The French national final Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez! finished moments ago, and the 10 member jury and televoters from all over the world have decided that the winner, and France’s Eurovision entrant in 2021 is going to be Barbara Pravi with “Voila”!
The 12 acts competing in tonight’s show were:
- Andriamad – Alléluia
- Juliette Moraine – Pourvu qu’on m’aime
- Céphaz – On a mangé le soleil
- Amui – Maeva
- Philippine – Bah non
- Terence James – Je t’emmènerai danser
- Barbara Pravi – Voila
- Pony X – Amour fou
- Casanova – Tutti
- LMK – Magique
- Ali – Paris me dit
- 21 Juin Le Duo – Peux-tu me dire?
After a 10 minute long televoting, televoters from all over the world have selected 7 acts to proceed to the second round, and the jury awarded one additional wildcard, making it a total of 8 superfinalists. These 7 televoting qualifiers were announced in a random order:
- Casanova – Tutti
- Juliette Moraine – Pourvu qu’on m’aime
- Céphaz – On a mangé le soleil
- 21 Juin Le Duo – Peux-tu me dire?
- Amui – Maeva
- Barbara Pravi – Voila
- Pony X – Amour fou
The eighth qualifier was selected then by the 10 member jury, and Amir revealed that the 8th qualifier is:
- LMK – Magique
This meant that Andriamad, Philippine, Terence James and Ali were eliminated. The televoting lines were re-opened for another 10 minutes, and the results of the televoting were then combined with the jury votes in a 50-50% voting system in order to select the winner. The televoting in the second started started from 0, the votes from the first round were not added to these results.
The jury votes were as follows:
104 – Barbara Pravi – Voila
76 – Juliette Moraine – Pourvu qu’on m’aime
74 – Pony X – Amour fou
66 – LMK – Magique
52 – Céphaz – On a mangé le soleil
22 – Casanova – Tutti
18 – 21 Juin Le Duo – Peux-tu me dire?
8 – Amui – Maeva
When the televoting results were added, the final results were:
204 – Barbara Pravi – Voila
136 – Juliette Moraine – Pourvu qu’on m’aime
124 – Pony X – Amour fou
102 – Casanova – Tutti
82 – Céphaz – On a mangé le soleil
78 – Amui – Maeva
76 – LMK – Magique
38 – 21 Juin Le Duo – Peux-tu me dire?
That means that the winner is Barbara Pravi, and she will represent France in Eurovision 2021 with “Voila”! Give a listen to the winning song right here:
You can also check out our interview with Barbara ahead of the show right here!
