The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2025. Next we review France, who have chosen Louane with “maman”.
Did the song bring a tear to our eyes? Read on to find out!
Louane – “maman” (France Eurovision 2025)
Review: Louane – “maman”
William: “maman” feels like a conversation. It’s an intimate chat between Louane and her late mother — and another between Louane and her own daughter. The music captures the scale and scope of her love: it feels elevated, ethereal and all-encompassing. The refrain of “maman” reminds me of breathing. The staging inside the Stade de France — with 80,000 rugby fans — didn’t allow the intimacy of this entry to shine. In Basel, I expect we’ll be in Louane’s world where emotion and connection will reign.
Score: 8
Deban: Matriarchal in tone and longing in its delivery, “maman” is an open message that honours the strong bond found in mother-daughter relationships. Louane, an established actress in her own right, conveys the sentiment of her song at the right temperature. Her backstory is compelling. She lost her mother at a young age, and with a young daughter to call her own, her message hits hard. Road-tested to large audiences, and performed by an artist that was a star on The Voice, Louane is all set for a high finish. After last year’s Top 5 placement, France is determined to inch even closer to victory.
Score: 7
Scarlett: “maman” is a touching tribute to motherhood, like listening to Louane singing aloud an actual letter to her mother. Even while the song’s lyrics are intensely personal, Louane sings with an authenticity that is universal enough for all audiences to relate to. “maman” doesn’t need any bells and whistles. Whilst it may not end up at the top of the scoreboard, it is a worthy entry.
Score: 5
Pablo: From art to vocal prowess and glitz, France has gone all in on incorporating different aspects over the years. But on “maman”, they have taken aim on emotion, and they’ve done so flawlessly. I believe every single word Louane is singing in this extremely poignant journey everyone can relate with. This song might have the most gorgeous lyrics of all those in the competition, and it’s coupled with music that’s both delicate and grand in equal measures. With a live that makes this beauty justice, we might be looking at a song that results in France raising the crystal mic in triumph. This can be three minutes to remember for years and years.
Score: 9
France Eurovision 2025 ranking
In the Eurovision 2025 Wiwi Jury, we have 17 jurors but only have room for four reviews. The remaining scores are below:
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Andreas: 7 Antranig: 6.5 Bernardo: 8 Burak: 8 Cinan: 5 Jonathan: 5 Jordi: 9.5 |
Lucy: 6.5 Ruxandra: 9.5 Simon: 8.5 Suzanne: 5.5 Tom: 8.5 Tomas: 9 |
We have removed the highest and lowest scores prior to calculating the average. This is to remove outliers and potential bias. We have removed a high of 9.5 and a low of 5.
Wiwi Jury verdict: 7.40/10
What do you think of France’s Eurovision 2025 entry? Share your own score and review for Louane’s “maman” below!
I think France is very overrated. Louane is not going to get a Slimane result, not to mention the excellent Barbara Pravi’s excellent result.
21. France – Louane – Maman – 6.5/10 – a very personal theme which will resonate with a lot of people which is well matched by the emotionally charged melody which portrays an aching and melancholic love. It is close to hitting the spot but doesn’t quite have the necessary impact to create deep emotional feels. The production perhaps contributes to this lack of deeper connection – I’m not sure if it was intentionally sparse but it offers little to elevate the emotions evident in the lyrics.
A wonderful song, with meaning and star quality.
It’s a nice song, much in the line of Slimane last year’s song. Still not my cup of tea, but I understand it is a matter of different taste (I didn’t love Mon Amour either).
For a French chanson this year, I definitely prefer Voyage and it surprises me that Switzerland is not much higher in the odds (such a delicate song).
French here : i loooove the song, i am very prouf of Louane. The fact that the intensity just goes higher and higher is beautiful.
But, IMO, the scenography, emotion and voice must be 100% PERFECT to get a top 3. Cause I have no idea about the televoting, and juries can always be surprising, and this year’s got plenty of french songs. So it can do a top 3 as it can also end 14th or something ?
After Barbara Pravi and Slimane, I hope it’ll be the one, but let’s wait and see !
I don’t understand how Malta is higher than this.
While it’s definitely not the big hit many expected or wanted it to be, I think it’s a lovely song with some really good moments. The production could have been grander imo, but the singer is first class. In a weak field like 2025, it still is one of the best.