France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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 debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with "Si on voulait bien" by Thomas Pontier.[2] Despite getting sixth place, France Télévisions decided to withdraw from the contest after 2004, saying there was no motivation to compete and that "too much Eurovision kills Eurovision".[3] France returned to the contest in 2018.[4] Angélina Nava represented France in Minsk with the song "Jamais sans toi", placing second with 203 points.[5]
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.[6]
Voting[]
The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[7]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[8] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results[]
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Australia
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8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 14 | |
| 02 | France
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| 03 |  Russia
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16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | |
| 04 |  North Macedonia
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12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 05 |  Spain
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5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 06 |  Georgia
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18 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | |
| 07 |  Belarus
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13 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 08 |  Malta
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11 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | |
| 09 |  Wales
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17 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan
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10 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 |  Poland
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15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 |  Ireland
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3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 |  Ukraine
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14 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 15 | |
| 14 |  Netherlands
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1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 |  Armenia
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9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 16 |  Portugal
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7 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 11 | |
| 17 |  Italy
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2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 |  Albania
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6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | |
| 19 |  Serbia
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4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ Herbert, Emily (12 December 2018). "France: Junior Eurovision 2019 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Philips, Roel (7 October 2004). "Junior: Thomas to sing Si on voulait bien". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ Philips, Roel (8 June 2005). "France not eager to participate in Hasselt". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (12 May 2018). "France: Returns to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Final of Minsk 2018". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
- ^ "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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