Barbara Pravi: I’ve made no concessions
Barbara Pravi will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam with the song ‘Voilà’. The song takes inspiration from the chanson...
French dressing
Is clearly the best thing in this contest music wise but, as I have said all along, and Colm T Wilkiinson said in the...
ESC birthdays 21 Feb – Rivers of words
Sunday is a time for taking it easy, even where I live. Just being laid back after the tense hurly-burly of one week and...
Lissandro de France: Le Maître de la scène
For those of you interested, Le Maître de la scène is French for The Greatest Showman - but move over Hugh Jackman and show-stopping...
18 March – I’ve got the sky in my hands
When your country has had success in our favourite TV show, the pressure is always on your singers to repeat that success year after...
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...
4 January – I’m naked and without wings like a fallen...
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...
28 February – There were women and girls in flowers
France are good at Eurovision. Well, they have been in the past. And anyone can win our favourite TV show. And wouldn't you love...
8 June – I sing for victory
The free language rule is a funny old thing. Obviously, most countries have picked a world-wide language to do their stuff. English usually, but...
First four qualifiers for the French Final
Tonight we saw the first of the "Big Five" in action with France taking to our televisions/internets/phones etc and giving us a damn fine...