Known in Germany, an Alsatian wants to represent France at Eurovision

Tom Mathis is 31 years old.

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• Who will represent France at the next Eurovision Song Contest?

  It could be Tom Mathis.

• The Alsatian singer, known in the world of schlager (German pop), sent his application with a title, "Everything".

• He insists on his "double culture".

  “I've always been in it, I love multiculturalism.

  I really subscribe to this approach with a Danish composer, a French lyricist and a Swiss record company, ”he says.

The answer should not delay.

“I was told about the end of October,” says Tom Mathis.

Since September and the sending of his candidacy to France Televisions, the Alsatian singer has been waiting.

Perhaps he will soon take part in “Eurovision France, you decide”.

The show, which will be broadcast on a date unknown for the moment in 2021, will appoint the French representative to the famous European competition scheduled for the weekend of May 22 in Rotterdam.

"From what I understood, a dozen candidates should participate, while they were able to receive between 1,500 and 3,000 files", continues the thirty-something, particularly known in the middle of the

, the German pop.

Revealed in 2012 in a telecrochet very watched across the Rhine, he has since released two albums.

One in German, the other in French.

"I really subscribe to this European approach"

It is precisely on this "double culture" that he wants to play to seduce the jury and then the public.

“I've always been in it, I love multiculturalism.

I really subscribe to this European approach with a Danish composer, a French lyricist and a Swiss record company ”, lists the native of Neewiller-Prés-Lauterbourg, less than three kilometers from the border.

In view of Eurovision, the one who also works in marketing has already had to send a title,

, which he interprets in French.

“It's a positive song.

She talks about a beautiful love story, as often in the

.

Above all, it's a tempo track, which moves and with a chorus easy to remember.

It is important for the possible votes of the foreign public ”, details Tom Mathis, convinced that it could attract a large public.

“Because the

has evolved a lot.

It's not at all out of date, it looks like pop as we know it in France, quite dance.

The style is heard all over Europe, not just in German speaking countries.

"

He particularly visited them, at the option of his concerts.

“I am planning a little Christmas tour.

Given the current conditions, we'll see if it materializes, ”admits the Alsatian, in full preparation of a new album, for 2021. Participation in Eurovision could help give it even more visibility.

“It would be a bonus, for sure.

But I'm already very happy to have introduced my world to people I would not have touched.

The first feedback I received from Eurofans is very good.

“All that is missing is those from France Télévisions.

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