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After two limited editions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TF1's big annual show "The song of the year" returns and settles at Mourillon beach in Toulon.

On the program, artists like Amir, Angèle, Biglo and Oli, or Clara Luciani.

The concert will be presented by Nikos Aliagas.

"The song of the year", the musical entertainment of the TF1 channel, becomes a great free concert, open to the public.

After a show at the Château de Chambord in 2021, and at the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Paris in 2020, two limited editions, due to Covid-19, the show, which will be able to receive 10,000 people, is moving this time to Toulon, at Mourillon beach, according to information from

Parisian / Today in France

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To please spectators and television viewers, well-known artists such as Amir, Angèle, Biglo and Oli or Clara Luciania will be present.

Jul, Juliette Armanet and Kungs have confirmed their attendance for this summer event.

New song selection criteria

As for the song selection criteria, there will be new features.

The selection has been narrowed down from around thirty to only twenty titles.

How will they be chosen?

According to the average number of radio passages of the pieces in the year.

Once the titles have been chosen, the artists who will not be available for the evening will be eliminated.

The concert will be presented by Nikos Aliagas and will be shot under live conditions at the beginning of June.