{"id":23354,"date":"2016-05-12T19:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T17:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=23354"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:06:24","slug":"frances-2016-eurovision-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/frances-2016-eurovision-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"France’s 2016 Eurovision Submission!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s May, and for many Europeans, it’s the return of something very important. Non, je ne parle pas du soleil<\/strong> (no, I’m not talking about the sun), but Eurovision!<\/p>\n

Not familiar with it? Basically, every participating country submits a singer and song to represent them. From there, the songs are performed in 2 semi-finals and a final, then the vote is decided via a jury and the public. You can read more about how that works on the post I wrote about France’s 2015 submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, France picked Lisa Angell who performed “N’oubliez pas<\/strong>.” Unfortunately, the song wasn’t very successful, garnering only 4 votes. Yikes.<\/p>\n

France seems to have a pattern of doing a fun and catchy pop song one year followed by a slower song the next. “N’oubliez pas<\/strong>” was slow, so that means this year’s is fun and catchy! And it really is…<\/p>\n

Cette ann\u00e9e<\/strong> (This year), France chose 31-year-old Israeli-French singer\/songwriter Amir to perform in the contest in Stockholm. “J’ai cherch\u00e9<\/strong>” (I’ve Been Looking) was written by Amir, Nazim Khaled, and Johan Errami.<\/p>\n

Here are the results after the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The following 10 countries qualified from semi-final 1:<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan
\nRussia
\nThe Netherlands
\nHungary
\nCroatia
\nAustria
\nArmenia
\nCzech Republic
\nCyprus
\nMalta<\/p>\n

The following 10 countries qualified from semi-final 2:<\/p>\n

Latvia
\nGeorgia
\nBulgaria
\nAustralia
\nUkraine
\nSerbia
\nPoland
\nIsrael
\nLithuania
\nBelgium<\/p>\n

You may have noticed that France isn’t listed as a qualifier. As per the contest rules, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the host country all perform in the final because they are the biggest monetary contributors in the contest.<\/p>\n

Want to hear this year’s entry? The song already has some English in it, but the translation published below is courtesy of Eurovision’s official page.<\/p>\n

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