France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | ||||
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Country | France | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 14 January 2020 Song: 16 February 2020 | |||
Selected entrant | Tom Leeb | |||
Selected song | "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | Contest cancelled | |||
France in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" written by Tom Leeb, Léa Ivanne, Amir Haddad, John Lundvik, Peter Boström and Thomas G:son. The song was performed by Tom Leeb. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 2 internally selected the French entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Tom Leeb was officially announced by France 2 as the French entrant on 14 January 2020 and later the song was presented to the public as the contest entry during a live performance by Leeb on 16 February 2020 during the France 2 programme 20H30 Le Dimanche.
As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2020 contest, France had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-two times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in
The French national broadcaster, France Télévisions, broadcasts the event within France and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the television channel France 2. France 2 confirmed that France would participate in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest on 23 September 2019.[2] The French broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selection to choose the French entry in the past. The 2018 and 2019 French entries were selected via the national final Destination Eurovision, however the broadcaster announced in November 2019 that they would opt to internally select the 2020 French entry.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
France 2 announced in late 2019 that the French entry for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected internally.[3] On 14 January 2020, France 2 announced Tom Leeb as the French entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[4] His song "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" was presented to the public on 16 February 2020 during a live performance at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, broadcast on France 2 during the programme 20H30 Le Dimanche and hosted by Laurent Delahousse.[5][6]
"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)", written by Tom Leeb, Léa Ivanne, Amir Haddad, John Lundvik, Peter Boström and Thomas G:son and contains lyrics in a bilingual mix of French and English, was selected by the artistic committee of France Télévisions from over 100 submissions, headed by France 2 entertainment director and newly appointed French Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Alexandra Redde-Amiel, after the French broadcaster requested proposals from Francophone and international songwriters.[7] G:son and Boström had written the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest 2012 winning song "Euphoria", while Haddad represented France in the 2016 Contest and Lundvik represented Sweden in the 2019 Contest.[8]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
References
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- ^ Mazoyer, Vincent (5 February 2020). "France to reveal Eurovision song on February 16th". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Eurovision : toutes les nouveautés pour 2020". Le Parisien (in French). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "France brings out 'The Best In Me' with Tom Leeb". eurovision.tv. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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