France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 October 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lissandro | |||
| Selected song | "Oh maman!" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Barbara Pravi Frédéric Château Nico Staff | |||
| France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. French broadcaster France Télévisions is responsible for the country's participation in the contest.
Background
France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier.[1] Despite getting sixth place, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".[2] France returned to the contest in 2018, and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi".[3] In the 2020 contest, Valentina represented France in Warsaw, Poland with the song "J'imagine". She placed 1st out of 12 entries with 200 points, achieving the first ever French victory at the contest and the first win for France in any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989.[4] Enzo represented France at the 2021 contest in Paris with the song "Tic Tac", placing third with 187 points.[5][6][7]
Before Junior Eurovision
On 28 October 2022, Lissandro Formica was announced as the French entrant at Junior Eurovision 2022 with the song "Oh maman!".[8]
References
- ^ Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Final of Minsk 2018". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
- ^ Bonnefoy, Nawal (9 October 2020). "Valentina des Kids United représentera la France à l'Eurovision Junior 2020" [Valentina from Kids United will represent France in Junior Eurovision 2020]. BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Randanne, Fabien (21 October 2021). "Eurovision Junior 2021 : Enzo représentera la France avec « Tic Tac »". 20 Minutes.
- ^ Abbest, Oranie (21 October 2021). "Junior Eurovision 2021: Enzo will sing "Tic Tac" for France". Wiwibloggs.
- ^ Senkishev, Georgi (21 October 2021). "🇫🇷 France: Enzo to Represent The Host Nation at Junior Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix.
- ^ Farren, Neil (28 October 2022). "France: Lissandro to Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix.