{"id":30312,"date":"2018-05-13T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30312"},"modified":"2018-05-14T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T13:14:01","slug":"12-points-for-france-how-did-france-do-in-the-2018-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/12-points-for-france-how-did-france-do-in-the-2018-eurovision-song-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Points for France! How Did France do in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s May! If you grew up in Europe (or Australia?<\/a>), you know the best time of year has finally arrived. It has nothing to do with the warm weather or holidays and everything to do with a little friendly competition between countries. More glitzy than “American Idol” and less heartbreaking stories than “The Voice” is Eurovision, the longest-running yearly international TV contest of all time.<\/p>\n

Every year, participating countries send a chosen singer or group to represent them in the competition. Once the competition begins, the songs are performed in 2 semi-finals and a final. The winner is chosen via a jury and the viewing public, and the winning country becomes the host the following year. France has won the title 5 times with the last win being in 1977.<\/p>\n

As Portugal won last year, this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lisbon. The finale was broadcast on Saturday, May 12th, and it did not disappoint! We saw a stage entrance from a coffin, brilliant light projections on a dress, a microphone stealing protester from the audience, lyrics about eating spaghetti, upside down singing, optical illusions, a newly-formed relationship, and most importantly, chicken singing.<\/p>\n

This year, France’s representation was the electro-pop duo \u00c9milie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas who go professionally by their group name Madame Monsieur<\/strong>. The incredibly catchy song was released in January as the duo’s lead single from their second studio album Vu d’ici<\/em><\/strong>. In the end, the song amassed 173 points, finishing in 13th place. Remember the chicken singing mentioned earlier? That was the winner!<\/a> People even wore chicken hats in the audience to show their support.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s check out France\u2019s submission!<\/p>\n

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