- The song with which Tom Leeb will represent France at Eurovision 2020 is called "The Best in Me".
- He will sing it for the first time on television this Sunday, at 8.50 p.m., on France 2.
- Three Swedes, far from being unknown to the faithful of Eurovision, appear in the credits of this song: Thomas G: Son, Peter Boström and John Lundvik.
A song "made in Sweden" with a pinch of French ingredients. Tom Leeb will sing this Sunday evening, for the first time on television, The Best in Me (the title was unveiled by Le Parisien ), the song with which he will represent France at Eurovision in May in Rotterdam (Pays- Low). His performance will be broadcast at 8.50 p.m. live on France 2, but also on Facebook and Instagram.
He will perform from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, an obviously symbolic place to present a French candidacy. But the fact remains that the song was composed and written by Swedish artists, as entrusted by the head of delegation Alexandra Redde-Amiel to a colleague of PureCharts: Thomas G: Son, Peter Boström and John Lundvik. Presentations.
- Thomas G: His
In the civil status, it is Thomas Gustafsson. This musician has composed more than sixty songs for the Melodifestivalen, a tele-hook via which the Swedes choose the artist and the song who will represent their country at Eurovision. Three of them went to the final of the international music competition: Listen Your Heartbeat and Invicible , which were fifth respectively in 2001 and 2006, and especially Euphoria which, in 2012, allowed Loreen to offer Sweden a fifth victory at Eurovision.
Since 2001, fourteen songs composed by Thomas G: Son have been in the running for Eurovision, The Best in Me will be the fifteenth. Among these songs, three were in the running for Spain, three for Georgia, two for Cyprus, one for Malta, one for Norway and one for Denmark. In terms of results, apart from a Danish fourth place in 2010 and a Spanish tenth place in 2012, none of the other Swedish compositions finished in the Top 10. Will the Best in Me improve these statistics?
- Peter boström
He is not new to Eurovision either. In 2012, he co-composed Euphoria and Stay , the song with which Norway finished 26th (and last) in the competition. A year earlier, he was credited with Popular , the title with which Eric Saade finished on the third step of the podium. The last time Peter Boström performed on a Eurovision song was for Spain in 2015. With Amanecer , Edurne was 21st.
- John Lundvik
If you watched Eurovision last year, John Lundvik is no stranger to you. In interpreting his song Too Late for Love , he had landed in a very nice fifth place.
He also co-wrote one of the other finalist songs, Bigger Than Us , with which Michael Rice defended the chances of the United Kingdom. "This is an unprecedented situation in the history of the competition and it is an honor for me to be in the running as both a candidate and a composer for two different songs," John Lundvik told a few weeks earlier at 20 minutes .
On the evening of the competition, the Briton was less fortunate than the Swede since he finished in last place. John Lundvik signed some of the lyrics for The Best in Me . As Le Parisien points out, Tom Leeb and Amir wrote the verses in French.
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