Destination Eurovision 2019

Destination Eurovision 2019
Preliminary decision data
country	France
Broadcasting station	,
Producing broadcaster
place	Studios de France - Bât 217, Saint-Denis
date	January 26, 2019
Time	9:00 p.m. ( CET )
Duration	approx. 210 minutes
Number of participants	18th
Number of contributions	18th
Preliminary rounds	2
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals : January 12, 2019 January 19, 2019
poll	50% international jury voting, 50% televoting
Moderation
Garou

The 2nd destination Eurovision took place on January 26, 2019 and was the French preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ).

concept

format

On June 21, 2018 France 2 presented their plans for the French preliminary round 2019. Last year's concept of the newly introduced Destination Eurovision is to be continued with minor changes in 2019. The composition of the jury will be changed minimally, the two semi-finals will be broadcast live and not recorded beforehand. This also revised the voting system. Through the live broadcasts, 50% televoting and 50% jury voting was introduced in all three programs. The moderation took over again Garou .

Juries

French jury

As in the previous year , Christophe Willem is on the jury. Singer André Manoukian and singer Vitaa are newcomers . The latter was involved as a composer of a contribution in 2018.

The French jury has no voting rights, it only comments on the entries.

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  Christophe Willem

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  André Manoukian

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  Vitaa

International jury

A total of 20 countries were involved in the vote, five in the semi-finals and ten in the final. Their votes made up 50% of the result.

Choice of contribution

From June 21 to November 30, 2018, performers and composers had the opportunity to submit contributions. At least 70 percent of the song had to be written in French.

Attendees

On December 6, 2018, France 2 published the 18 participants. As many participants took part as in 2018 .

Semifinals

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on January 12, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. ( CET ). Four participants qualified for the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Cover	jury					Points
							AR	IR	PT	RS	GB	jury	Televoting	total
1.	6th	Bilal Hassani	Roi M: Bilal Hassani , Madame Monsieur , Medeline; T: Bilal Hassani	French , English	king	Carmen (Original artist : Stromae )	12	10	12	12	12	58	57	115
2.	3	Chimène Badi	Là-haut M: Yseult, Yacine Azeggagh, Corson, Boban Apostolov; T: Yseult, Yacine Azeggagh, Corson	French	The summit	Non, je ne regrette rien (original interpreter: Édith Piaf )	2	6th	6th	-	8th	22nd	44	066
3.	5	Silvàn Areg	Le petit Nicolas M / T: Caz B, Mamadou Niakate, Erick Ness	French	Little Nicolas	Un homme débout (original interpreter: Claudio Capéo)	10	12	10	6th	-	38	21st	059
4th	7th	Aysat	Comme une grande M: Aysat, Mohamed Zayana; T: Aysat	French	Like a big one	Dancing Queen (Original artist: ABBA )	8th	8th	8th	10	-	34	06th	040
5.	8th	Lautner	J'ai pas le temps M: John Mamann, Johnny Goldstein, Koby Hass; T: John Mamann, Sophie Tapie	French	I have no time	J'ai cherché (original artist : Amir )	4th	4th	-	8th	10	26th	09	035
6th	9	Mazy	Oulala M / T: Julie Mazy	French	-	Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer (original interpreter: Calogero )	6th	-	4th	4th	4th	18th	15th	033
7th	4th	Battista Acquaviva	Passio M: Florent Bidoyen, Théodore Eristoff; T: Battista Acquaviva	Corsican	Passion	Parla più piano (original performer: Gianni Morandi )	-	-	-	-	2	02	29	031
8th.	2	Florina	In The Shadow M: Manon Romiti, Silvio Lisonne, Pierre-Laurent Faure, Adrien Levron; T: Manon Romiti	French English	In the shade	L'hymne à l'amour (original interpreter: Édith Piaf )	-	-	-	-	-	00	21st	021st
9.	1	Naestro	Le brasier M: Mark Hekic, Alexandra Maquet , Thierry Leteurtre; T: Mark Hekic, Alexandra Maquet	French	The barber	Perfect (Original artist: Ed Sheeran )	-	2	2	2	6th	12	08th	020th
Jury points speaker
- David Tserunyan - Tali Eshkoli - Carla Bugalho Trindade - Sanja Vucic - Paul Jordan

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on January 19, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. ( CET ). Four participants qualified for the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Cover	jury					Points
							AT THE	AT	CZ	GE	SE	jury	Televoting	total
1.	7th	Sea monkey	Tous les deux M / T: Fabrice Mantegna, Alexandre Mazarguil, Léa Simoncini	French	Both	Magnolias for ever (original interpreter: Claude François )	12	12	12	12	12	60	53	113
2.	5	Emmanuel Moire	La promesse M / T: Emmanuel Moire	French	The promise	Take On Me (Original artist: a-ha )	10	6th	-	4th	8th	28	56	084
3.	2	The Divaz	La voix d'Aretha M / T: Yacine Azeggagh, Marielle Hervé	French	The voice of Aretha	Respect (original interpreter: Aretha Franklin )	2	8th	6th	6th	4th	26th	28	054
4th	8th	Doutson	Sois un bon fils M / T: Mamadou Niakate, Jean-Pascal Anziani, Ryad Bouchami, Caz B	French	Be a good son	Femme libérée (Original artist : Cookie Dingler)	6th	-	10	2	6th	24	15th	039
5.	3	Ugo	Ce qui me blesse M: Ugo Benterfa; T: Ugo Benterfa, Vicken Sayrin	French	What hurts me	Résiste (original artist : France Gall )	8th	4th	-	8th	10	30th	08th	038
6th	1	Gabriella	On cherche encore (Never get enough) M: Gabriella Laberge, Christian Sbrocca, Richard Turcotte, Zander Howard Scott; T: Gabriella Laberge, Christian Sbrocca, Richard Turcotte	French, English	We're still looking (never enough)	L'encre de tes yeux (original interpreter: Francis Cabrel )	-	10	4th	-	-	14th	18th	032
7th	9	Filipelise	Madame la Paix M: Elise Philip, Guillaume Soulan; T: Elise Philip	French	Woman of friendship	J'veux du soleil (original performer: Au P'tit Bonheur)	4th	2	2	10	-	18th	13	031
8th.	4th	Tracy de Sá	Por aqui M: Tiery-F; T: Tracy De Sá	French, English, Spanish	Here	Lose Yourself (Original artist: Eminem )	-	-	-	-	2	02	13	015th
9.	6th	Noémie	Ma petite famille M / T: Noémie, Youssoupha , Cehashi	French	My little family	Wonderwall (Original artist : Oasis )	-	-	8th	-	-	08th	06th	014th
Jury points speaker
- Anushik Ter-Ghukasyan - Zoë Straub - Mikolas Josef - Natia Mshvenieradze - Christer Björkman

final

The final took place on January 26, 2019.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Cover	jury										Points
					IT	AL	RU	IT	IL	CH	IE	DE	BY	CY	jury	Televoting	total
1.	7th	Bilal Hassani	Roi M: Bilal Hassani , Madame Monsieur , Medeline; T: Bilal Hassani	Fuego (original interpreter: Eleni Foureira )	10	10	2	-	2	4th	6th	6th	4th	6th	50	150	200
2.	6th	Sea monkey	Tous les deux M / T: Fabrice Mantegna, Alexandre Mazarguil, Léa Simoncini	L'oiseau et l'enfant (original interpreter: Marie Myriam )	6th	12	-	12	8th	10	10	12	12	12	94	062	156
3.	1	Chimène Badi	Là-haut M: Yseult, Yacine Azeggagh, Corson, Boban Apostolov; T: Yseult, Yacine Azeggagh, Corson	Ne partez pas sans moi (original interpreter: Celine Dion )	2	6th	12	4th	-	6th	2	10	10	4th	56	063	119
4th	4th	Emmanuel Moire	La promesse M / T: Emmanuel Moire	Euphoria (original performer: Loreen )	8th	8th	8th	10	-	-	8th	4th	8th	10	64	051	115
5.	2	Silvàn Areg	Allez leur dire M / T: Caz B, Mamadou Niakate, Erick Ness	Le Dernier qui a parlé ... (Original interpreter: Amina Annabi )	12	4th	6th	2	10	12	12	8th	2	8th	76	026th	102
6th	3	The Divaz	La voix d'Aretha M / T: Yacine Azeggagh, Marielle Hervé	Waterloo (original artist: ABBA )	4th	-	10	6th	12	2	-	2	6th	2	44	048	092
7th	8th	Aysat	Comme une grande M: Aysat, Mohamed Zayana; T: Aysat	Fairytale (original interpreter: Alexander Rybak )	-	-	4th	8th	6th	8th	-	-	-	-	26th	012	038
8th.	5	Doutson	Sois un bon fils M / T: Mamadou Niakate, Jean-Pascal Anziani, Ryad Bouchami, Caz B	J'ai cherché (original artist : Amir )	-	2	-	-	4th	-	4th	-	-	-	10	008th	018th
Jury points speaker
- Beatrice Luengo - Rona Nishliu - Ekaterina Orlova - Nicola Caligiore - Doron Medalie - Reto Peritz - Michael Kealy - Christoph Pellander - Olga Salamakha - Alex Panayi

Odds

broadcast	date	spectator	Market share
First semi-final	Sat, January 12, 2019	2.136 million	11.8%
Second semi-final	Sat, January 19, 2019	1.487 million	07.8%
final	Sat., January 26, 2019	2.140 million	11.7%

Web links

• French preliminary round website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anthony Granger: France: Expert Panel Revealed for Destination Eurovision. In: eurovoix.com. December 4, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Anthony Granger: France: Destination Eurovision Begins on January 12. In: eurovoix.com. December 24, 2018, accessed December 25, 2018 . 
3. ^ Emily Herbert: France: France 2 Launches Destination Eurovision Submissions Process. In: eurovoix.com. June 21, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ Anthony Granger: France: Expert Panel Revealed for Destination Eurovision. In: eurovoix.com. December 3, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Anthony Granger: Tonight: Destination Eurovision - Semi-Final One. In: eurovoix.com. January 12, 2019, accessed January 12, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Emily Herbert: France: Destination Eurovision Semi-Final One Results. In: eurovoix.com. January 12, 2019, accessed January 13, 2019 . 
7. ^ Evan Walker: France: Destination Eurovision Semi-Final Two Results. In: eurovoix.com. January 19, 2019, accessed January 20, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Anthony Granger: France: 2.14 Million Viewers Watched Destination Eurovision Semi-Final One. In: eurovoix.com. January 13, 2019, accessed January 13, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Anthony Granger: France: Destination Eurovision Drops 600,000 Viewers Compared To Semi-Final One. In: eurovoix.com. January 20, 2019, accessed January 20, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Anthony Granger: Audiences: France 3 et "Qui veut gagner des millions?" au coude-à-coude, "Destination Eurovision" en forte bull market. In: ozap.com. January 26, 2019, accessed February 5, 2019 (French).