France 2 has just finished broadcasting the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision 2018! Four of the nine entries qualified to the final. Adding them to the four qualifiers from last week, we now have the full lineup for the final next week.
The four qualifiers
- Madame Monsieur — “Mercy”
- Max Cinnamon — “Ailleurs” (Elsewhere)
- Igit — “Lisboa Jerusalem”
- Nassi — “Rêves de gamin” (Dreams of a Kid)
Hence…
The eight acts for the Final
- Lisandro Cuxi — “Eva”
- Emmy Liyana — “OK ou KO” (OK or KO)
- Malo’ — “Ciao”
- Louka — “Mamma Mia”
- Madame Monsieur — “Mercy”
- Max Cinnamon — “Ailleurs” (Elsewhere)
- Igit — “Lisboa Jerusalem”
- Nassi — “Rêves de gamin” (Dreams of a Kid)
The Final will take place next week, on January 27th. It will be broadcast live, unlike the semi-finals, and this will allow French viewers to vote from home.
The full results
During this semi-final, only juries voted: the international jury and the French-speaking jury. Each juror ranked the nine songs and gave points to their top 6 songs like this : 2-4-6-8-10-12 (from sixth to first).
The members of the international jury are:
- Christer Björkman [CB] (Head of the Swedish Delegation)
- Olga Salamakha [OS] (Head of the Belarussian Delegation)
- Nicola Caligiore [NC] (Head of the Italian Delegation)
The members of the French-speaking jury are:
- Isabelle Boulay [IB] (singer, from Canada’s French speaking province, Québec)
- Christophe Willem [CW] (singer)
- Amir [AH] (singer, French representative at Eurovision in 2016)
Here are the full results:
Draw | Artist | Song | CB | OS | NC | IB | CW | AH | Total | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucie Vagenheim | My World | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th |
2 | Madame Monsieur | Mercy | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 56 | 1st |
3 | Jane Constance | Un jour, j’ai rêvé | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6th |
4 | Nassi | Rêves de gamin | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 3rd |
5 | Igit | Lisboa Jerusalem | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 3rd |
6 | Max Cinnamon | Ailleurs | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 2nd |
7 | Sarah Caillibot | Tu me manques | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6th |
8 | Sweem | Là-haut | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5th |
9 | June the Girl | Same | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6th |
What do you think? Are you happy with the results? Who will win Destination Eurovision next week? Tell us more on the comments below or on social media at @escxtra !
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