ZARRA EUROVISION. Singer La Zarra will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest on May 13 in Liverpool with the song “Evidemment”.
[Mis à jour le 20 février 2023 à 16h10] What are the French chances at Eurovision? Sunday February 19, on France 2, La Zarra, designated as the French representative in the singing competition, unveiled the song with which she will defend the tricolor flag in Liverpool on May 13. A title called Obviouslywhich is reminiscent of Voilàretro song with which Barbara Pravi had come close to victory in 2021. Once is not custom, La Zarra was selected without going through the pre-selection box or Direction Eurovision, which traditionally saw the public vote for his or her favorite candidate.
But does La Zarra have a chance of winning Eurovision? It is not too risky to predict a better place for France than last year, an edition won by the Ukrainians of Kalush Orchestra and at the end of which the French of Alvan & Ahez had finished in second to last place. of the rank. However, despite the nod to Barbara Pravi, it’s a safe bet that La Zarra will not repeat the feat of 2021, France having, in recent years, only succeeded too little in climbing to the Top 3 of Eurovision.
As a reminder, in addition to Barbara Pravi, second in 2021, the last Top 10 at Eurovision dates back to 2016 with Amir’s sixth place, best ranking since… 2002. So this year, France Télévisions is betting on Obviously, a song between traditional French variety and electro. We will have to wait to discover what La Zarra offers on stage to really estimate France’s chances at Eurovision 2023. Especially since this artist has a habit of taking care of her looks at each of her appearances.
Who is La Zarra, France’s candidate for Eurovision?
Fatima Zahra Hafdi, known as La Zarra, was born on August 25, 1997 in Montreal, Canada. In the columns of Le Parisien, she confides that she comes from a family of seven children, including six girls, born in Quebec to parents who emigrated from the Maghreb. But refuses to give his age. In 2016, she collaborated with Niro on the song white spring. But before breaking into music, La Zarra worked as a hairdresser. She then moved to Paris.
It is in 2021 that the notoriety of La Zarra explodes with the song you will go away, which plays in a loop on the radio as well as on television. Nominated in the Francophone Revelation category at the NRJ Music Awards 2021, she released her first album, Treacheryin 2022. The following year, she was appointed by France Télévisions as the French representative for Eurovision 2023, which will be held on May 13 in Liverpool, England.
Zarra and song Obviously
On Sunday February 19, a few weeks after being announced as a French representative at Eurovision, La Zarra unveils the song with which she will defend France in Liverpool on May 13, 2023: Obviously. A title written by La Zarra with the Canadian Benny Adam and produced by the electro duo Banx & Ranx. “The song Obviously arrived while I was doing a seminar in the South of France for my second album, which will be released after Eurovision and will be followed by a tour. I hummed it and it stayed. We wrote it in three nights, because we don’t sleep. It was very easy to do, in a good mood, very passionate, even if the note where I sing the great France was hard for me”, explains the artist to Parisian.