We now know all the songs that are set to compete at Eurovision 2025. France were the last country to reveal their entry, “maman,” performed by Louane.
The multi-platinum selling artist premiered her song with a live performance on Saturday. This was done as a special half-time event during France’s final match of the Six Nations Rugby Tournament at the Stade de France.
Louane – “maman” (France Eurovision 2025)
Louane was accompanied by a marching band whilst performing from an elevated platform. The overall performance was designed to cater for those in the arena audience as well as people watching from home.
France’s Head of Delegation for Eurovision, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, has confirmed that the staging at Eurovision 2025 will be “very different” from that seen during the premiere performance.
From winning a César Award for Most Promising Actress to topping the French charts to winning fans on The Voice of France, Louane has a storied career already. But she sees Eurovision as a way to honour her mother, who dreamed of seeing Louane in the song contest. Sadly, the French star lost both of her parents while she was still a teenager.
PRESS RELEASE
To represent France at Eurovision 2025, Louane returns with an intimate, powerful and universal song: ‘Maman’. It’s a moving song, full of life, that transcends time, generations and emotions. Louane will carry the hopes of an entire country to the Eurovision 2025 Grand Final on 17 May in Basel, Switzerland.
In simple but deeply moving words, Louane recounts the journey of a lifetime: that of a child who became a woman, of a daughter who became a mother. ‘Maman’ is a timeless declaration of love, a suspended dialogue between past and present, between absence and transmission. The soft, airy melody gives way to raw emotion. Carried by Louane’s unique voice, somewhere between fragility and strength, the song is in the tradition of the great ballads whose sincerity unites the audience.
With ‘Maman’, Louane offers us much more than just a song: a moment of truth, a hymn to love, an echo of everyone’s experience. A declaration to France and Europe.
Louane said:
“‘maman’, my song for l’Eurovision 2025, is finally available everywhere! This track is so special and I hope you love it as much as I do. Thank you for your amazing support… can’t wait for the rest!”
Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of Entertainment and Games at France Télévisions and head of the French Eurovision delegation, said:
“Maman! A song that touches the heart! Revealed in a magical place between heaven and earth! The Stade de France. Timeless, it stands the test of time.
With maman, Louane gives us much more than a powerful, inspiring song: she reveals a part of herself, without artifice, without superfluity. It’s a hymn, a declaration of love to life, to the passing of time and to the most universal and powerful figure in the world: a mother! She chose to open her heart without restraint, with authenticity and generosity, to reach out to European families.
How proud we are to bring such a special song to the international stage with such a genuine artist.”
What are your thoughts on Louane’s “maman”? Will France be in the running to win Eurovision 2025? Let us know in the comments.
As a French, I tell myself that “Mom” is an easy word to understand, regardless of the language. We are targeting family audiences, there are already enough countries that have bet on nightclub dance.
Apart from that I have a little crush on Latvia and the song of Tautumeitas. It’s not good news for them, my favorites never win.
It’s a great song. Louane is a great performer.
It’s not a Eurovision song. It won’t win
What is a Eurovision song? I’m curious
This is very much a Eurovision song. That’s what’s the problem with it.
Much better than Austria!
Less exciting and emotional than Austria or Israel.
Ok Poul we have understood…
The propaganda has started.
The childish, useless and misplaced propaganda…
Austria is made Eurovision in mind, it lacks personality and authenticity. Cold and distant.
Israel is okay good, but for the sake of the contest it really shouldn’t win.
Israel is meh. Nothing to call home.
France is a good song, but in my opinion is not winner material.
now that all the songs are out, here are my Eurovision semi Running Order predictions. I’m not expecting them to be 100% accurate to the real running orders, and it’s also not set in stone for I could change things around later. How would you organize the semifinals?
Semi final 1:
Semi final 2:
I don’t think they will open sf2 with Ireland, probably Armenia or Australia, most likely Armenia
Openers are usually light poppy songs, and Ireland is that in spades. I don’t think Armenia or Australia would be good choices as openers because they are too intense/much to the show without scaring people off. What’s your ideal running order?
Armenia opened in 2019 and the song wasn’t really “light poppy”. I think Armenia or Australia will open. The closing act is harder to predict, so it could be Malta, Denmark, maybe even the uk, who knows…let’s see
True, that’s why I said “usually”. There are always exceptions to the pattern. But we’ll wait and see how the semifinals will be organized.
slovenia will get death spot in semi 1, montenegro in semi 2
In interviews Louane sounds like she wants to pay homage to her departed mom by representing France. A worthy goal. However she does not come off as if she is driven to win. The song is decent but not among France’s best this decade. I cannot remember it after 3 listens – I could see this finishing 16th through 22nd. My favorite French language entry is intact, Zoë representing Switzerland, at #1.
Representing Austria
Arrrfff what can I say…. good luck Louane wish you the best. Louane delivered, the song didn’t. Don’t come to me to say that the French delegation wants to win and that they are hungry for a win and to host the contest, it’s not true, every person with common sense listening this beautiful personal ballad for the first time wouldn’t say it’s a Eurovision winning song. It’s nice, it has a deep meaning ok, the end is cool, but it’s not enough. Louane realizing her mum’s dream, is touching again more when you know Louane’s life story and when… Read more »
The childisness and fury from some readers here doesn’t help either … Definetely hard to be a eurofan under this delegation, with their choices, to deal with that and to deal with the others eurofans state of mind, mean, biased, without heart because competition obsessed and odds obsessed… Again a hard year to handle I fear. Some things will never change and it’s hopeless. So the consensus here is Sweden or Austria will win, oh they are topping the odds right now, what a coincidence!! The odds eating the eurofans brains, nothing new it makes 15 years that it’s like… Read more »
Off topic: anyone knows when the Zjerm revamp will be out?
I believe the deadline for songs is march 25.
Sweden will win and make Eurovision great again <3
Jo!
not me
That line…”Now I’m the one she calls Maman.” I really want this song to do well, merci Louane et bonne chance!
I think we underestimate Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Malta. I think all those can complete the top 10.
Switzerland & Italy : public vote will be a disaster
Ireland : public vote average
Malta: public vote high or average
Remember when people thought Je me Casse would win televote and then it got 20? This is gonna be the same, if people want funny/sexy performance they would vote Erika
Ireland ?????
is my most played song.
So good!
Switzerland and Italy: great songs
Italy yes, the others maybe, maybe not.
Its an ok song, nothing more. I have heard this 100 time befor
Largely overrated by the bookies. Too much hyped by French broadcaster. Sorry, this is a booooooooooring song, felt asleep while listening to it. Juries will maybe impressed, but the public vote will be a real disaster. This song does not reach Barbara Pravis level, neither Slimanes level.
I listened to the song when it premiered yesterday. I wasn’t particularly impressed. I just listened to it again in the studio version, and I think it was better there – but not wow. That’s never a good sign.
If neither Barbara nor Slimane could win, then this one doesn’t stand a chance at all. Nice ballad, but nothing more than that. It’s not a winner imo
Barbara and Slimane were not competing in 2025!
that’s true and a good point, but I still can’t see it getting that many televote points compared to the other two
Kinda feels like a downgrade next to Slimane ngl
for me it’s also a downgrade, but also because it was hyped so much
Random viewers on the GF night won’t know/care whether it was hyped by the broadcaster or high up in the odds, they will only react to the 3 minutes delivered by Louane, who is defo a strong performer, she’s been in show-business for more than a decade, she’s by far the most famous singer this year and will probably manage to connect to a wide European audience, she’s achieved it before + France has as much budget as it gets and knows how to stage and elevate power ballads. Personally, I wouldn’t worry too much for her! Good luck to… Read more »
I know people don’t know it’s been hyped, but I’m just saying that for me I was disappointed.
But who cares about random viewers? Like, I get that the world doesn’t revolve around us, but we’re on a fan blog ffs
We care because they vote way more than you seem to know. If the “fans” were voting as much as they say they will, we would not have as many surprises every year. Fans in the ESC bubble often forget how much of a minority they represent in the stratospheric audience of Eurovision.
Nobody knows who votes and how much, the EBU won’t give us numbers.
We do have some data even if not from the EBU, lots of polls have been made in different countries + just look at how the odds and the results often don’t match the fans predictions and expectations. How do think someone like Olly Alexander gets 0 points if the GF (just one example out of so many) if it were the niche fans who dominated the votes?
Dude, we’re on a fan blog discussing about what we like (or don’t like) and stuff, what do casual viewers have to do at all? I get what you say, our opinions don’t impact the overall vote at all, but this is supposed to be our space and we shan’t be taking other’s opinions in mind
LOL well dude, I didn’t get the memo that there were such strict uptight and deadly serious rules about what we’re allowed to speak about or not. You seem to be such fun. If you want, you’re more than welcome not to join a conversation and/or reply to personally sensitive comments. Chillax and a very happy Eurovision season to you! 🙂
Lol! Seriously? Self centrism more?
Why self-centrism? I’m just suggesting that we shouldn’t take others’ opinions too seriously to give our own
It’s undeniably stunning and a song with big potential but if ‘Voilà’ and ‘Mon Amour couldn’t win I don’t see why this could. It’s not better than those songs, it lacks the instant impact Barbara and Slimane brought. A top 5 finish will be difficult in my opinion. It’s an open year though, which I love, so everything is still possible. If she has groundbreaking staging it might be top 3.
Definitely not better than Voilà, that’s a fact. But a thousand times better than Mon Amour. Slimane had that “wow” effect : a few steps away from the mic to show his powerful vocals. But the song, compared to his others, is just average. Maman is a strong contender. Beautiful and meaningful lyrics, wonderful voice, a lot of emotions. Louane has a better entry than Slimane. And I tell you this as a french man who, actually, tends to love Slimane and just like Louane. This year is one of the weakest I’ve ever seen in the history of Eurovision.… Read more »
I very much agree with you, however for some reason, as much as I looooove Ich Komme, I have a strong feeling that Erika won’t take it, don’t know why. Yuval Raphael will struggle because of all the political chaos surrounding her country, and as much as I would love to see Adonxs do really well (a bit like Duncan did, same quality somehow) because his song is one of my favorites, it’s very much underrated and misunderstood (love you Wiwibloggs but your reaction video was clearly missing out on the subject matter of the song + the MV) so… Read more »
Also, I loved Claude’s C’est la vie but the live performance I saw yesterday left me really underwhelmed, that was far from being good enough for Eurovision. Maybe he had a bad day but he will need to do much, much better to stand out!
Claude was ill, a sore throat, so it’s hard to judge his vocals, the staging however was very beautiful and promising.
Oh okay, fair enough then, thanks for the info! Even though I didn’t actually think his vocals were bad. It was more the overall energy that was a bit of a downer, especially compared to his awesome music video. I get that not everyone knows how to sing and dance at the same time, but it felt too slow for me, too soft, his facial expressions were also not aligned with the song and the lyrics. Time will tell, I wish you, Claude and the Netherlands the best of luck in any case 🙂
Watch more ESC from prior years and this year will improve in your estimation…let me recommend 2011, 2001 and 1986 for starters…lol
I think, as a Dutchy, both Slimaine and Louane are fantastic singers, and they both have better songs, nevertheless I can see Louane win the jury vote, her live vocals are spot on, and the emotion she shows is real and credible.
Agreed, that performance was… wow. Felt like Eurovision just got to a whole new level. Super Bowl, Europe is coming to get ya
Slimane’s performance was nice but it had a little bit of a vocal demonstration thing going on (see what I can do and how far from the mic!) that always took me out of the emotion.
Missed opportunity
That’s Austria!
The more I Iisten to the song, the more I like it. People may not like the song or be disappointed, but whatever the outcome, she will deliver and she will slay. When you can sing the way she did last night under such impressive conditions, you can only salute her skills as an artist. She’s impressive . And I wouldn’t be surprised if she was crowned Miss 2025 Congeniality.
Love it! It would be a deserved winner.
I tend to love French entries, every year. Louane has a beautiful voice and French language is always nice to hear. However, this year the French entry is “meh” for me and definitely not a winner. (Though I will probably listen to Maman a lot.)
France is out of the race for victory. Goddbye France !
generic and very depressing ballad, bottom 3 with the televoters for sure
Bottom 3 with televoters is Austria
Lovely ballad. Steps on the feet of Israel and Switzerland a bit. Maybe a music video would have promoted the song better. Curious about the staging. Good luck France!
She had a song released in 2015 that was also called “maman” which was actually better.
Channeling Kylie, Madonna…
Oh, she’s a much better singer than that!
Not in this household she’s not. 🙂
I was merely talking repeating song titles tho. Love At First Sight, Forbidden Love.
Actually, the fist “Maman” was written when she wasn’t feeling good after her mother’s passing. The seconde one, “maman”, is a cathartic way to telle her mother she’s ok now in her life as a woman and as a mother herself.
I read she and her team delete the first one, as she won’t sing it anymore and that she wanted to focus on more positive feelings. I think it’s a smart way to move forward, considering having a heavy background story with the loss of her two parents when she was a teen.
It’s me again.
Maman was indeed one of her first songs.
It was about her mother who sadly passed away.
This song is also called Maman, but is actually an answer or a sequel to the first one, now that Louane herself is a mother.
“I feel better I know where I’m heading
I’ve stopped counting years
And if I’ve wanted to freeze time
Now I’m the one that’s called “Maman”
Definitely strong.
Enough for the Victory ?
Probably not.
But one of the few great songs this year (and I’m not usually happy with my country’s choices in Eurovision)
Nice, pretty…but also forgettable.
Great song for the Francophone countries, but not for the rest. It lacks a certain Je Ne Sais Quoi.
Je ne sais quoi was a flop
same old , same old…. every single year !
It’s quite frustrating: the voice, the melody and the lyrics are beautiful… But why are you trying so hard at the end of the song? It’s just overdramatic, and not as touching as it should be.
The emotion would be so much stronger if there were more subtlety and restraint in certain passages, a whispered voice over piano rather than a full orchestra and Louane’s voice at full power.
I appreciate the efforts of the French delegation, but sometimes less is more.
“Ey ey e eyyy” from T e l A v iv 2019 was to some worse than “voilà” repeated ad nauseam a few years later.
“Maman” may well try to tug at heartstrings. However, when I hear that word I feel a song and the word “ima” called out repeatedly all over again.
<3 katom <3 naranja <3 oranje *L OV E WILL NE VER D IE*
Sky-breaking and earth-shattering songs and roars, please.
Their entries sound similar to me for the past years. Very French but where is the originality?
Its not about originality its about emotion and feeling. This song has both
Andrew beat me to it
Yes. France is a very predictable country. I would like to hear a pop song in french from France .
You mean like in 2016 and 2017? Great songs, and I would like to hear something like that again. But I do also really like their songs from 2021 to now.
Last time they tried originality (2022) they ended up 24th. Their 2 best results (2021, 2024) were with French ballads. So I guess they want to keep the same recipe..
The song itself is not too badeven if not winner material by any stretch of immagination. The biggest issue, however, is the presentation of it which is so awkward it verges on being a meme. How did they come to the conclusion that a marching band, bizarrely timed pyro that makes her look like she is burning alive and aimlessly dangling on the tiniest platform ever against a backdrop of rope wearing the most shapeless outfit ever in any way supports the actual meaning of the song? After hyping it for months, this is what the French team has signed… Read more »
For the casual eurofan or even outside spectator, this is good. Remember, this is presented at a rugby final for that specific audience in mind. The eurovision performance in May will be very different – as is to be expected.
I’m really happy for Louane and I hope she can enjoy ESC. I’ve been a fan of Louane’s for many years, so it’s a bit difficult for me to be objective in reviewing “Maman”. Of course I’m going to like it, duh. On first listen, the song is really emotional and personally resonant, which is everything I’d expect from Louane. For ESC, it’s probably on the same level as Slimane’s “Mon Amour” from 2024, as in, I can see it scoring equally well with juries and the televote, but probably not receive enough of a landslide to win overall. If… Read more »
I think that this hype by announcing the song late backfires. They create such high expectations and I don’t know which song can live up to it. And unfortunately France is such a case. Their entry last year was miles away better than this one.
slimane algo got a pretty lukewarm borderline negative reception last year until the fandom saw his performance at dora. she’s got the song, the voice, and the charisma, and also france has the budget to make this work
True. But then the performance was great (although i am not fan of the song)
well, we haven’t seen her esc performance yet
OK, but not nearly as impactful as they thought it will be. I prefer Switzerland over this honestly.
Yes me too! ‘Voyage’ is a gem of a song. This song is a little too predictable.
France 9/12
No, song might have a personal meaning for her but she doesn’t deliver that feeling to us. So I guess for me personally, the winner is Voyage with Zoë Më. I know the odds is not with me. But it’s the single song that went furthest for me. I guess staging and performance is more important than ever this year because I don’t see a clear winner. * Many songs in languages other than English *Many songs abut sex *The joke acts are back The recorded version of this song is better though. Maybe the staging and ESC live performance… Read more »
Maybe Louane didn’t feel comfortable because she was up in the air. It looked wrong.
Louane has acting talents.
With a good intimate staging made by a great swedish artistic director, we could expect an emotional entry far more convincing than the last night performance.
That’s why I stick to my position: she is a contender for victory, given the level this year.
I love this entry. I hope they give it a staging that is both intimate and impactful, as France did with Barbara Pravi and Slimane. It does not need the fireworks and a marching band, but thoughtful camera work, clever lighting and a strong vocal performance. I hope and think they will deliver just that.
This is the weakest edition in 21st century. We dont have any bangers, something special, something wow, something what young people really listen in 2025 – why there is not a rap pop in ESC, something like Lazza’s Cenere in Sanremo 2023? Many great songs finished on 2nd place in NF’s. Lusterka, these two in Estonia or any song from 2nd – 5th place in Croatia would be my winners. And Finnish Puppy, we really miss you. Austria is the best, but they cant win with similar song like The Code. Maybe Germany with huge revamp can win, it has… Read more »
Haha, there is no way that 2025 is worse than 2001, 2002 or even 2003. Those were much trashier years than today, but they were a lot of fun too 😀
One thing I agree with you on though is: I’m really worried about a Swedish “sauna song” winning ESC this year, since I worry that such a win is going to encourage more “joke songs” in 2026 and turn ESC into a total farce.
2002 was one of the weakest editions.followed by 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
But I prefer so much Sweden over Austria.
Not for me. I like this edition, very “eurovision”-like and not only anglovision
The anticipation was high but as usual it didn’t transform to excitement.
It’s a typical French ballad, a bit repetitive (I can’t count the number of times she says “maman”). She can sing well (if that was live) but for me, that’s about it.
Unless we see a superb staging and very powerful performance (which we didn’t see much today), it’s probably a Top-10 or Top-15.
Good luck, France!
In terms of ballad, I prefer Israel’s. Sweeter, cuter, more emotional.
You knew this reply was coming… I have an answer to the lyric counts. 🙂
“Maman” is in the song 17 times. 16 times the lyric is sung by Louane herself, and one time at the end of the song, the lyric is sung by her daughter Esmee.
Evidently Esmee won’t be allowed on the ESC stage for real, so Louane will probably have to sing it anyhow. So, it’s 17 times.
And I’d argue that’s it’s already a powerful performance because the song is deeply personal (yes, you knew this was coming) 😀
I’m too sentimental, that’s my issue
You are sentimental and thats nice but i feel more touched by JJ or Yuphal Rafael. Not this one. Its amazing how different people feel differently about the same things. Thats the power of music and art.
I´m absolutely not touched by JJ. I can´t stand this voice. Zoe from Switzerland is my favourite ans Klavdia from Greece
Excellent comment.
I doubt this will beat Slimane’s result; it’s more like Patricia Kaas territory. For me, the winner is either Austria or the Czech Republic.
Netherlands or Sweden. Never ever Austria
No Sweden. They failed in their national final.
Nice song but I don’t think it’s gonna win. Not when even Barbara Pravi couldn’t.
Very true
Barbara Pravi had Maneskin to compete against. There are no Maneskin in this year’s edition..
I prefer this one over Austria. I want Sweden to win though! Sauna!
Austria will NQ
Don’t be ridiculous
This is actually a great song. You’re just not satisfied that it is a ballad. What else did you expect?
A powerful ballad.
2025 is definitely not a ‘grand cru’ and this one just confirms it …
And with that, our Eurovision 2025 lineup is complete. Funny how France was the first country to drop their song in 2024, and now this year they’re the last. Now I can do the hard work of making my running order predictions, my qualifying predictions, and my overall ranking of all 37 songs.
I believe this is probably the most linguistically diverse edition since the language rule was lifted in 1999. 21 songs completely in national languages, 10 in English where it’s not the national language, five bilingual, and one trilingual.
This fact I appreciate a lot !
You’re welcome. I plan to do a study on tracking the number of languages per Eurovision since 1999. The rule was to see if 25 is the most logically diverse in the 21st-century, or if something else beats it.
great singing technique?very generic song? forgettable singer?meh
Louane was one of my top 10 played artists on 2024 on Spotify, and I’m British, so I’ve been excited for this and she’s not disappointed me.
Simple, mais magnifique. Bonne chance, France !
This has been a really disappointing year in terms of music. The worst since 2017. ‘Asteromata’ and ‘Zjerm’ have held steady in my Top 5 for weeks and weeks now; that never happens during unveiling season when new songs constantly replace the old. ‘Lighter’ has been my only real “grower”. In terms of winner I really don’t know what will happen but I’d like to see Erika take the trophy back to Helsinki. I wouldn’t mind the Swiss holding onto it either. The rest…
Wasted Love, Zjerm, Espresso Macchiato, Ich Komme, Baller, C’est La Vie, Bara Bada Bastu, Maman, Kiss Kiss Goodbye, Tutta l’Italia, Tavo Akys, Voyage, Strobe Lights, Volevo Essere Un Duro and Gaja sounds like a good year to me. Far more bangers than all 2000s except 2009, better than 2010, 2011, 2012 (carried by Loreen), 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
I can’t speak to you when you’re hysterical.
no
Well, 2025 was one thing going for it and that it is probably the most linguistically diverse Eurovision in a long time since the language rule was lifted in 1999. You can’t say that about 2017, which only had four songs that didn’t contain any English lyrics at all and one of them ended up winning the whole damn thing.
Has
Ah oui, good point, las lenguas modernas
After the third listen, I loved the song. I did not like the concept of the performance; Louane looked scared, and there were no emotions, but she nailed it live. I have 100% trust in the Swedish stage director. The song needs a big emotional staging to elevate it and convey its meaning to the European audience. This year doesn’t have many competitive ballads so it’s a plus. Remember how Slimane’s song had not received a big reaction when it was first released. Some fans said it will flop hard. Then, he had this acapella moment and the ESC staging… Read more »
This is VERY good. Probably not a contender but nonetheless, incredible. Louane’s voice is phenomenal.
Nice, Sweden win to show their Eurovision supremacy is inevitable now. Ever since Cha Cha Cha people craved for a fun song to win the contest and Sweden will do what Finland & Croatia weren’t able to do, or what Netherlands wasn’t allowed to do
I think this song has strong potential to do well 🙂 I wish best of luck to her.
I respect to the countries who sends meaningful songs; rather than sending weird or childish like the one from Finland or from Sweden.