France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country France
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)21 October 2021
Selected entrantEnzo
Selected song"Tic Tac"
Selected songwriter(s)Alban Lico
Léa Ivanne
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 187 points
France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021 • 2022►

France hosted and participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris.[1] French broadcaster France Télévisions was responsible for the country's participation in the contest and also hosted it for the first time after winning the previous edition in 2020.

Background

Main article: France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

France debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier.[2] 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".[3] France returned to the contest in 2018, and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi".[4] 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.[5]

Before Junior Eurovision

France opted for an internal selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 and was represented by French hip-hop and R&B singer Henzo Hilaire (born 26 November 2008),[6] better known by his stage name Enzo. His selected song was "Tic Tac", which was released at midnight on 22 October. It was written and composed by Alban Lico, and was described as "an invitation to take a break to enjoy simple things far from our hectic and hyperconnected lives", according to France 2.[7][8][9]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 19 December 2021, host country France was drawn to perform thirteenth on 19 December 2021, following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan.[10]

At the end of the contest, France received 187 points, placing 3rd out of 19 participating countries.

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[11]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[12] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from France[13]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Germany 14 9 13 11 17 14
02  Georgia 1 4 1 4 1 1 12
03  Poland 8 3 5 7 11 9 2
04  Malta 9 16 15 12 13 15
05  Italy 10 2 4 15 4 5 6
06  Bulgaria 12 17 11 17 18 18
07  Russia 15 5 8 16 12 10 1
08  Ireland 18 18 17 10 5 11
09  Armenia 2 1 2 6 8 2 10
10  Kazakhstan 6 10 3 8 2 4 7
11  Albania 5 13 6 1 6 3 8
12  Ukraine 4 7 7 3 16 8 3
13  France
14  Azerbaijan 16 15 12 13 7 12
15  Netherlands 13 14 16 14 10 16
16  Spain 7 6 10 5 3 7 4
17  Serbia 11 11 14 18 15 17
18  North Macedonia 3 8 9 2 14 6 5
19  Portugal 17 12 18 9 9 13

References

  1. ^ "🇫🇷 Junior Eurovision 2021 will take place in Paris". ESCXTRA. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Final of Minsk 2018". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "🌟 E.N.Z.O 🌟 on Instagram: "Titre : Happy Birthday Enzo 🙈❤ Fait pour : @enzo_hilaire Fait par : Moi 🙈♥ Musique de fond : Jusqu'ici tout va bien - Maitre Gims ( @gims…"". Instagram. 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ Randanne, Fabien (21 October 2021). "Eurovision Junior 2021 : Enzo représentera la France avec « Tic Tac »". 20 Minutes.
  8. ^ Abbest, Oranie (21 October 2021). "Junior Eurovision 2021: Enzo will sing "Tic Tac" for France". Wiwibloggs.
  9. ^ Senkishev, Georgi (21 October 2021). "🇫🇷 France: Enzo to Represent The Host Nation at Junior Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix.
  10. ^ "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  12. ^ "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Paris 2021". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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