Destination Eurovision 2019 will see 18 entries compete in two semi-finals, for 8 slots in the final. France Télévisions has now revealed who will compete in each show!
Actually, France Télévisions (through social media, especially the Eurovision France Facebook page) only revealed the lineup for the first semi-final, which will be held live next week. Since there are only two semi-finals, it means the lineup for the next show was de facto revealed too.
In each semi-final, nine entries will compete for four slots in the final : artists will first sing a cover of another song (not necessarily Eurovision-related), then sing their own entry. The expert panel (Christophe Willem, Vitaa and André Manoukian) will comment each performance, but the voting will be split between the televote (50%) and five international jurors (50%), from different countries. No juror and no country will vote in both semi-finals, and those that voted in the semi-finals (juror and country) will not vote in the Final.
The lineups
Semi-final 1 – 12th January, 21:00 CET
- Aysat – “Comme une grande“
- Bilal Hassani – “Roi“
- Battista Acquaviva – “Passio“
- Chimène Badi – “Là-haut“
- Florina – “In The Shadow“
- Lautner – “J’ai pas le temps“
- Mazy – “Oulala“
- Naestro – “Le brasier“
- Sylvàn Areg – “Le Petit Nicolas“
An interesting “duel” in this semi-final : Alma (France 2017) and Madame Monsieur (France 2018) composed one entry each (“Le brasier” and “Roi” respectively), both in the same show.
Semi-final 2 – 19th January, 21:00 CET
- Doutson – “Sois un bon fils“
- Emmanuel Moire – “La promesse“
- Gabriella – “On cherche encore (We Never Get Enough)“
- Noémie – “Ma petite famille“
- PhilipElise – “Madame la paix“
- Seemone – “Tous les deux“
- The Divaz – “La voix d’Aretha“
- Tracy de Sa – “Por aqui“
- Ugo – “Ce qui me blesse“
This semi-final will seemingly be very heavy on instruments on stage (although it is not known if any will be played live) : Seemone with her piano, Gabriella with her violin, Ugo with his guitar, Noémie with her African drums. While there are no confirmations regarding the stagings of each entry yet, it seems likely those artists will bring their instruments on stage.
Do you want to know more about the artists and the songwriters? Then our comprehensive and complete guide of the selection is the way to go!
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