2023-11-08 10:56:33
His name had been coming up for years among fans of the competition. It is now a reality: Slimane will represent France at Eurovision, on May 11, 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The songwriter, also coach of “The Voice Kids”, will defend our colors with a new song, “Mon amour”, entirely in French, which will be revealed this Wednesday evening during Anne-Sophie’s 8 p.m. television news Lapix on France 2.
“We are so delighted to have such a popular personality who speaks to all generations,” assures Alexandra Redde-Amiel, director of entertainment and variety at France Télévisions and head of the French delegation to Eurovision. He is already a great, accomplished artist with a huge career and it is an honor to have him with us. He is going to conquer Europe, we have time ahead of us. We have gold in our hands. We’ve been talking for years… If he starts today, it’s really his own decision. »
Indeed, Slimane was regularly cited among the potential candidates, particularly last year. The delegation finally retained La Zarra, who left a bitter memory after a disastrous participation and a gesture in the form of the middle finger which caused a lot of talk.
Slimane soon in “unknown land”
Usually, the name of the representative is revealed in January or February but never this early in the season. “We are going to be the first in Europe to release the song,” comments Benoît Blaszczyk, secretary of Eurofans, the French Eurovision fan club. It’s a good solution for the French public to make it their own. » For this great event specialist, this announcement is good news. “I’m very happy that it’s Slimane, even if we don’t yet know what the title looks like,” he analyzes. It’s a change to bring someone who already has a career. And by coincidence of the calendar, Slimane won The Voice on the day Amir was doing Eurovision (the singer finished 6th in 2016 with I was looking).”
Currently on tour with his “Cupidon Tour”, named after his last album sold 170,000 copies, Slimane, who also had enormous success as a duo with Vitaa, will also be on France 2 in the next issue of “Rendez-vous in unknown land” with Raphaël de Casabianca. “We are very lucky, we have a pretty diamond, we have to put it forward and Slimane likes challenges,” concludes Alexandra Redde Amiel. After The Voice, getting back into the competition is very stimulating. »
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