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.
#Noée ?
Qui est-elle ? Quel est son style ? Activez le son et découvrez-la en exclu, avant de la retrouver dans #DestinationEurovision, à partir du 13 janvier 2018 sur @france2tv ! @noeemusic pic.twitter.com/YQygMGKix7— Eurovision France ?? (@EurovisionF2) January 2, 2018
“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 Jaconelli, Barbara 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
- Malo’ – “Ciao”
- June the Girl – “Same”
- Louka – “Mamma Mia”
- IGIT – “Lisboa Jérusalem”
- Emmy Liyana – “Ok ou ko”
- Madame Monsieur – “Mercy”
- Sweem — “Là-haut” (Yonder)
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.
She brought realness to this contest mess of fast food and fireworks. I want next competitor is Alizee or Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne at Eurovision, and for France ? lol²
There is too much butter and garlic in this french stew
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 »
I like that. It has that retro flavour, just like Requiem.
More positives again. I’m running out of things to say now. 🙂
Beautiful!
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 😉
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
(2/2) And since it is the same production team for The Voice and Destination Eurovision, it’s getting interesting…
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
the voice’s studio is alreadu used for the voice recordings , in this period it’s the voice kids in
alreadY
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.
the voice kids demi-finale enregistrement au studio du lendit…..
zennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, pour les adultes c est peut etre different, je savais pas que les auditions et les lives etaient sur des plateaux differents
Not very impressed by this entry. However, it’s a beautiful song and the live performance will elevate this.
10 entries remaining to discover, so far I m really not disappointed, very very good job for LA FRANCE !!
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…
Paris 2019
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 : )
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!
First meh entry for me. Lovely voice, and I will wait to hear the full song before I make a judgement.