Tonight, we saw the second live semi-final of the acclaimed French national selection – Destination Eurovision! The night began with each of the nine contestants performing a cover of their choice, followed by fully-staged performances of their prospective Eurovision entries. We now have the eight acts that will battle for France’s ticket to Tel Aviv next week!
Four more names on Destination Eurovision final line up revealed
So who are the finalists? Below are the four songs that qualified for the final:
- Doutson – “Sois un bon fils“
- Emmanuel Moire – “La promesse“
- Seemone – “Tous les deux“
- The Divaz – “La voix d’Aretha“
This meant that the following acts didn’t advance to the final, and so were knocked out of the running for the ticket to Tel Aviv:
- Gabriella – “On cherche encore“
- Noémie – “Ma petite famille“
- Philipelise – “Madame la Paix“
- Tracy de Sà – “Por Aqui“
- Ugo – “Ce qui me blesse“
That means that the eight finalists of Destination Eurovision 2019 are:
- Aysat – “Comme une grande“
- Bilal Hassani – “Roi“
- Chimène Badi – “Là-haut“
- Doutson – “Sois un bon fils“
- Emmanuel Moire – “La promesse“
- Seemone – “Tous les deux“
- Silvàn Areg – “Le Petit Nicolas“
- The Divaz – “La voix d’Aretha“
Points breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of the points received from the televote and the international jury:
| Place | Artist | Song | Jury vote | Televote | Total |
| 1 | Seemone | “Tous les deux” | 60 | 53 | 113 |
| 2 | Emmanuel Moire | “La promesse” | 28 | 56 | 84 |
| 3 | The Divaz | “La voix d’Aretha” | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| 4 | Doutson | “Sois un bon fils” | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Ugo | “Ce qui me blesse” | 30 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Gabriella | “On cherche encore” | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Philipelise | “Madame la Paix” | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 8 | Tracy de Sà | “Por Aqui” | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 9 | Noémie | “Ma petite famille” | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Format
In Destination Eurovision 2019, all three shows will have a jury of international experts who will be voting for their favourite songs, their points accounting for 50% of the total (the rest being televote points). Both semi-finals will have a jury of five international experts, and the final will have a jury of ten international experts. These jurors are unique to each semi, and as such, each juror will only vote once (in only one show).
As previously reported, tonight’s international jurors were:
- Christer Björkman – Melodifestivalen and Eurovision Producer (Sweden)
- Zoe Straub – Represented Austria at Eurovision 2016 (Austria)
- Mikolas Josef – Represented Czech Republic at Eurovision 2018 (Czech Republic)
- Natia Mshvenieradze – Head of Delegation (Georgia)
- Anushik Ter-Ghukasyan – Head of Delegation (Armenia)
In addition, the acts received comments from an “Expert Jury” of French singers/songwriters (André Manoukian, Vitaa and Christophe Willem) who gave their opinion on each performance, but did not have a say on the outcome.
Want to know more about the artists and the songwriters ahead of the grand final? Then our comprehensive and complete guide of the selection is the way to go!
Stay tuned for the final of Destination Eurovision, where France’s Eurovision entry will be announced, which takes place 26th January at 21:00 (CET).
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