The holidays only ended today. But producers at Destination Eurovision have barely had a break as they’ve kept the artist reveals coming thick and fast.

And today it was time to announce that Noée will contest France’s Eurovision 2018 national selection with “L’un près de l’autre”.

Judging from her Facebook announcement, she’s very excited.

“It’s official: 2018 starts in beauty!” she wrote on her Facebook page. “I can finally tell you with great happiness about my participation in the Eurovision 2018 show! #Destinationeurovision.”

“We worked very hard with my super team Jules JaconelliBarbara Barbara and Tomislav Matosin, thank you thank you thank you for living this crazy experience at my side.”

“I took the time to be able to come back with a project that I care about, and I like it more than ever.”

“I can’t wait to be able to live this with all of you and especially to make you discover this song that I hold to my heart and which marks the beginning of a year that will be full of beautiful projects.”

Her song nods to classic French chanson, but with a cinematic edge. It would have been right at home on the sound track to Amélie.

In her video snippet the blonde bombshell speaks of the great variety of music in France, and her love of pop and folk. She can also be seen running her fingers through leaves and admiring greenery, which dovetails nicely with a video found on her Facebook page.

In that video she performs an unnamed song (in acoustic) in the vineyards of Château de Pommard, suggesting once more that she is a child of nature. Her voice is pure and delicate and delivered with love and laughter. We approve.

DESTINATION EUROVISION – KNOWN COMPETITORS

The remaining competing songs will be revealed over the coming days, in the build-up to the first semi-final. The first semi airs on 13 January. Nine songs will compete in each of the two semi-finals, and four songs from each semi will go to the grand final.

You can follow the official Eurovision France 2 Facebook page for the latest updates.

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Denise Bring
Denise Bring
6 years ago

She brought realness to this contest mess of fast food and fireworks. I want next competitor is Alizee or Avril Lavigne

Yanis2Y
Yanis2Y
6 years ago
Reply to  Denise Bring

Avril Lavigne at Eurovision, and for France ? lol²

Denise Bring
Denise Bring
6 years ago

There is too much butter and garlic in this french stew

Daan
Daan
6 years ago

I am in love with this song. Wow, Mysterious, but with typically French elements in it. It’s like something you would here in a fantasy game/movie or in the Efteling themepark, hahaha. I would love for France to get a top 5 this year. They have been trying so hard and they deserve it. The only song in recent years I disliked of France was 2013. They should have been top 10-5 with 2010,2011,2015 and obviously the last two years. Also remember when Echo was the first song announced for 2012 and loving that. Too bad she butchered that live… Read more »

lb22
lb22
6 years ago

I like that. It has that retro flavour, just like Requiem.

Purple Mask
Purple Mask
6 years ago

More positives again. I’m running out of things to say now. 🙂

zheng
zheng
6 years ago

Beautiful!

escfan
escfan
6 years ago

DESTINATION EUROVISION: the semi-finals will be recorded on monday 8th and tuesday 9th of january in Paris, in a tv studio that is 2090 square meters, more spacious than the “the voice la plus belle voix” ‘s studio, almost double, so we can wait something spectacular!!!! And maybe the final in a big arena as for the melfest, we can dream, who knows 😉

Alex
Alex
6 years ago
Reply to  escfan

This will be in the exact same studio as The Voice live shows. And it is the biggest TV studio in Europe. We can see how it looks during shows here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5qDjLfcIA

Alex
Alex
6 years ago
Reply to  escfan

(2/2) And since it is the same production team for The Voice and Destination Eurovision, it’s getting interesting…

escfan
escfan
6 years ago
Reply to  Alex

not the same studio sorry, the voice is in studio du lendit , destination eurovision will be in studio de france bat 217, as I said a lot more spacious than the voice’s studio

escfan
escfan
6 years ago
Reply to  escfan

the voice’s studio is alreadu used for the voice recordings , in this period it’s the voice kids in

escfan
escfan
6 years ago
Reply to  escfan

alreadY

Alex
Alex
6 years ago
Reply to  escfan

The Voices auditions and stuff take place in studio du Lendit and the live shows are held in studio 217. Je sais de quoi je parle, je suis aussi français.

escfan
escfan
6 years ago
Reply to  Alex

the voice kids demi-finale enregistrement au studio du lendit…..

escfan
escfan
6 years ago
Reply to  Alex

zennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, pour les adultes c est peut etre different, je savais pas que les auditions et les lives etaient sur des plateaux differents

AngieP
AngieP
6 years ago

Not very impressed by this entry. However, it’s a beautiful song and the live performance will elevate this.

jamylord
jamylord
6 years ago

10 entries remaining to discover, so far I m really not disappointed, very very good job for LA FRANCE !!

Alex
Alex
6 years ago

I have a feeling that the best is yet to come, some leaked names are very interesting and not revealed yet. I love the songs but I kinda hope that they have a BIG thing in store, something that instantly says “ESC winner potential”. Let’s see…

SebastienXavier
SebastienXavier
6 years ago
Reply to  Alex

Paris 2019

irish esc
irish esc
6 years ago

i like all 8 entries for france so far i cant tell who is the best until i hear the full version of al the songs but i wish all of them the best : )

Joe
Joe
6 years ago

This keeps getting better and better! A little worried that if it’s too much like an old-fashioned chanson it’ll suffer the same fate as France’s 2015 entry, but her voice is lovely and the song sounds terrific. Gonna be tough choosing the best of this strong batch!

ts
ts
6 years ago

First meh entry for me. Lovely voice, and I will wait to hear the full song before I make a judgement.