Audience card for Eurovision on France 2: Barbara Pravi, doubled in a breathtaking final by the winning Italian rockers, attracted 5.5 million viewers, according to Médiamétrie this Sunday.
With an audience share of 31.4%, France 2 comes very far ahead of the Saturday evening, ahead of TF1 which offered a document on the 20 years of
Star Academy
(3.6 million viewers and 16.1 % audience share).
Best audiences since 2009
It is the best French audience for Eurovision since 2009 (5.7 million viewers, 32.3% audience share), broadcast at the time on France 3. It was Patricia Kaas who defended the colors of France (8th in the competition).
Barbara Pravi attracted more spectators than Bilal Hassani (16th in the competition) who represented France in 2019 (4.8 million viewers, 30.2% audience share), the last edition before a ceremony canceled in 2020 for cause health crisis.
With her title
Voilà
, the singer finished 2nd behind the Italian rockers of Måneskin.
This is France's best result for 30 years.
"A magnificent performance"
Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, sent in a press release "a huge congratulations to Barbara Pravi for her magnificent performance".
"She carried the colors, the music scene and the French language high in front of more than 200 million viewers (worldwide)", continues the manager.
Alexandra Redde Amiel, head of the French delegation to Eurovision, greets Barbara Pravi "a great artist".
"She knew, by her youth, her modernity, her talent and her openness to Europe and all its cultures, to seduce and to convince widely the professional juries and the public on all our continent and in the world", adds the one who is also director of variety and entertainment for France Télévisions.
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