Mon Alliée (The Best in Me)

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Mon Alliée (The Best in Me)
Tom Leeb
publication February 16, 2020
length 3:00
Genre (s) pop
text Peter Boström, Thomas G: son, John Lundvik , Tom Leeb, Amir Haddad , Léa Ivanne
music Peter Boström, Thomas G: son
Label Roy Music, Cristal Groupe

Mon Alliée (The Best in Me) (German: "My allies (The best in me)") is a pop song with English and French lyrics. It was written by Peter Boström, Thomas G: son , John Lundvik , Amir Haddad , Léa Ivanne and Tom Leeb . The latter sings the title and should have been with France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam .

background

France 2 announced in January 2020 that Tom Leeb would represent France at the next Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. In contrast to previous years, the broadcaster waived a public preliminary decision. The title was selected from 100 submissions.

The song was presented on February 16, during which Leeb sang the song on the Eiffel Tower with a view of the Mars Field .

Originally under the name The Best in Me , Leeb announced in March 2020 a new version of the title, which should contain less English text and the title Mon Alliée .

Content

Alexandra Redde-Amiel, head of the French delegation, describes the title as “modern and universal”. The lyrics are bilingual. The chorus is sung entirely in English while the stanzas are French. Only the last lines of the second stanza are also in English. According to Leeb, the original text was written by John Lundvik. He works on the French text with Amir Haddad. For example, they wrote a text that sounds as fluid in French as it does in English.

reception

During a committee meeting, Franck Riester replied to Jacques Krabal's question that the song's English refrain had hurt his ears. However, he stressed that this was a free decision by the French broadcaster. A short time later, Riester threatened to force the television station to select a completely French-language song in the future. If in doubt you have to lose, but in a competition like the Eurovision Song Contest you should uphold your language and be proud of it.

André Vallini ( PS ) was also shocked that 80% of the text was English. If you represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest, you have to sing in French.

At the Eurovision Song Contest

As part of the so-called "Big Five", France would have qualified directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was scheduled for May 16, 2020. However, due to the advancing COVID-19 pandemic , the competition was canceled.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tom Leeb - France. In: eurovision.tv. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Sanjay Jiandani: Tom Leeb wants to defend the French colors in Rotterdam! In: ESCToday. February 14, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Julien Goncalves: om Leeb va dévoiler la chanson française depuis la Tour Eiffel. In: Charts in France. February 16, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
  4. ↑ Tom Leeb : Tweet. In: Twitter . March 12, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ Fabien Randanne: Chute chez les bookmakers, haters, francophonie… Le parcours d'obstacles de Tom Leeb. In: 20 minutes . February 18, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
  6. ↑ Le refrain de Tom Leeb, "a cassé les oreilles" by minister Riester. In: Le Parisien . February 18, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
  7. ^ Pour Franck Riester, il faut défendre la langue française à l'Eurovision, “quitte à perdre”. In: Le Figaro . February 28, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
  8. ^ André Vallini: "Quand on défend la France à l'Eurovision, il faut chanter en français". In: Le Figaro . February 17, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020 (French).
  9. ↑ Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is canceled. In: eurovision.tv. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 .
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