Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Who is Mercy? Read her story here What is the best way to overcome jetlag but watch some Eurovision? The French final took place last night and took quite a long time but was rather entertaining show anyways as far as I can recall while dozing off a few times ;-p  Each of the finalists performed twice, first with a guest star and then their entry. In the end the international jurors gave out their points before the televoters votes were added, and the voting did keeep up the drama til the end. The international jurors votes went all over the place but in the end Madame Monsieur scored big with the televoters and jumped from the juries 3rd place to a win. Worth noting is Eurovision General Christer Björkman gave them only 2 points underlining what I was thinking myself: Mercy is a lovely atmospheric song, very chich and elegant, very French and I do like it a lot but.... will European televoters get it or will it be lost in the crowd? My guess is it will do a lot poore...

France is having a national final again after 2014's disaster but compared to that year's small scale affair this time it'stwo semifinals and grand final. Today, apparently accidently a promo for the shows was put online revealing 12 of the 18 acts, then withdrawn and instead only one of the acts was confirmed with a presentation and a teaser video. The name, Malò , is on the list previously published, plus all the names are easily found online, so...? This blogger notices immediately Luc Arbogast... And who are the other six? Updates : June the Girl has been also confirmed. As is Louka . And Igit . And Emmy . And the first one outside the list: Madame Monsier . Next one's from the list: Sweem . Then again a name outside the list: Noée . Third name off the list: Pheno Men . Lucie (Vagenheim) is the fourth name outside the list. Back to the list with Enéa . And then again a surprise. Sarah Caillibot . Masoe is the 6th name off the list. The rest should be on the l...