seen a performance on a Eurovision stage that leaves you utterly dumbstruck? No, not in a Rodolfo Chikilicuatre sense. A performance...
9 November – I feel as if I’m in a tale...
It's always a good thing when a country tries something different. There's one thing for a formulaic song, but thinking outside the box can...