France will kick off it’s “Destination Eurovision” with the Semi Final 1. In contrast to last year this is a live show tonight with 9 participants. Four will qualify for the French Final on January 26th. The decision will be a 50/50 split of televoting and jury voting. The host of the show will be the French-Canadian singer Garou.

France will kick off it’s “Destination Eurovision” with the Semi Final 1. In contrast to last year this is a live show tonight with 9 participants. Four will qualify for the French Final on January 26th.

The decision will be a 50/50 split of televoting and jury voting. The host of the show will be the French-Canadian singer Garou.

Here are the first participants:

1. Battista Acquaviva – "Passiò"
2. Lautner – "J’ai pas le temps"
3. Chimène Badi – "Là-haut"
4. Aysat – "Comme une grande"
5. Mazy – "Oulala"
6. Florina – "In the shadow"
7. Bilal Hassani – "Roi"
8. Naestro – "Le brasier"
9. Silvàn Areg – "Le Petit Nicolas"

You can watch the French Semi Final 1 at 21:00 CET on France 2: https://www.france.tv/france-2/direct.html and TV5 Monde http://www.tv5monde.com/

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About me:
My first Eurovision I watched was in 1987, Brussels. Since then I am following the ESC with great enthusiasm. The greatest fascination for me is the fact that the entire Europe is watching the show at that specific night. Since 2010, Oslo I am a member of the eurovisionlive.com team. I had the chance to witness the second German victory with Lena. My biggest wish would be to have the orchestra back, as it used to be until 1998.