Last updated Jan 31, 2021
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: