After 2 semifinals France has finally come to the great moment to choose their representative for Tel-Aviv.
The 8 finalists conquered the stage with great performances of their entries and covers version for some ESC masterpiece entries. At the end of the musical part, the moments that we have all been waited for has stared, the votes!
One by one the 10 10 international jury announced their votes:
- Beatriz Luengo (Spain)
- Rona Nishliu (Albania)
- Olga Salamakha (Belarus)
- Christoph Pellander (Germany)
- Michael Kealy (Ireland)
- Doron Medalie (Israel)
- Nicola Caligiore (Italy)
- Ekaterina Orlova (Russia)
- Reto Peritz (Switzerland) and,
- Alex Panayi (Cyprus)
During Russia gave the lowest amounts of points to the favorite Bilal many disappointing shouts from the crowd was heard. that has to do with the fact Russia does not really stand for what Bilal is representing and made him so loveable by the contest fans. Cyprus representative for Eurovision 1995 and 2000 Mr. Alex Panayi was the last jury member to gave his votes and revealed that Seemone‘s “Tous Les Deux” won the jury vote with 94 points.
Here is where things become interesting, The televoting.
the public opinion on social media was pretty obvious their favorite to win is Seemeone or Bilal. revealing the public results tonight showed clearly that the viewers wanted Bilal to win the contest. Bilal won the Televote with 150 points while Seemone came 3rd with 62 points from the public. In the total calculation of the two Bilal is crown as the winner of Destination Eurovision 2019 earning 200 points and seemone finish 2nd with 156 points. The full results are as follow:
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Bilal Hassani – Roi – 200 points
- Seemone – Tous Les Deux – 156 points
- Chimène Badi – Lá-haut – 119 points
- Emmanuel Moire – La Promesse – 115 points
- Silván Areg – Allez leur dire – 102 points
- The Divaz – La Voix d’Aretha – 92 points
- Aysat – Comme Une Grande – 38 points
- Doutson – Sois Un Bon Fils – 18 points
Here is tonight’s performance of Bilal Eurovision entry “Roi” (King). the song is co-written by last year’s French participants Madame Monsieur. Bilal will represent France at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest’s Grand Final, as members of the Big 5, in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 18th, 2019.
Listen to all Eurovision 2019 songs HERE
Lyrics:
Je suis free, oui, j’invente ma vie
Ne me demandez pas qui je suis
Moi je suis le même depuis tout petit
Et malgré les regards, les avis
Je pleure, je sors et je ris
Je suis pas dans les codes, ça dérange beaucoup
At the end of the day, you cannot change me, boo
Alors, laisse-moi m’envoler
I can see my kingdom now
Quand je rêve, je suis un roi
Quand je rêve, je suis un roi
I’m not rich, but I’m shining bright
I can see my kingdom now
You try to take me down, you cannot break me, nah, nah
Toutes ces voix: “Fais comme ci, fais comme ça”
Moi, je les cala pas, you can never remove my crown
When we hurt, when we fight for free
Only God can judge you and me
Ce qu’on est, on ne l’a pas choisi
On choisit
Son travail, sa coiffure, ses amis
Sa routine, parfois l’amour aussi
Ça passe ou ça casse, mais ça regarde qui?
I can see my kingdom now
Quand je rêve, je suis un roi
Quand je rêve, je suis un roi
I’m not rich, but I’m shining bright
I can see my kingdom now
Quand je rêve, je suis un roi
You try to take me down, you cannot break me, nah, nah
Toutes ces voix: “Fais comme ci, fais comme ça”
Moi, je les cala pas, you can never remove my crown
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