Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Que Dieu me pardonne

Chances of getting Kendji Girac to do Eurovision anytime soon despite his minor flirting with the idea are rather slim now that France has gotten back to the national final system - unless the new man in charge decides to cancel it all and go internal after all (As Edoardo Grassi was axed in favor of Steven Clerima as HoD after all (and because of) that he has done in the past three years) Kendji is still only 22 even if it feels like he's been around a lot longer already. He rose to the fame in 2014 when winning The Voice and has released three #1 albums with six top-10 hits. His mix of pop, folk and catchy gipsy music is a cocktail that should work everywhere in Europe. He has it all going and would be a perfect choice if France should go internal again. Just listen to Maria Maria , No me mires ma , Color gitano and Andalouse to gt the idea. 

Pictured is the national flower of France, iris Once the Eurovision superpower France has been struggling big time in the 2000's culminating in the the last place in 2014 and second to last in 2015. It was a time for a total makeover and in 2016 they did it. Amir was chosen internally, scored 6th place in the final and became one of the biggest hits of the year in France, and in Eurovision general. His success changed apparently also the French public's interest and if it works, don't change it. Stick to Amir's inner circle:   Requiem is   written by Nazim Khaled. Just like Amir's J'ai cherchè .  Alma or Alexandra Maquet (28) is a singer-songwriter. She started with music already as a child and has lived in both Miami and Brazil. She started releasing her own songs few years ago and slowly made her way to television and touring with Amir among other things.  Requiem is her third official single since 2014, and her debut album will be released shortly...

Out of the blue - sort of - comes the French entry. It's Alma (Alexandra Maquet) with Requiem . My sources hinted this one a few weeks ago and voilà, here it is! Alma (28) is a new artist to the scene and the entry is nicely ethnic, a bit like female Kendji Girac. But she already knows most likely what she's getting into: she has toured with last year's Amir and the song is written by Nazim Khaled, who is also behind Jái cherchè . 

KendjiGirac has been releasing hit songs for two years now one after another, and this is the one for this summer from his second album Ensemble . Another top-10 in France, and this time he collaborates with popular Comorian-French rapper Soprano. French, Spanish, latin rhythms, gipsy and rap - but it works out fine!

The UEFA EURO 2016 foorball circus starts this week on on Thursday night a big concert is to be held to celebrate the opening. And France gives us some of its finest on Champ-de-mars in Paris: David Guetta, Kendji Girac, Louane Emera, Christophe Mae, Florent Pagny, Soprano, Amir and Slimane, the Voice winner are flying the French flag while there will be also Madcon (Norway), Zara Larsson (Sweden) and Will.I.am is the obligatory American in the lot on the foot of Eiffel tower.  The games start the day after with France Vs. Romania.  Meanwhile check out their video after the jump.....

France wins again OGAE Song contest when Kendji Girac follows  Indila 's footsteps proving once again France could also do very well in the Eurovision song contest if they only sent some of their most popular and current artists. And check out the point difference! There really was no competition for the winner..... 

Kendji's name had been around ever since he won The Voice in France a couple of years ago. He's on tour next spring but .... curiously he has a break from April 23 to May 20. Hmmm....  Peut-etre? He's also releasing a new album shortly.....  He could be what France needs to succeed again: Young, fresh, popular and with a style that won't pass unnoticed and he could easily score a pan-European hit with that exposure, if not win the whole thing in Stockholm. He's of Catalan origin and you can clearly hear it in his music.  Just listen to Color gitano , Andalouse, Elle m'aimé or Conmigo . Below is Cool .... How cool it would be if he did Eurovision in Stockholm 2016? Beyond words cool!