France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	France
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	11 October 2019
Selected entrant	Carla
Selected song	"Bim bam toi"
Selected songwriter(s)	Igit; Barbara Pravi
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 169 points
France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

France participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland.[1] The French broadcaster France Télévisions was responsible for choosing their entry for the contest. Carla was internally selected to represent France in Poland with her song "Bim bam toi" which was released on 11 October 2019.

Background

France has sent two entries to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, competing in the 2004 contest with Thomas Pontier and "Si on voulait bien" as well as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with Angélina Nava's "Jamais Sans Toi".[2][3][4] Despite coming sixth, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".[5][6]

On 18 November 2015, it was revealed that the French broadcaster was interested in returning to the contest. However, France 2 announced on 24 June 2015 that they had no plans to return to the contest, however the broadcaster sent a delegation to Bulgaria in order to observe the 2015 edition.[7][8]

On 13 May 2016, executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand announced at a press conference, that the EBU were in contact with broadcasters from several countries including France, so that they would participate in the 2016 contest.[9] Edoardo Grassi, the Head of Delegation for France in the Eurovision Song Contest was one of the jury members at the Maltese national selection for the 2016 Junior Eurovision, and was introduced by the hosts of the show as being the Head of Delegation for France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[10] On 12 May 2018, it was announced that France would return to the contest in 2018.[11] Angélina Nava represented France in Minsk with the song "Jamais sans toi", placing second with 203 points.

Artist and song information

Carla

Carla Lazzari (born 19 August 2005) is a French singer. She was a 4th place finalist during season 5 of The Voice Kids France all while being a member of Patrick Fiori's team. Lazzari represented France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Bim bam toi".

Bim bam toi

"Bim bam toi" (French for Bim bam you) is a song by French singer Carla Lazzari. It represented France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, France was drawn to perform second on 24 November 2019, following Australia and preceding Russia.

Voting

The results of the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 24 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to France

Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Australia Netherlands Wales	Italy Serbia	Portugal	Belarus Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Albania Ireland Spain			Kazakhstan	Armenia North Macedonia Poland

France received 84 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by France

12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Poland
8 points	Spain
7 points	Italy
6 points	Serbia
5 points	Armenia
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Belarus
2 points	Kazakhstan
1 point	North Macedonia

Split voting results

Split voting results from France
Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Average Rank	Points
01	Australia	8	10	18	14	11	14
02	France
03	Russia	16	18	12	13	18	18
04	North Macedonia	12	11	7	5	7	10	1
05	Spain	5	7	3	2	9	3	8
06	Georgia	18	14	9	9	8	13
07	Belarus	13	13	4	6	3	8	3
08	Malta	11	9	14	18	16	17
09	Wales	17	2	16	15	14	12
10	Kazakhstan	10	15	6	11	2	9	2
11	Poland	15	3	2	1	12	2	10
12	Ireland	3	8	15	3	10	7	4
13	Ukraine	14	16	13	8	13	15
14	Netherlands	1	6	1	12	4	1	12
15	Armenia	9	5	8	7	1	6	5
16	Portugal	7	4	10	17	17	11
17	Italy	2	12	5	4	5	4	7
18	Albania	6	17	17	16	15	16
19	Serbia	4	1	11	10	6	5	6

References

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Philips, Roel (21 September 2004). "France selects Thomas during soundmix show". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
Philips, Roel (15 June 2005). "France officially withdraws from Junior contest". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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[1] Herbert, Emily (12 December 2018). "France: Junior Eurovision 2019 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[2] Philips, Roel (7 September 2004). "French Junior final on 20th September". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[3] Philips, Roel (21 September 2004). "France selects Thomas during soundmix show". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[4] Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[5] Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[6] Philips, Roel (15 June 2005). "France officially withdraws from Junior contest". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[7] Granger, Anthony (24 June 2015). "France: No Return To Junior Eurovision In 2015". eurovoix.com.

[8] Granger, Anthony (18 November 2015). "France: Is Looking At Returning To Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[9] Granger, Anthony (13 May 2016). "JESC'16 big change to the contest announced". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[10] Granger, Anthony (18 July 2016). "France return to Junior Eurovision?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[11] Granger, Anthony (12 May 2018). "France: Returns to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 May 2018.