Singer Barbara Pravi, candidate of France for Eurovision 2021. -

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  • Barbara Pravi won

    Eurovision France, it's up to you

    on France 2, Saturday.

  • She will represent France in the Eurovision final in May with the song

    Voilà

    .

  • “I believe that a song that has emotion can be exported and I wish that to

    Voila,

     ” she told

    20 Minutes

    after her victory

    .

Barbara Pravi landed her ticket for Eurovision on Saturday by winning the French selection broadcast on France 2. 

20 Minutes

was behind the scenes at studio 128 in Plaine-Saint-Denis.

Hot reactions.

What are your first impressions of your victory?

There, it starts to fall, so I have good little bursts of tears.

I am too proud.

We couldn't be accompanied by a lot of people, but there were only people I liked in the room.

You were aware of being the big favorite ...

Frankly, not really.

From time to time, I received messages telling me that I was well placed in the polls.

But I saw that other candidates like Andriamad or Juliette Moraine were posting things on social networks where they appeared as number 1. I was always convinced that it would be played out tonight, with the portraits - because it is in talking to people whether we touch them, move them or don't want them to like us - and with our performances.

You have deliberately played the Piaf card in the production…

The problem is that we are about the same size and have about the same hair and it is easy to mix.

But above all, I played the card of sobriety.

I couldn't imagine anything else for this song.

Because the message is "this is who I am", so I would almost have to go to Rotterdam [Netherlands, where Eurovision will be held] naked.

I won't of course (smile) but that's the idea.

For this song, it takes simplicity.

Are you ready for the marathon that awaits you until the Eurovision Song Contest?

Perhaps we will discuss the modifications to be made to the scenography.

In my opinion, it will be necessary to be very vigilant to try to keep this sobriety.

I know it's gonna be a lot of work, but I'm ready!

I think I'm going to meet a lot of people, I love it, even if they are masked faces.

And then I believe that a song that has emotion can be exported and I wish that to

Voilà

.

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