Singer Gjon's Tears, representative of Switzerland at Eurovision 2021. -
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Gjon's Tears was to sing
Reply to me
for Switzerland at Eurovision 2021. He could have hoped for a nice ranking in the final prize list since he was one of the favorites, but the cancellation of the competition due to the coronavirus pandemic upset the beautiful story that seemed promised to him.
The 22-year-old singer will try his luck again next May since the Swiss delegation has renewed his candidacy for the 2021 edition. This time, he will sing the
whole universe
, a ballad in French, the clip of which was posted online this time. Wednesday afternoon (it can be seen from here).
Two French songs at Eurovision Song Contest
Gjon's Tears - Gjon Muharremaj in civil status - is not unknown here since he participated in the French version of
The Voice
two years ago and reached the semi-finals.
“When I heard him at the castings, I imagined him among the potential winners.
He has a formidable, powerful voice ”, confided last year to
20 Minutes
Bruno Berberes, the casting director of the TF1 telecrochet.
Leaving aside
Répondez-moi
, Switzerland had not submitted a song in French to the competition since 2010. That year, Michael von der Heide performed
Il pleut de l'or
and had not exceeded the semi-finals stage.
At Eurovision 2021,
all the universe
and
That
, the French Barbara Pravi will be the only two French songs from the forty titles in contention.
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