As in 2019, and unlike 2020, it is French viewers who will choose which song will represent their country at the international Eurovision Song Contest.
France 2 will broadcast live on January 30 the program "Eurovision France: It's you who decides".
Casting director Wladimir Pandolfo explains the preselection of artists.
We will know the song that will represent France at Eurovision in a fortnight.
It is precisely on January 30 that France 2 will offer its
Eurovision France program: It's you who decides
.
In the running, 12 candidates and 12 songs, which have already been revealed on social networks and in the
Basic
short program
.
The viewers and a jury will be responsible for deciding between them during a single premium.
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Last year, the channel had first chosen a song, then assigned an artist, in this case Tom Leeb.
But this year the process is completely different, as casting director Wladimir Pandolfo explains.
"We received more than 700 songs. The idea was that each artist already has a universe of his own," he says.
"That's why I'm proud to have a very diverse cast."
"Create a moment of communion"
Wladimir Pandolfo adds the criteria according to which he chose these 12 songs.
"The basic premise was that we wanted an artist who already had a song," he recalls.
"Eurovision is a moment of live, so you have to have a performer and a song that are memorable, but that can also create a moment of communion."
Eurovision France, you decide
, will be presented by Stéphane Bern and Laurence Boccolini, January 30 on France 2. The Eurovision Grand Final, for which France is immediately qualified as a founding country, will be broadcast live on Saturday March 6.