France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  France | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 21 October 2021 | |||
| Selected entrant | Enzo | |||
| Selected song | "Tic Tac" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Alban Lico Léa Ivanne | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 187 points | |||
| France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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France hosted and participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris.[1] French broadcaster France Télévisions was responsible for the country's participation in the contest and also hosted it for the first time after winning the previous edition in 2020.
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, and achieved second place with Angelina with the song "Jamais sans toi".[4] In the 2020 contest, Valentina represented France in Warsaw, Poland with the song "J'imagine". She placed 1st out of 12 entries with 200 points, achieving the first ever French victory at the contest and the first win for France in any Eurovision event since Eurovision Young Dancers 1989.[5]
Artist and song information[]
Enzo[]
Enzo | |
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| Birth name | Henzo Hilaire |
| Born | 26 November 2008 Yvelines |
| Genres | Hip-hop, R&B |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Henzo Hilaire (born 26 November 2008),[6] better known by his stage name Enzo, is a French hip-hop and R&B singer. He was born in Yvelines, Île-de-France, but as his father is an airplane pilot, he grew up between France, Macau and Hong Kong.[7] He plays the guitar and has singing lessons.[8] Enzo has a YouTube channel on which he posts vlogs, covers and original songs.[9]
Aside from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, he also participated in season 7 of The Voice Kids France in August 2020 (although the blind auditions were filmed in November 2019), where he made it to the final with judge Soprano.
Tic Tac[]
| "Tic Tac" | |
|---|---|
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Enzo Hilaire |
| As | Enzo |
| Language | |
| Lyricist(s) | Alban Lico |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 187 |
| Final points | 3rd |
| ◄ "J'imagine" (2020) | |
"Tic Tac" is a song by Enzo. It represented France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Released at midnight on 22 October and written and composed by Alban Lico, it is "an invitation to take a break to enjoy simple things far from our hectic and hyperconnected lives", according to France 2.[7]
At Junior Eurovision[]
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw, which both took place on 19 December 2021, host country France was drawn to perform thirteenth on 19 December 2021, following Ukraine and preceding Azerbaijan.[10]
At the end of the contest, France received 187 points, placing 3rd out of 19 participating countries.
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.[11]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 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 17 December 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 three songs.[12] 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 |  Germany
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14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 14 | |
| 02 |  Georgia
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1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 03 |  Poland
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8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 04 |  Malta
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9 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | |
| 05 |  Italy
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10 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 06 |  Bulgaria
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12 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 18 | |
| 07 |  Russia
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15 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 08 |  Ireland
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18 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 11 | |
| 09 |  Armenia
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2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan
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6 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 |  Albania
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5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | France
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| 14 |  Azerbaijan
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16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | |
| 15 |  Netherlands
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13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 | |
| 16 |  Spain
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7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 17 |  Serbia
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11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | |
| 18 |  North Macedonia
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3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 |  Portugal
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17 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 13 |