Eurovision: With Louane, France “bets on emotion” to “break its curse”
Well-known in France since her victory on "The Voice" and her role in the film "La Famille Bélier," Louane is now among the favorites for Eurovision. After a highly acclaimed performance in the semi-final, the singer will attempt this Saturday, May 17, to win the first place that has eluded France since 1977, with a song about "her tragic family history."
It's not for lack of trying. In 2024, Slimane came in fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest. Three years before him, Barbara Pravi had finished second, beaten by the Italian rock band Maneskin, who were at one time suspected of using cocaine on live television and were subject to disqualification.
But since Marie Myriam's performance in 1977 with the song L'enfant et l'Oiseau, France has failed to win this major musical competition. This year, it is "once again a The Voice artist that France has chosen in the hope of winning this title" which has eluded it ever since almost fifty years, writes La Tribune de Genève .
It is Louane, 28 years old, revealed in the song show in 2013 then in the musical film La Famille Bélier in 2014, who represents France this Saturday, May 17 in Basel for the 69th edition of Eurovision. She is in the top 3 of the bookmakers and has already made an impression with her performance during the semi-final on May 15 (a first semi-final took place on May 13), as the Belgian daily Le Soir writes , with the headline: “Louane impresses with a spectacular staging.”
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